Satterwhite v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Macon. Tried before tbe Hon. Robert Dougherty. was arrested under a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, on'the affidavit of Mary Ann Hill that he was the father of a bastard child with which she was then pregnant, and which was afterwards born in December, 1854. He gave bond for his appearance before the circuit court to answer the charge; and on the trial, which.-was had at the October term,- 1855, an issue being made up as directed by…
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Macon. Tried before tbe Hon. Robert Dougherty. was arrested under a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, on'the affidavit of Mary Ann Hill that he was the father of a bastard child with which she was then pregnant, and which was afterwards born in December, 1854. He gave bond for his appearance before the circuit court to answer the charge; and on the trial, which.-was had at the October term,- 1855, an issue being made up as directed by the statute, the jury found that “ the defendant is the real father of the said child.” On the trial, the mother of the…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, C. J.
Prom a judgment of the circuit court in a proceeding in bastardy, an appeal to the supreme court may be taken, by merely giving security for the costs of the appeal, to be approved by the clerk of the circuit court. — Code, §3821. Such security is not required to bo in any prescribed form. It may be given by bond, or by a simple acknowledgment in writing. Whether it be in one form or. another, if it be security for the costs of the appeal, and is approved by the clerk of the circut court, it is sufficient. — Riddle v. Hanna, 25 Ala. R. 484; Spencer v. Thompson, 24 Ala. R. 512.
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