Stovall v. State

This is a bastardy proceeding. The proof is disgusting in its details and very conflicting, but the jury have settled the conflict and we bow to their superior wisdom on questions of this character.

The only question is, whether the court was correct in holding that the defendant was not entitled to the benefit of the doctrine of reasonable doubt, applicable in criminal cases.

The proceeding is in the name of the State, but in the language of Judge Caruthers, delivering the opinion of the court in the case of James O’Neal v. The State, 2 Sneed, “these contests are in their nature, *598under our…