Ex parte Donahoe
Nebraska Supreme Court
Original application for a writ of habeas corpus. First. That construction should be given the bastardy act, and the previous adjudications thereof, which will most nearly effect the object of the statute, best promote the ends of justice between the parties interested, and most certainly accomplish the common weal. Second.
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Original application for a writ of habeas corpus. First. That construction should be given the bastardy act, and the previous adjudications thereof, which will most nearly effect the object of the statute, best promote the ends of justice between the parties interested, and most certainly accomplish the common weal. Second. The imprisonment is not authorized by the bastardy statute after taking the insolvent debtor’s oath, and sections 557 and 558 of the code of civil procedure apply to bastardy proceedings. Third. The previous adjudications of this court are not in conflict with the…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus to the sheriff of Douglas county.
The petitioner’s application shows that, on July 19,1887, Huida Nelson, an unmarried woman, charged him, under section 1 of an act entitled, “An act for the maintenance and support of illegitimate children,” Chap. 37, 374, Comp. Stat. 1885, with the paternity of her bastard, child. On his confession to the charge he was held to bail in $500 to the next term of the district court, and failing to comply, was committed. When the charge was called in the district court, November 11th, following, the…
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