Hobson v. People ex rel. Druhm
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bastardy Proceedings.—Appeal from the County Court of Greene County; the Hon. John C. Bowman, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1897. Affirmed. Opinion filed December 2, 1897.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Glenn
The appellant was convicted, by the judgment of the County Court of Greene County, of bastardy.
It appears from the evidence there was a period of time during which gestation could have taken place, at the commencement of which appellant did have coition with the mother of the child, and no one else did at this time or afterward and before the child was born, save the appellant, and during this time gestation did take place.
This evidence the jury no doubt accepted as true, as it was their province to do, and found appellant to be the father of the child.
We think this finding is sustained by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. PrattSupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
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