State v. Brathovde
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In tbe district court for Freeborn county defendant was convicted of being tbe father of a bastard child. From an order, Kingsley, J., denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1DissentCollins, J.
Bastardy proceedings are neither wholly civil nor wholly criminal, but have many of the features and incidents of both. State v. Jager, 19 Wis. 251. See State v. Becht, 23 Minn. 1. They have been properly designated as “quasi criminal.” In any event, they are of great importance to the accused, for the result may be imprisonment; and it seems to me that he should at least have some of the rights and privileges of a person charged with a petty criminal offense. Among those rights is that of having the time alleged when the child, if yet unborn, was begotten, that he may properly prepare his…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Johnson v. BechtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1876
- State v. RyanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Beals v. FurbishSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1855