Hatcher v. State Ex Rel. McGill

This is a proceeding in bastardy. The mother, Tilda McGill, went before a Justice of the Peace and made affidavit charging the defendant Fred Platcher as the father- of the child, as provided by Code, Section 11936, et seq. And the Justice of the Peace, as he is directed to do by statute, transferred the papers to the County Court to be there heard before the County Chairman. The defendant appeared before the Chairman and made a counter affidavit required of him, denying that he was the father of the child. This made the issue and the' Chairman heard the case on the 7th day of November, 1938,…