Neal v. Commonwealth

BIRD, Judge.

Albert Neal appeals from a judgment of the Butler Circuit Court by which he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on a charge of child desertion.

The testimony was not reported and we therefore have before us a very meager portion of the evidence, the substance of which is recited in the bill of exceptions.

Appellant was not represented by counsel at the trial. He is, however, ably represented on this appeal and the court’s failure to provide counsel at the trial is raised as one of the grounds for reversal.

• iWe find in the record a judgment specifically stating that appellant…