MAGNEY, JUSTICE.
Defendant was found guilty of the offense of wilfully failing to support a four-year-old child. He appeals from the judgment of conviction.
M.S.A. 617.56 provides in part as follows:
"* * * and every person having legal responsibility for the care or support of a child who is under 16 years of age and unable to support himself by lawful employment, who wilfully fails to make proper provision for such child, is guilty of a misdemeanor...
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