FORTENBERRY v. STATE

No. 40061.

227 Miss. 666 (1956)

86 So.2d 663

FORTENBERRY v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.K. Edwards, Mendenhall, for appellant.

John H. Price, Jr., and J.R. Griffin, Asst. Atty. Generals, Jackson, for appellee.


LEE, J.

This is an appeal by Berry Fortenberry from a conviction and sentence of two years in the state penitentiary, under Section 2087, Code of 1942, for the desertion and willful neglect and refusal to provide for the support and maintenance of his four children under the age of 16 years.

The State's proof was to the effect that Fortenberry, a farmer, on September 6, 1951, before the completion of the harvest...

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