Martinez v. State

BELCHER, Judge:

Appellant was convicted for wilfully neglecting and refusing to provide for the support and maintenance of his children, Maria del Carmen Martinez and Nicholas Francisco Martinez, both being under sixteen years of age. The punishment was assessed at one year in the penitentiary.

The offense was alleged to have been committed on or about March 4, 1957.

The proof shows that the appellant was the father of the two children named in the indictment and that they were under sixteen years of age on March 4, 1957.

The wife of the appellant, called by the state, testified that from the…