The charge of bastardy was often used when a father was refusing to support a child born out of wedlock.
Today, being a bastard carries no shame.
Today, being a bastard carries no shame.
Frankly, I've never understood why people don't teach their children that un-wed parents should be scorned by society, but I was born in the wrong century . . .
The crime of "Bastardy"
Usually, the court would require the man to pay a lump sum to cover any maintenance costs up to that point, and then order him to make a weekly payment of around $3 thereafter.
Frank Soda charged with Bastardy
Here we see the case of Frank Soda who was charged with Bastardy in 1946.
He was arrested for making a little bastard, jailed, but he escaped and was never captured for his bastardly act:
Frank Soda: Do you know this bastardly man?
Frank was twenty-six years old, with a wife back in Warren, Ohio, when he got a New Castle girl pregnant.
The crime of "Bastardy"
Usually, the court would require the man to pay a lump sum to cover any maintenance costs up to that point, and then order him to make a weekly payment of around $3 thereafter.
Frank Soda charged with Bastardy
Here we see the case of Frank Soda who was charged with Bastardy in 1946.
He was arrested for making a little bastard, jailed, but he escaped and was never captured for his bastardly act:
Frank Soda: Do you know this bastardly man?
Frank was twenty-six years old, with a wife back in Warren, Ohio, when he got a New Castle girl pregnant.
The charge of bastardy was often used when a father was refusing to support a child born out of wedlock; in this case, Frank was that father . . .
Frank broke out of prison and was never caught:
"Frank wasn’t caught, though. . . . Frank slipped off, stole a car and vanished, seemingly never to be heard of again by the police, that girl in New Castle or his child."
If you have seen Frank Soda, he would be about 90 years old today, never having paid back society for his Bastardy.
Frank broke out of prison and was never caught:
"Frank wasn’t caught, though. . . . Frank slipped off, stole a car and vanished, seemingly never to be heard of again by the police, that girl in New Castle or his child."
If you have seen Frank Soda, he would be about 90 years old today, never having paid back society for his Bastardy.
BTW, Bastardy was decriminalized in 1974 . . . and today's it's even become fashionable for celebeities to have a whole family of little bastards.
