Hauskins v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the GCircuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. William IT. Snyder, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in the circuit court of Madison county, in a proceeding originally instituted before a justice of the peace, against appellant, under the Bastardy Act of the State.
It is first urged that the evidence fails to show that the child was born or begotten in the State of Illinois.
The first section of the Bastardy Act authorizes the prosecution to be commenced in the county where the woman may be pregnant or delivered, or where the person accused may be found. Revised Laws of 1874, p. 183.
The complaint was made before a justice of Madison county, in which…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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