La Plant v. People ex rel. Warner
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bastardy Proceedings,—Appeal from the Criminal Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
This was a proceeding under the statute concerning bastardy.
The mother of the child was, apparently, at the time of its birth, a resident of this State. At the time of the trial she resided in Indiana.
A non-resident woman may prosecute the putative father of her illegitimate child in the courts of this, although she is a resident of another State. Kolbe v. The People, 85 Ill. 336; Mings v. The People, 111 Ill. 98.
We regard the evidence that the mother was an unmarried woman as sufficient.
She testified that at the time of the trial she was unmarried, and she spoke of her being engaged to, and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kolbe v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
- McFarland v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Johnson v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1891
- Mings v. People ex rel. McCuneIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Durham v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Noavsll v. GraftAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912