Leister v. State

Oeeutt, J\,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant was convicted of bastardy by a jury in the Circuit Court for Carroll County, and sentenced to give bond to the State in the penalty of five hundred dollars to secure the payment of twelve dollars per month for the maintenance of his illegitimate child until it reached the age of twelve years. From that judgment this appeal is taken. The record contains ten exceptions, one of which relates to the Court’s ruling on a prayer offered by the appellant in the course of the proceeding; one to the Court’s refusal to strike out a statement by…