40 Ill. 30
Decided September 15, 1867
Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1867-09-15
This was a prosecution in the Circuit Court of Putnam county, against Noxon, upon a charge of bastardy. Such proceedings were had in the court below, that the suit was dismissed, and thereupon the people sued out this writ of error to reverse the judgment of dismissal.
Relies on Mann v. People
Decided 1867-09-15
¶1This court has decided in Mann v. The People, 35 Ill. 467; Pease v. Hubbard, 37 id. 257; and Maloney v. The People, 38 id. 62, that a prosecution for bastardy is not a criminal proceeding. A writ of error will, therefore, lie, at the suit of the people, to bring in review the propriety of a judgment rendered in such a proceeding.
¶2Motion denied.