Case Name: State of Tennessee for use, etc., of S. W. Williams v. W. J. Leonard
Court: Tennessee Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1878-12
Citations: 70 Tenn. 16
Docket Number: 
Parties: State of Tennessee for use, etc., of S. W. Williams v. W. J. Leonard.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tennessee Reports
Volume: 70
Pages: 16–17

Head Matter:
State of Tennessee for use, etc., of S. W. Williams v. W. J. Leonard.
Bastardy. Appeal. Appeal from the county court in bastardy cases lies to the criminal court, and not to the circuit court, in a county having a criminal court.
FROM MARSHALL.
Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Marshall county. W. S. McLemore, J.
Attorney-General Lea for the State
Warner for Leonard.

Opinion:
Freeman, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a case of bastardy from Marshall county. An appeal was taken to the circuit court from the judgment of the county court, there being a criminal court for that county at the time, having jurisdiction over all criminal matters.
In the circuit court a motion was made to dismiss the appeal, which was done because . appealed to the wrong court. The only question is, whether the court erred in so doing. We have held in a similar case that the appeal was to the criminal, and not the circuit court. The judgment of dismissal was correct, and simply leaves the case in the county court as before the attempted appeal.
We cannot look to the proceedings in that court to see whether they are regular or not, not being before us.
Affirm the judgment.