State v. Hardesty

The indictment in this case charges the appellee with having begotten on the body of the woman therein named, in St. Mary’s County, a male bastard child, who was born in Baltimore City, the temporary residence of the mother, and is now living in Prince George’s County, where the prosecution was instituted. A demurrer to the indictment was filed and sustained on the ground that, as the fornication was alleged to have been committed in St. Mary’s County, the accused was subject to indictment only in that jurisdiction, whore he resides. The appeal is from a judgment for the defendant on the…