Zweifel v. State

The first question - to be considered in this case is as to the sufficiency of the complaint. It. is claimed on the part of the plaintiff in error, that the complaint upon which he was arrested and held to answer shows no jurisdiction of the magistrate or the court in which he was tried.

The complaint was under the bastardy act, made by Huida Crossett to a justice of the peace of Milwaukee county, stating, in substance, that she was pregnant with a child, which, if born alive, would be a bastard, and which child was begotten upon her body by the plaintiff in error, who was the father thereof.

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