Blackwell v. State

The defendant, Lloyd Allen Blackwell, was charged by information filed in the county court of Pottawatomie county with the offense of willfully omitting without lawful excuse to furnish necessary food, clothing, shelter and medical attention for his minor children; was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve twelve months in the county jail and pay a fine of $500, and has appealed.

The defendant, Lloyd Allen Blackwell, and his wife, Helen Louise Blackwell, were married in 1930, and of this marriage three children were born prior to the separation of the parties in October, 1942, and another…