State ex rel. Carmons v. Woods

*500The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

In a complaint filed by Blanche Carmons, she charged Robert L. Woods with the paternity of her child. A trial before a jury was had, and a finding was made by the jury and approved by the court that the defendant was not the father of the bastard child.

On appeal complaint is made of an instruction that—

“The law presumes morality and uprightness until the contrary is made to appear from the evidence, and you are instructed that defendant in this case is presumed to be innocent of the charge made against him and that presumption remains…