State Ex Rel. Pierce v. Williams
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Proceedings in bastardy by the State, on the- relation of Jennie Pierce, against Buford Williams. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lively, Judge:
The judgment complained of was entered the 18th of September, 1922, in a bastardy proceeding, and requires defendant Buford Williams to pay to the county court $75.00 a year up to an including the year 1929, and to give bond in the penalty of $1,000 for the payment of said sums.
Jennie Pierce, an unmarried woman, accused Buford Williams of being the father of a female bastard child bom the 8th day of October, 1921. A warrant was issued for his arrest under the statute, the ease was tried by a jury in the circuit court, and on a verdict of guilty as charged in the complaint the…
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