Ford v. State

BOWEN W. SIMMONS, Retired Circuit Judge.

Prosecution and conviction in the Circuit Court, Family Division, Juvenile Section of Houston County, for non-support of appellant’s three minor children. Punishment fixed at hard labor for Houston County for a period of twelve months.

The affidavit alleges inter alia as follows: “. . . . Affiant further says that Cleveland Ford a parent, did, within twelve months before making this affidavit, without lawful excuse, desert, or wil-fully neglect, or refuse or fail to provide for the support and maintenance of Alfonso Ford age 3, Angela Ford age 2,…