Supreme Judicial Court of Maine July 1, 1852 (Swett v. Stubbs)

The opinion of the Court, Shepley, C. J., Wells, Rice, Hathaway and Appleton, J. J., was drawn up by

Shepley, C. J.,

A verdict had been found for the complainant in a prosecution alleging, that the respondent was the father of her illegitimate child.

Exceptions having been taken, and a decision having been made overruling them, the complainant was entitled to judgment.