Crawford v. Hasberry

This is an action in bastardy which now comes before the court on the defendant’s motion for a new trial. The plaintiff, Frances Crawford, filed her action on January *20723, 1959, alleging that she was unmarried and pregnant with a bastard child and that the defendant, Columbus Hasberry, was the father of the child. The preliminary examination was had on April 15, 1959, at which time the defendant entered a plea of “Not Guilty.” The plaintiff’s child was born on June 5, 1959.

On January 8, 1962, the matter came on for hearing before the court, the parties having duly waived trial by jury. Upon the…