Risk v. State ex rel. Vestal

This was a prosecution for bastardy. The State appealed without filing a bond. We have compared *153the Statutes of 1852, on the subject of bastardy, costs, relators, and appeals, with our previous statutes, under which it was held, the State might appeal in bastardy cases without a bond, and we discover no substantial difference between them. We think the appeal was well taken. See Neff v. The State, 3 Ind. 564.

H. W. Harrington and J. G. Burkshire, for the appellant.

On the trial, the State gave the bastard child in evidence, so that the jury might compare it with the defendant, who was present;…