Windham v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case. Prosecutrix testified that she and her husband lived together about two months before they separated, and that they had lived with defendant’s father, that she was not prevented from eating there, but that she left there because she didn’t feel it was right for her to eat off of his father and mother; that she could cook but not sew; that she was about sixteen 3-cars old, weighed about one hundred and nineteen pounds, and had always worked, and…
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The opinion states the case. Prosecutrix testified that she and her husband lived together about two months before they separated, and that they had lived with defendant’s father, that she was not prevented from eating there, but that she left there because she didn’t feel it was right for her to eat off of his father and mother; that she could cook but not sew; that she was about sixteen 3-cars old, weighed about one hundred and nineteen pounds, and had always worked, and had been making a living by working herself, etc.; that she usually went to the negro restaurant about three days in the…
1Opinion of the Court
PRENDERGAST, Judge.
Appellant was convicted under article 640a, Vernon’s Ann. P. C., for wilful desertion, etc., of his wife without justification and failure to support and maintain her, she being in destitute or necessitous circumstances.
Appellant has assigned several matters which he claims were errors against him on the trial. One of them presents reversible error, which is:
That the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction. We have carefully read the evidence. Without specifically so holding, in view of another trial, the evidence may be sufficient to show a wilful desertion of…
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