People v. Nelson

The defendant was indicted for unlawfully failing, without legal excuse, to furnish necessary food, clothing, etc., for an illegitimate child, and thereby violating the provisions of section 270 of the Penal Code. Judgment of conviction followed and the defendant’s motion for a new trial being denied, the matter is now before this court upon the defendant’s appeal. The judgment entered in this cause provided first that the defendant should be confined in the county jail of the county of Mendocino for a period of two years; secondly, that execution of judgment should be suspended and the defendant placed upon probation, conditioned upon his paying forthwith to the mother of the illegitimate child the sum of $326.50, on account of arrears in monthly payments at the rate of $25 per month, and that the defendant, beginning' with the first day of January, 1925, during said period of two years, deposit in the Savings Bank of the county of Mendocino the sum of $25 per month during each and every month of said two-year’s period, said money to be deposited to the credit of the mother of the illegitimate child involved to be used by her for its support and maintenance. The record shows that…