State v. Bradley

This was a case of bastardy, brought before the Switzerland Circuit Court on a recognizance entered into before a justice of the peace. The Circuit Court dismissed the case. *84because the prosecution was carried on in the name of the state j and because the recognizance was for the appearance of the defendant on the first day of the May term of the said Court, and was dated on the same day. The statute on which this proceeding was founded, has given no direction in whose name the proceedings are to be carried on. The mother is made a competent witness. The jury are not authorized to find a…