State v. McGlothlen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Morvroe District Cohort. The following complaint was filed in said court: “ The State of Iowa, 1 v. Jacob L. McGlothlen. J' t Complaint in Bastardy. In the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Monroe county. I, Amanda Meeker, an unmarried woman, residing in the county of Monroe, in the State of Iowa, do hereby state and complain that I am now pregnant with a child, which, if born alive, will be a bastard.
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Appeal from Morvroe District Cohort. The following complaint was filed in said court: “ The State of Iowa, 1 v. Jacob L. McGlothlen. J' t Complaint in Bastardy. In the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Monroe county. I, Amanda Meeker, an unmarried woman, residing in the county of Monroe, in the State of Iowa, do hereby state and complain that I am now pregnant with a child, which, if born alive, will be a bastard. And I hereby charge and allege that Jacob L. McGlothlen, a resident of Wapello county, Iowa, is the father of said child. And I, the said Amanda Meeker, do on my oath…
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
i evidenceÉastardy:legree of proof. -T: Counsel for defendant insists there was no evidence tending to show the guilt of the defendant ex-ceP^ ^bat of Amanda Meeker, the prosecutrix, anc^ this being so the conviction cannot be susThe statute provides in cases of this character “ the issue on the trial shall be guilty or not guilty, and shall be tried as an ordinary action.” Code, § 4720. An ordinary action is defined to be a civil action at law as distinguished from an equitable proceeding (Code, § 2507), and in such actions no corroboration of a witness, however much he may be interested in…
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