Haag v. State

Ray Haag, the plaintiff in error, was adjudged guilty of the crime of wife desertion and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment therefor. On writ of error reversal of the judgment is sought, principally upon the ground that a sufficient legal predicate to sustain the conviction is' not to be found in the record, notwithstanding the jury’s verdict of guilty and the approval by the trial judge- of that verdict be denial of a motion for a new trial.

We think the judgment should be reversed on the authority of Council v. State, 11 Fla. 173, 149 Sou. Rep. 13, wherein this Court held that where the…