State ex rel. Kahn v. Woodward

This was a prosecution for bastardy, and the defendant was found to be the father of the child ; and the court ordered the payment of the sum of $600 to the relatrix for the maintenance of the child, and on the failure of the defendant to pay or replevy the judgment he was committed to the jail of Wells county. After the expiration of one year the defendant made an application to be released, on the grounds that he had been imprisoned in the county jail one year, and that he was unable to pay or replevy the judgment. The relatrix appeared and objected to his discharge, on the grounds that he…