Dickey v. State

Appellant was convicted of deserting his wife, his punishment being assessed at a fine of $100.

Appellant, a boy about twenty years of age, married Miss Essie Thomas, who was about the same age. The marriage occurred about January 10, 1917, at Childress, Texas. They went at once on a visit to appellant's uncle in Arkansas. On their return trip about January 15th, before arriving at Dallas, they agreed that the defendant should go in search of a position or procure some business by which he could make a living and would then return to Wellington for his wife, where she was to remain with her…