State v. Tschirner

WASSERSTROM, Judge.

Upon an information filed in a magistrate’s court charging violation of § 559.-353 RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. defendant was found guilty of child abandonment and nonsupport, and was sentenced to thirty days in the County jail with a suspension on condition of his paying $10.00 per week toward support of the child. Defendant appealed and was tried de novo before a jury in the circuit court. From a jury verdict of guilty and a consequent fine of $1,000.00, defendant appeals to this Court.

This child in question was born on June 25, 1970, to Sharon Sullivan. The uncon-tradicted…