Mann v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Weit oe Ebbob to the Circuit Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. Chables B. Stabb, Judge, presiding. This was a prosecution in the name of The People of the State of Illinois against Frederick W. Mann, for bastardy.
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Weit oe Ebbob to the Circuit Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. Chables B. Stabb, Judge, presiding. This was a prosecution in the name of The People of the State of Illinois against Frederick W. Mann, for bastardy. On the trial in the Circuit Court, the people, to maintain the issue on their part, produced Cordelia Davidson, who swore that she knew the defendant, Frederick W. Mann; that she had been acquainted with him four years; that said acquaintance continued till within the last eight months; that she lived about a half a mile from the defendant; that she is an unmarried woman, and was…
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Chief Justice Walker
delivered the opinion of the Court:
On the trial below it was proved, that the prosecuting witness was delivered of a bastard child. And she testified that plaintiff in err.or was the father of the child. It does not appear from the bill of exceptions, that any witness stated that the child was born alive. On this evidence the jury found plaintiff in error guilty. And it is assigned for error, that the court below overruled a motion for a new trial. The correctness of that decision, we think, depends upon the question, whether a prosecution for bastardy, is a civil or…
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