Crawford v. State

SAMFORD, Judge.

The defendant was charged by affidavit of prosecutrix with being the father of her bastard child. The affidavit was made before A. D. Kirby, notary public and ex officio justice of the peace, on April 11, 1932. The child was born December 3, 1930, more than twelve months before the beginning of the prosecution. The evidence tended to prove that the defendant recognized his responsibility for the pregnancy of prosecutrix, before the birth of the child, but not afterwards.

The sole question is the construction of the statute, Code 1923, § 3422, and the limitation of prosecution as…