People Ex Rel. Blackmon v. Brent

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

The complaining witness instituted two paternity actions against the defendant charging him with being the father of two of her children. The cases were tried together, the defendant was found to be the father of the children and he was ordered to pay $10 a week for the support of each child.

The causes have been consolidated on the defendant’s appeal and he raises three contentions: the complaints were jurisdictionally defective, the evidence was insufficient to support the guilty findings, and incompetent evidence was introduced…