Supreme Court of Pennsylvania May 13, 1868 (Black v. Tricker)

The opinion of the court was delivered, May 20th 1868, by

Thompson, C. J.

We are of opinion that the learned judge below gave a substantially accurate exposition of the law of the 2d section of the Act of the 4th of May 1855, when he instructed the jury, “ that when a husband by reason of habits of drunkenness, profligacy or other cause neglects to provide for his wife and family, and the wife by