Watson v. State

Southerland, C. J.:

James F. Watson, Sr., appeals from conviction of being the father of an illegitimate child.

Defendant raises four questions touching the rulings of the Court.

1. It is said that the Court erred in disallowing a question in the cross-examination of Amie Mason, the mother of the child. She testified that after she met Watson she told him her past history, how many times she had been married, and about her children. Counsel for defendant asked her:

“Did you have any other child before that born out of wedlock?”

The State objected, and the Court sustained the objection.

This ruling…