Murphy v. State

Appellant was convicted under an indictment charging him with the crime of abandonment of his wife and leaving the' Staté, the indictment being preferred under the following statute, Crawford & Moses’ Digest, § 2696, as amended by § 1'of act No. 331 of the General Assembly of 1923, which reads as follows:

’ “Section 1. If any man shall, without'good cause, abándon or désert his wife, or-abandon his child or children under the age ‘of fourteen years, born in or legitimatized by lawful wedlock, or shall fail, neglect or refuse to maintain or provide for such wife, child or children, he'shall,…