Legal Opinion

Sheay v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided March 24, 1891PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Writ of Error and Appeal from the Circuit Court for Alleghany County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Section 5 of Article 12 of the Code of Public General Laws, is as follows : “If any person charged with being the father of an illegitimate child shall feel aggrieved by the judgment of the justice, the justice shall require him to enter into recognizance for his appearance at the next Circuit Court for the county, or the Criminal Court of Baltimore, if in…

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Writ of Error and Appeal from the Circuit Court for Alleghany County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Section 5 of Article 12 of the Code of Public General Laws, is as follows : “If any person charged with being the father of an illegitimate child shall feel aggrieved by the judgment of the justice, the justice shall require him to enter into recognizance for his appearance at the next Circuit Court for the county, or the Criminal Court of Baltimore, if in the City of Baltimore, and the said Court shall taire cognizance thereof, and such proceedings shall be thereupon had,, as…

1Opinion of the CourtMillek, J.

Sheay was indicted in the Circuit Court for Alleghany County for bastardy. The indictment, which was found on the Pith of October, 1890, is in the usual form, and charges that the ti'averser did, on the 8th of February, 1889, at the county aforesaid, beget on the body of Ida Barnard, a free white woman of that county, a female illegitimate child, of which child the said Ida was after-wards on the 8th of November, 1889, at the county aforesaid, delivered; and that said child was then and there horn alive, and is still living, to wit, at Alleghany County aforesaid. To this indictment he…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Oldham v. State ex rel. CrothersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1847
  2. Owens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1856
  3. State v. PhelpsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1856
  4. Norwood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876
  5. Eccleston v. State ex rel. KendallCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1835

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Lank v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
  2. Thompson v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. BertramSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  4. State ex rel. Berge v. PattersonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Allen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1916

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