The Daily Bastardy Trial

The case of Mary l. Lafollette vs. William R. Daily, her step-father, on a charge of bastardy, came up for a preliminary hearing before Mayor Sanderson, in a Magistrate's Court, this morning...the case has created a great deal of excitement, both parties having formerly held highly respectable positions in society, and Daily being a leading member of a prominent church...[testimony...] Mary L. Lafollette lives in Floyd county Ind; 17 years old and not married; lived in this county since I was born; Am enceinte by Wm. R. Daily. The child was begotten about the 12th of November last. Mr. Daily lives in Floyd county and is my mother's second husband...Do not know the exact day of my birth. ...