Flowers v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is wife desertion, punishment fixed at a fine of $25.

The prosecution is under Art. 602, C. C. P., 1925, in which it is declared that a husband who shall wilfully desert or refuse to support his wife who may be in destitute circumstances, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

The following facts are from the record: R. B. Flowers and Jessie Flowers were married in January, 1927, and lived together in a home in the city of Abilene provided by the appellant, until the 28th day of May, 1927. Mrs. Flowers was sick at that time and her sister, Mrs. Albritton,'…