People v. Waddell

Mr. Presiding Justice Barry

delivered the opinion of the court.

The first count of the indictment charged that plaintiff in error did, on April 20, 1927, without reasonable cause, neglect and refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of Ethel Waddell, his wife, etc. The second count charged that he did, on the same day, without any lawful excuse, desert, neglect and refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his minor child, then and there under eighteen years of age, in destitute and necessitous circumstances.

The jury found the plaintiff in error guilty under the second count…