Pearce v. State

The question now presented arises upon motion to tax a fee of $20 for the benefit of the prosecuting attorney who successfully conducted this' proceeding in bastardy for the State in the circuit court and here. The statute authorizes the taxing of such a fee upon the affirmance of a judgment of conviction for a misdemeanor. Mansf. Dig., secs. 2469-2471. But bastardy is a civil proceeding, and not a criminal prosecution. Chambers v. State, 45 Ark., 56. “ Indemnity and protection of the counties against the burden of supporting the child, and not the punishment of the father, are the objects…