Patterson v. State

This is a proceeding, or prosecution, instituted against appellant, by the mother of the child, for failing to provide for his dependent infant daughter, admittedly less than 18 years of age, under the provisions of chapter 157 (sections 4479 to 4495) Code of Alabama of 1923.

The bill of exceptions contains the following rather remarkable recitals, as a part of the agreed statement of facts, upon which the cause was tried m the court below, and upon which it is to be adjudicated here on appeal:

“It is further agreed, for the purpose of this suit, that the marriage of said prosecutrix and Calvin…