Cook v. People

This was a prosecution commenced in the name of the people, against appellant, on a. charge of bastardy. A trial was had in the court below, by a jury, who returned a verdict of guilty. A motion for a new trial was entered, but overruled by the court, and judgment rendered on the verdict.

The first assignment of error questions the sufficiency of the complaint filed before the justice of the peace, and which is the basis upon which this proceeding was instituted. The record does not contain the complaint or the warrant issued upon it, but it contains the bond entered into by appellant before…