Dean v. State

Deen, Judge.

1. The defendant, convicted of bastardy, enumerates error on instructions of the court that the probability of the child becoming dependent on the county or on another for support is not involved, nor are the cause and circumstances regarding the conception material to the issue. "The question of the probability of the child becoming chargeable to the county is not involved in the trial of an indictment for bastardy. Two questions are involved: whether the defendant is the father of the bastard; and whether he refused to give bond in terms of law—that is, in the manner pointed out…