Doyle v. State, ex rel. Shetterly

— This was a prosecution for bastardy, commenced before a justice of the peace, on the relation of Mary E. Shetterly, against James B. Boyle.

The justice sustained a demurrer to the complaint, and dismissed the action.

The State appealed to the circuit court, where the demurrer was overruled, and where, upon a trial, the defendant was found guilty and adjudged to pay the relatrix the sum of one thousand dollars, in annual instalments of one hundred dollars each.

• The complaint stated, in substance, that, on the 7th day of May, 1877, the relatrix was delivered of a. bastard child, which was…