Pease v. People ex rel. Smith
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bastardy Proceedings.—Appeal from the Criminal Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1896. Judgment for costs.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
It is not claimed that the original imprisonment was unlawful. The question therefore arises, what “act or event ” has subsequently taken place which entitled the party “ to his discharge,” or what omission of duty on the part of the sheriff has there been which would have the same effect.
It is urged that the defendant in a bastardy proceeding is a “ debtor,” within the meaning of section 11, chapter 75, of the Illinois Bevised Statute.
It is provided by the bastardy act (chapter 17, section 8, of the Bevised Statute), among other things, that “ the said reputed father shall be required by…
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