Hicks v. State ex rel. McDonald

Black, C.

This was a prosecution against the appellant for bastardy.

In the circuit court, the death of the mother having been suggested, the child was substituted as relator.

Afterward the appellant moved that the cause be dismissed. The motion was overruled.

A motion of the appellant for a continuance having been overruled, the cause was tried without a jury before an attorney of the court appointed to act as judge pro tempore.

The finding being against the appellant, he filed his motion for a new trial. This motion was overruled, and judgment was rendered in accordance with the finding. The sum…