Commonwealth ex rel. Bentley v. Hughes

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

On May 27, 1915, Cora Bentley appeared before Ed. S. Hughes, clerk of the county court of Boyd county, Kentucky, and made affidavit accusing W. H. Muth of being the father of her bastard child, who was born in that county on September 20, 1914. She included in the affidavit the jurisdictional facts authorizing this proceeding ag-ainst the putative father which are prescribed by sections 167 and 168, Kentucky Statutes, 1915 edition.

A warrant was issued by the clerk for Muth, but the officer failed to find him, and a second warrant was issued, under…