Lenoir v. State

The indictment in this case charged the violation of Section 2087, Mississippi Code of 1942, in that appellant “did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously desert, wilfully neglect, and refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his children under the age of 16 years, to-wit: Connie Lenoir and Steven Lenoir, leaving such children in destitute and necessitous circumstances,” etc. It will be noted that the several acts or means of carrying out the crime denounced by this statute, which are connected in the statute with the disjunctive “or”, are connected in the indictment…