Commonwealth v. Bateman

Opinion by

Porter, P. J.,

This defendant was tried upon an indictment which in proper form charged fornication and bastardy, issue was joined upon his plea of not guilty and the trial resulted in a verdict of guilty as indicted. The defendant, by his counsel, filed a motion in arrest of judgment, assigning in support of said motion the following reasons: “First. No judgment against the said Earl Bateman, as to the charge of bastardy, can be lawfully rendered upon the record as it now stands. Second. The evidence against the defendant at the trial as to the charge of bastardy was not sufficient…