West v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hurt

Reversing.

The appellant, John West, was indicted, tried and convicted of a violation of section 33'li-l of Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes, which provides as follows:

“The parent of any child or. children residing in this Commonwealth who shall leave, desert or abandon the said child or children, under the age of sixteen years, leaving said child or children in destitute or indigent circumstances, and without making proper provision for the board, clothing, education and proper care of said child or children, in a manner suitable to the condition and…