Davis v. Phillips

LoviNS, Judge:

Marjorie Gill Davis obtained a bastardy warrant naming Richard S. Phillips as defendant. A jury trial was had May 27, 1953, during the April, 1953 Term of the Circuit Court of Wood County. The jury returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty as charged in the warrant.

At the July Term of the trial court, 1953, upon motion of the defendant, the verdict of the jury was set aside and the defendant granted a new trial. The order setting aside the verdict was made on the 3rd day of October, 1953. A certificate signed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Wood County and under the…