Commonwealth v. Turner
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
From the Garrard County Court* Statement of the case* The mother of two or morebaswritin^^Jaíed •/Zttg. 21, :35,dis fromStwo prosed eutions set on him (as tlrTfabeTefit ofh fant children”— naming two, &, directing the dismissal of the prosecutionspe?» ¿¿mg in the county court: held'. that that writing could noq apply to, or authorize the dismissal of, a warrant dated Mug. 27-, against the same man, charged as the "father of an, unnamed chitó.
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From the Garrard County Court* Statement of the case* The mother of two or morebaswritin^^Jaíed •/Zttg. 21, :35,dis fromStwo prosed eutions set on him (as tlrTfabeTefit ofh fant children”— naming two, &, directing the dismissal of the prosecutionspe?» ¿¿mg in the county court: held'. that that writing could noq apply to, or authorize the dismissal of, a warrant dated Mug. 27-, against the same man, charged as the "father of an, unnamed chitó. The statutory -proceeding in a pase Of ba'stard'y-, is not a criminal or penal prosecution; but is in the nature of a civil proceeding, aná 'so .far for…
1Opinion of the Court
Chief justice Robertson
delivered the Opinion of the Court.
George Turner, having been recognized to appear in the Garrard County Court, on a charge of being the father of a bastard child borne- by Sally Hill, appeared in discharge of his recognizance, and—notwithstanding the opposition of said Sally and of the attorney for the county, was discharged by the Court, upon proof of the following writing:—-
“For and in consideration of the sum of one hundred “ dollars, to me this day paid by one horse beast at for- “ ty, and six ten dollar notes to be paid in six annual in- *512« sUllments, I hereby…
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