§ 3482 - -Principal delivered in bastardy proceedings
§ 3482. -Principal delivered in bastardy proceedings
A surety on the recognizance in a bastardy complaint may deliver the principal into court in discharge of his recognizance before the principal is adjudged to be the father of such bastard child and the court has made an order charging him with its support, but not after. Such surety may commit the principal to jail so that he may be delivered into court, before such adjudication and order.