O'Brien v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Wichita. Tried below before the Honorable Guy Rogers. Appeal from a conviction of wilful neglect to support and maintain defendant’s wife; penalty, a fine of $100 and thirty days in jail. The opinion states the case. Cited cases in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWKINS, Judge.
Appeal is from conviction for neglect and refusal to provide for the support and maintenance of the wife, in which punishment was assessed at a fine of $100 and thirty days in jail.
The information alleges, omitting the formal parts, that appellant, ■“did then and there unlawfully and wilfully and without justification desert, neglect and refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife, Sophronia O’Brien, who was then and there in destitute and necessitous circumstances.”
After hearing all of the evidence in the case the court instructed the jury that the State had…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Floeck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
- Mercardo Jr. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Irving v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Terrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Reid v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Newton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
- Stoneham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
- State v. BruneelSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1953
- Mayes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942
- Gross v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
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