Bennett v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Wife and child desertion is the offense, punishment fixed at a fine of $100 and confinement in the county jail for a period of thirty days.

The offense is thus defined:

“Any husband who shall wilfully desert, neglect or refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife who may be in destitute or necessitous circumstances, or any parent who shall wilfully desert, neglect or refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his or her child or children under sixteen years in destitute or necessitous circumstances, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor…