Butler v. State

MORROW, Judge.

This is a prosecution by information for a violation of the provisions of the Act of the Thirty-fourth Legislature, chapter 49.

Appellant's son, Alvin Butler, was lourteen years old on the 12th day of October, 1916. The public school in the district in which he resided began on the 30th day of October, 1916. The boy was absent from school on the 13th, 15th and 22d days of November, 1916, without any of the excuses named in the statute. His absence was with the consent of his father, the appellant, and the conviction was by reason of this absence with his consent.

The Act of the…