314 ARTICLE 27.

Conspiracy.
43.

Picketing of stores to compel owners to employ colored help is not in the
nature of a trade dispute, and may be enjoined. Green v. Samuelson, Daily
Record, April 10, 1935.

1927. ch. 651.

43A. Every person convicted of the crime of conspiracy shall he liable
to be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, or imprison-
ment in the jail or the Maryland House of Correction or the Maryland
Penitentiary, for not more than ten years, or both, in the discretion of the
Court; provided that all actions or prosecutions hereunder shall be com-
menced within two years after the commission of said offense.

Counterfeiting and Forgery.

68.

This section referred to in construing secs. 244, et seq. Gaither v. Gate, 156
Md. 257.

Desertion of Wife or Child.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 87. 1912. sec. 75. 1904, sec. 69. 1896, ch. 73, sec. 47A.
1904, ch. 44. 1961, ch. 448, sec. 87. 1935, ch. 285.

87. Any person who shall without just cause desert or wilfully neglect
to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife or minor child shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in any court of
the State having criminal jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the Maryland House
of Correction, or in Jail, for not more than three years, or both, in the

discretion of the Court. The fine may be directed by the Court to be paid
in whole or in part to the wife; provided, that before the trial with the
consent of the defendant, or after conviction, instead of imposing the
punishment hereinbefore provided, or in addition thereto, the Court in its
discretion, having regard to the circumstances and financial ability of the
defendant, shall have the power to pass an order which shall be subject to
change by it from time to time, as the circumstances may require, direct-
ing the defendant to pay a certain sum weekly for the space of three years
to the wife, and to release defendant from custody on probation for the

space of three years upon his entering into a recognizance in such sum as
the Court shall direct, with or without sureties. The condition of the
recognizance shall be such that if the defendant shall make his personal

appearance at the Court whenever ordered so to do within the three years,

and shall further comply with the terms of the order, or of any subsequent
modification thereof, then the recognizance shall be void, otherwise of full
force and effect. If the Court be satisfied by information and due proof
under oath, at any time during the three years, that the defendant has