Scott v. State ex rel. Dale

The finding and judgment of the court below are, that appellant is the father of a bastard child, and shall *278pay five hundred dollars for its support and maintenance, of which amount fifty dollars shall be paid at once, and the balance in yearly instalments of seventy-five dollars.

■ After the announcement of the finding that appellant is the father of the child, he offered to prove that he had no property of any kind, and had no means of obtaining any money except by his labor. The court refused to hear this offered evidence, and rendered the above judgment. To this refusal appellant excepted.…