Morrison v. People ex rel. Richard

This was a suit under the bastardy act, brought upon the complaint of Cora Belle Richard, charging that appellant is the father of her bastard child. The complaint was filed in justice’s court November 30, 1892, and the cause was tried in the County Court, by a jury, at the February term, 1893, who, by their verdict, found that Cora Belle Richard is an unmarried woman; has never been married; that she has been delivered of a bastard child; that the defendant is the father of said child, and said child is now living.

Defendant filed his motion for a new trial, which was overruled and defendant…