State v. McCullough
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was charged with being the father of complainant’s bastard child. The case was tried in the district court for Waseca county, Buckham, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict of guilty. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
The jury found that the defendant is the father of the complainant’s bastard Child, and the appeal is from the order denying a motion for a new trial.
A very careful study of the record convinces us that the verdict is manifestly and palpably contrary to the great weight of the evidence. The burden rested upon the state to prove its case by a fail-preponderance of the evidence. Independent of corroborating circumstances and testimony, the evidence of the girl was entitled to-the same, but no more, weight than that of the defendant. If of equal credibility, one offsets the other, and the…
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