Waters v. State

The defendant, Earnest Waters, was charged in the county court of Pontotoc county with the crime of omitting to provide for his minor children, was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve one year in the county jail and pay a fine of $75 and costs, and has appealed.

Two assignments of error are presented in the brief of defendant: First, that the county court was without jurisdiction to try said cause for the reason that the offense, if any, committed by the defendant was a felony; second, punishment is excessive and should be modified.

The prosecution herein was instituted under the provisions…