Jones v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Alexander county; the Hon. David J. Baker, Judge, presiding. This was a prosecution for bastardy, against Green H. Jones. The defendant entered his motion in the court below, to quash the affidavit and writ issued thereon, on the alleged ground that the complaint was made by a person other than the mother of the bastard child. The court overruled the motion, but no exception was taken thereto.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Alexander county; the Hon. David J. Baker, Judge, presiding. This was a prosecution for bastardy, against Green H. Jones. The defendant entered his motion in the court below, to quash the affidavit and writ issued thereon, on the alleged ground that the complaint was made by a person other than the mother of the bastard child. The court overruled the motion, but no exception was taken thereto. A trial resulted in a verdict and judgment against the defendant, who thereupon sued out this writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
The objections raised on this record are three-fold; first, that the circuit court should have quashed the affidavit on which the warrant issued, and, second, a new trial should have been awarded, the verdict being against the weight of evidence, and last, that the judgment should have been arrested.
As to the first point, it is sufficient to say, no exception was taken to the opinion of the court refusing to quash the affidavit and writ, and they are not, therefore, before us for examination. Had the point been preserved, and had it been made to appear in legal form* that the complaint was…
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