Joiner v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of unlawfully and wilfully deserting, neglecting, and refusing to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife while in destitute circumstances, and his punishment" assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term .of one year and six months.

The facts adduced upon the trial are in substance as follows: The appellant was married to his wife on the 18th day of September, A. D. 1929, and lived with her until the 18th day of April, 1933. It appears that for the past two years prior to the 18th day of April,…