Commonwealth v. Pouliot

This complaint charges that the defendant at the city of Holyoke on June 12, 1933, and during the preceding three months did unreasonably neglect to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife and six minor children. The defendant waived right to trial by jury. The case was heard before the trial judge upon these agreed facts: The defendant has the physical ability to perform manual labor. He has been unable to find employment and has no income except as aid has been furnished him and his family through the welfare department of the city of Holyoke. The welfare department makes it a…