People v. Meyer

Noonan, J.:

The appellant has been convicted in the City Court of Buffalo, of being a disorderly person under section 899, subdivision 1, of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which reads as follows:

“The following are disorderly persons:

“1. Persons who actually abandon their wives or children, without adequate support, or leave them in danger of becoming a burden upon the public, or who neglect to provide for them according to their means.”

The only witness sworn at the trial was the complainant, Etta Meyer, and her testimony and the judgment roll in a separation action, instituted by the…