Thomason v. State

1. Where a child has been born and the mother has recovered from her confinement before the bastardy proceedings are begun, the bond required by the terms of the law is simply a bond to indemnify the county against a possible charge for the maintenance and education of the child until it arrives at the age of fourteen years. Martin v. State, 127 Ga. 39, 41 (56 S. E. 79). In the present case the evidence was undisputed that the child was born before the bastardy proceedings were instituted, but there was an issue of fact as to whether the mother had then recovered. The evidence authorized a…