State v. SouthAll

This is a bastardy action. The defendant appeals from a judgment of the district court of LaMoure county and from an order denying a motion for a new trial. The court made formal findings of fact.

The only question is as to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the finding of fact that the defendant was the father of the bastard child of one Weaver, the complaining witness in the case.

The salient facts are as follows: The defendant, age twenty-one, admits that he carnally knew the complaining witness, age twenty-six on May 13, and again on May 20, or 23, 1922. On March 11, 1923, a child…