Johnson v. State

Ryan, C.

Before the county judge of Webster county, Lillie Churches, an unmarried woman, on April 20, 1897, made complaint under oath that she was pregnant with a child, which, if born alive, would be a bastard, and that David E. Johnson ivas the father of said child. Upon a hearing the said Johnson was required to give bonds for his appearance at the nest ensuing term of the district court, which he did, and upon a trial therein had was found guilty..

The only question argued is as to the necessity of proving that, at the time of the birth of her child, Lillie Churches was an unmarried woman.…