State v. Snure
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The defendant was arrested and held for trial by a justice of the peace on the following complaint: “Eranzesha Gissel, of said county, being first duly, sworn and examined on oath by the undersigned, E. C. Huntington, one of the justices of the peace of said county, on her oath complains and says that on the 16th day of April, 1881, at the town of Southbrook, in said county, she was delivered of as follows: a female child, which is a bastard, and that William Snure, of said…
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The defendant was arrested and held for trial by a justice of the peace on the following complaint: “Eranzesha Gissel, of said county, being first duly, sworn and examined on oath by the undersigned, E. C. Huntington, one of the justices of the peace of said county, on her oath complains and says that on the 16th day of April, 1881, at the town of Southbrook, in said county, she was delivered of as follows: a female child, which is a bastard, and that William Snure, of said county, is father of said child. “Wherefore, the affiant prays that William Snure may be arrested and brought before…
1Opinion of the Court
GilfillaN, C. J,
The complaint in this case is very nearly in the language of the statute. It states, at any rate, all the facts which the statute seems to contemplate as necessary. Gen. St. 1878, c. 17, § 1. The allegation that the child “is a bastard” implies that it is alive at the time of making the complaint. The transcript of the justice’s docket returned to the district court shows proper proceedings had before him, and their nature, fully. The omission to formally entitle the proceeding or action in the docket (who were the parties appearing therein) was at most only an irregularity,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. WorthinghamSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
- State v. JagerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1865
- State ex rel. Johnson v. BechtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1876
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- People v. StoecklMichigan Supreme Court · 1956
- Cox v. HarrisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
- Skaggs v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1922
- State v. KlitzkeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
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