Moorman v. State

Citations

• 129 Miss. 864
• 93 So. 368

Syllabus

<p>JHusbaND and Wife. Parent and child. On prosecution for desertion, that it toas wrongful, and that wife or jehild was left in extreme want, must he proved beyond a reasonable doubt.</p> <p>Under section 1, chapter 212, Laws 1920, before a conviction can be liad, it must be shown beyond a reasonable duobt that the desertion was wrongful, and that the deserted ones were left in destitute or necessitous circumstances; that is, left in extreme want or without means of securing the reasonable actual necessities of life.</p>