Firmeis v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the municipal court of Milwaukee county upon an information charging him with wilfully and unlawfully abandoning and deserting his two infant children, and leaving them in a destitute condition. There is no question made by the learned counsel for the plaintiff in error as to the sufficiency of the information, and it undoubtedly charges an offense under the provisions of ch. 200, Laws of 1882: The statute reads as follows: “Section 1. If any father shall wilfully abandon his child or children, leaving them in destitute circumstances, such father shall…