Bowen v. State

Bell, Justice.

The Court of Appeals certified the following question: “A bastardy warrant was sworn out against the defendant as the putative father some few weeks prior to the birth of an expected child. On account of his flight, the sheriff was unable to apprehend him, and the hearing on the warrant before the justice of the peace did not take place until after the birth of the child. At'the hearing before the justice of the peace the evidence did not disclose that the mother had fully recovered from her illness incident to childbirth or that the expenses of her confinement had been paid.…