Melton v. State ex rel. Swadener

Prosecution for bastardy against Melton. The complaint was made by one Mary Anne Swadener, before a justice of the peace of Warren county. A warrant was .issued against the defendant which was returned not found, and in his absence the justice proceeded to take *453the examination of the complainant, which he reduced to writing. And having adjudged the defendant guilty, 'he certified the proceedings to the Warren Common Pleas. The 'justice’s transcript was filed in that Court on the 31st of March, 1856, and on the day following, its clerk issued a writ for the arrest of the defendant, directed to…