Parker v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment on conviction of bastardy. The defendant, besides denying any illicit relations with the prosecuting witness, set up the defense that at the time of the alleged offense he was physically incapable of reproduction. This seems to be a novel defense, but if proved would obviously be conclusive. The only questions now presented are whether the medical testimony on this subject, offered or proffered, was properly excluded.

The alleged offense was committed on or about March 17, 1946. The trial was about a year later. Defendant testified that once only, about ten…