State v. Patton

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.

This is a proceeding in bastardy under sections 12267 to 12274, inclusive, of the Revised Codes of 1921. Tbe complaint, filed May 10, 1933, charged defendant, Sherman Clay Patton, with being the father of the then unborn child of prosecutrix, Lorna Drake, and prayed that he be charged with the maintenance of the child, and that he be required to pay the expenses of confinement of prosecutrix. Issue was joined by a plea of not guilty. The matter was tried by the court sitting with a jury, on June 10, 1935.

Evidence in support of the complaint was to the effect…