Booth v. McQueen

This was a proceeding against the defendant, upon a complaint charging him with being the father of a bastard child, tried at the Eaton Circuit, under the provisions of Chapter G, Title 9, Part 1 of the R. S. Upon the trial of the cause the jury found the defendant guilty, and an order was thereupon entered adjudging him to be the father of such child, and that he stand chargeable with the maintenance thereof, and pay a specified sum per week, to said Susannah Booth. The only question presented in the case, and which was reserved by the Presiding Judge who tried the cause, is, whether the…