Shriner v. State

The appellant was convicted on an affidavit charging him with failing to provide for his minor child. He has appealed assigning error on the overruling of his motion for a new trial. The specific errors relied upon are: The admission in evidence of the marriage certificate of the appellant and the mother of the child; the refusal of the trial court to require the mother and child to submit to blood tests to determine its paternity; the refusal of the trial court to direct a verdict for the appellant at the close of the State’s evidence; and the denial of a new trial on the ground of newly…