Terry v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bastardy Proceedings.—Trial in the County Court of Menard County; the. Hon. J. A. McCoiias, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the November term, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker
This was a bastardy proceeding instituted upon the complaint of Flora B. Carter, charging appellant with being the father of her bastard child.
Upon a trial in the County Court, appellant was found to be the father of the child, and a judgment was entered requiring him to pay for its support §100 for the first year and §50 for each of the nine years following.
We are not disposed to look with favor upon the contention that the judgment must be reversed for the reason that there was no evidence showing that the prosecutrix was an unmarried woman. That question is raised for the first time in…
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