State v. Anderson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. — - Hon Victor H. Falkenhainer, Judge. (1) The evidence is not sufficient to support the findings of the court sitting as a jury, nor the judgment rendered and entered thereon. State v. Langley, 248 Mo. 545; State v. Thornton, 232 Mo. 298; State v. Doyle, 68 Mo. App. 219; State v. Linck, 68 Mo. App. 161; State v. Scatchwell, 68 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. — - Hon Victor H. Falkenhainer, Judge. (1) The evidence is not sufficient to support the findings of the court sitting as a jury, nor the judgment rendered and entered thereon. State v. Langley, 248 Mo. 545; State v. Thornton, 232 Mo. 298; State v. Doyle, 68 Mo. App. 219; State v. Linck, 68 Mo. App. 161; State v. Scatchwell, 68 Mo. App. 39. (2) Before a conviction could he had in this case it was incumbent on the State to prove: First, that defendant wilfully and without good cause did abandon his child or children; second, that he failed,…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
This is a prosecution under section 4495, Revised Statutes 1909, as amended in 1911. [See Laws 1911, p. 193.] The information is in two counts, the first charging defendant with wife abandonment, and the second charging him with the abandonment of and failure and refusal to maintain and provide for his two minor children, aged fourteen and eleven years respectively. Defendant was acquitted of the offense charged in the first count, but found guilty under the second count. His punishment was assessed at sis months in the St. Louis city workhouse, and he appeals.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- State v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
- La Rue v. KempfMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
- State v. WeberMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892
- State v. GreenupMissouri Court of Appeals · 1888
- State v. DoyleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1896
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