Henwood v. State ex rel. Streiby

On the 16th day of September, 1889, the relatrix instituted bastardy proceedings against the appellant, before a justice of the peace in Kosciusko county. A warrant issued by the justice was returned "not found.” The justice proceeded with the case under the statute, adjudged the appellant to be the father of a bastard' child, with which the relatrix was then pregnant, and certified the proceedings to the clerk of the circuit court. R. S. 1894, section 998. After several continuances, the appellant was arrested and brought to trial in the court below, where he filed a plea in abatement,…