Rawlings v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county. Mr. Ira J. Bloomfield, and Mr. Benj. D. Lucas, for the plaintiff in error: A writ of error lies to the Supreme Court from the decisions of the Appellate Court in bastardy cases.
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Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county. Mr. Ira J. Bloomfield, and Mr. Benj. D. Lucas, for the plaintiff in error: A writ of error lies to the Supreme Court from the decisions of the Appellate Court in bastardy cases. Baber v. Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis R. R. Co. 93 Ill. 342. Bastardy is not a criminal proceeding, but at most only quasi criminal, and is not affected by the statute of 1879 relating to appeals in criminal cases. Wiggins v. City of Chicago, 68 Ill. 372.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
Proceedings under the Bastardy act were-instituted against John E. Bawlings, in the county court of McLean county, which, on trial at the December term, 1879, resulted in a verdict against the defendant. Judgment was rendered accordingly, and an appeal prayed to the circuit court of McLean county. The appeal was perfected, but at the April term, 1880, of the circuit court, on motion of the People, the appeal was dismissed, on the ground that the appeal lay to the Appellate Court, and not to the circuit court. This order of dismissal, on appeal to the Appellate Court for the Third District,…
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