State v. Eichmiller
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the district court for Otter Tail county, where he was tried before Baxter, J., and a jury on a charge of bastardy.
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
1. The testimony put into the case by the defence for *241the purpose of showing that the prosecutrix had had improper intercourse with persons other than defendant, so as to render it difficult, if not impossible, to determine the paternity of her child, would tend to show that she was a prostitute, in the sense of submitting herself to indiscriminate sexual intercourse. Com. v. Cook, 12 Met. 93; State v. Stoyell, 54 Me. 24. This being a proceeding in which, upon testimony of this kind, the character of the prosecutrix is seriously involved, we see no reason why it was not entirely proper for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. JagerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1865
- State v. StoyellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1866
- State ex rel. Johnson v. BechtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1876
- Beals v. FurbishSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1855
- Maloney v. PiperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. JeffreySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1933
- Skaggs v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1922
- People v. WingMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
- State v. LongwellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- Taylor v. StullNebraska Supreme Court · 1910
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