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Show FOR THE WORTHLESS HUSBAND. In Minnesota now the man found guilty of failing to provide for his wife is punished as a felon. A man just convicted in Minneapolis the first under the new law received a sen-tence sen-tence of ninety days in the workhouse, although he might have been sent to the penitentiary for three years, that being the extreme limit of imprison- ' ment for this offense. x This being the first case, the court was disposed to exhibit leniency, but hereafter, it is UiiUeisiOuu, men who desert their wives, or who neglect, ' evade, or shirk their duties toward their families, will not be treated with such consideration. Heretofore, ifap"-"" - pears, such offenses have been treated , as misdemeanors in Minnesota. The'"'' delinquent husband could be fined or -IT'-sent to jail in default of security. Now he is a felon in the sight of the law, and his sentence either to the workhouse work-house or to the penitentiary carriea with it the penalty of hard labor. |