People v. Dunston

This case involves the question of whether or not respondent is liable to criminal prosecution for desertion and abandonment of his children, as defined in Act No. 144 of the Public Acts of 1907; he having previously been divorced from his wife, to whom the court had granted possession and custody of their minor children, decreeing an allowance to be paid to her for said children’s support, which allowance respondent has failed to fully pay. Respondent was arrested, prosecuted, and convicted under said Act No. 144 in the circuit court of Oakland county, and has removed the proceedings to this *369…