Allen v. State

The defendant was on trial, under the Code, § 74-9901, for refusing to give security for tlie maintenance and education of his alleged bastard child. The justice of the peace, before whom the defendant was brought and who had required him to give such security, was allowed to testify on the trial in the superior court that he decided on the hearing before him that the defendant was the father of the bastard child. The defendant objected to the evidence, on the ground that the only *354issue before the justice was whether the defendant would give the required bond. We do not think that the…