States v. States

Bird, Y. C.

A divorce is asked for in this case, on the ground of fraud. Two and a half months after the marriage the defendant gave birth to a fully-developed child. The complainant declares that he is not the father of it. Taking this to be true, then what ?

The complainant says that he “ was induced by the enticements and allurements ” of the defendant “ to have sexual intercourse with her, and that afterwards (about two months) she represented *196to him that she was about two months advanced in pregnancy, and that her offspring would be his; ” and that a physician, whose name she gave, assured…