...by them. Gen. Sts. 1915, c. 163, § 1, provides: — Any person, above the age of twenty-one years, who, being possessed of sufficient means, unreasonably...his parent, whether father or mother, residing in this commonwealth, when such parent through misfortune and without fault of his own is destitute of...

...or any or either of them, without making reasonable provision for their support, and any husband who unreasonably neglects or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife or minor child, and any husband who abandons or leaves his wife or minor child in danger of becoming...

...was designed and enacted to remedy, if possible, this evil. By its provisions a husband, who deserts, neglects, or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife, minor child or children, is deemed guilty of a crime, and, if he goes into another state, can...

...obligation to bear it and possibly upon the state itself. Therefore, whenever a husband, without Just cause, neglects or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife, and thereby places her in such a situation that she stands in need of the necessaries of life,...

...or any or either of them without making reasonable provision for their support, and any husband who unreasonably neglects or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife or minor child or children, or abandons or leaves them or any or either of them in danger of becoming...

...becoming a burden upon the public, and any parent, whether father or mother, who deserts or wilfully neglects or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of his or her child or children under the age of sixteen, or whose minor child by reason of the neglect, cruelty,...

...means, unreasonably neglects or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of his parents, whether father or mother, residing in the Commonwealth,...and without fault of his own is destitute of means or sustenance and unable by reason of old age, infirmity, or illness to support and maintain himself...

...1915) took effect May 12, 1915. This Act provides that "any person, above the age of twenty-one years, who, being possessed of sufficient means, unreasonably...to provide for the support and maintenance of his parents, whether father or mother, residing in the Commonwealth, when such parent through misfortune...

...456, s. 1, for the violation of which the defendant has been convicted provides, that "any husband who unreasonably neglects or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife or minor child or children . . . shall be guilty of a crime, and on conviction thereof shall be...

...§ 1, for the violation of which the defendant has been convicted, provides, that "any husband who unreasonably neglects or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife or minor child or children . . . shall be guilty of a crime, and on conviction thereof shall be...