Commonwealth ex rel. Miller v. Ebbert

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

On July 8, 1954, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the charges of fornication and bastardy. The child, a boy, had been born to Grace Miller, the prosecutrix, on July 7, 1952. On October 22, 1954, he pleaded guilty to a second charge of fornication and bastardy on the complaint of the same Grace Miller, following the birth to her of another male child on August 23, 1954. In each instance the court sentenced the defendant (under the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, as last amended by the Act of September 28, 1951, P. L. 1543, 18 PS §4506) to pay a fine of $5, and $50…