State v. Mushied
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dodge County. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. contended that the provisions for appeals, (chap. 139, R. S.), apply only to civil actions, and that this is a quasi criminal action, in which a summary method of arrest and punishment is authorized, and in which the proceedings are not for the benefit of any private individual, but are designed to protect the people against loss for the maintenance of the bastard, the supervisors…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dodge County. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. contended that the provisions for appeals, (chap. 139, R. S.), apply only to civil actions, and that this is a quasi criminal action, in which a summary method of arrest and punishment is authorized, and in which the proceedings are not for the benefit of any private individual, but are designed to protect the people against loss for the maintenance of the bastard, the supervisors of the town being authorized to make the complaint. R. S., chap. 37, § 11.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Paine, J.
This was a complaint against the defendant for the purpose of compelling him to provide for the support of a bastard child. There was a trial in the circuit court, and he was convicted and adjudged to be the father of the childf and to provide for its support. Erom the judgment he has appealed to this court, in the manner provided for appeals in civil actions. The attorney general moved to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that the statute relating to appeals, applies to civil actions, and that a complaint charging the party with being the father of a bastard child, is…
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