State v. . Britt
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Issue of Paternity in a Proceeding in Bastardy tried at Fall Term, 1877, of RobesoN Superior Court, before Moore, J. The case is sufficiently stated by Tiie Chiee Justice in delivering the opinion of this Court. Yerdict of guilty. Judgment. Appeal by defendant. (See State v. Bowles, T Jones 579.)
1Opinion of the Court
On the trial of the issue as to the paternity of the child, the examination of the mother taken before the justice, and charging the defendant to be the father, was read in evidence to the jury.
Thereupon the defendant offered himself as a witness in his own behalf, and denied that he had ever had sexual intercourse with woman.
The mother was then herself examined, and testified that such intercourse had taken place between the defendant and herself, and gave the time and place.
The defendant then proposed to prove in rebuttal of her (440) testimony, and to sustain his own, that she lived on…
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