Preece v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Maynard

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

This is a bastardy proceeding instituted lin the county court of Martin county pursuant to the provisions of section 166 et seq. of our present Statutes, composing chapter 10 of the 1930 edition thereof. The mother of the illegitimate child was and is Gladys Maynard, a widow 26 years of age, and the alleged putative father proceeded against was and lis appellant and defendant below, Golden Preece. He interposed three defenses: (1) Not guilty; (2) that the mother was a married woman at the time the child was begotten and to whom the remedy invoked…