State v. Deike
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court of Redwood Falls to -determine the paternity of an illegitimate child. The case was tried before Converse, J., judge of the First judicial district sitting in place of the judge of the Ninth judicial district, by order of the Governor of the state, and a jury which found defendant guilty as charged in the complaint. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
The sole question involved in this appeal is whether the verdict is so clearly and manifestly against the evidence as to call for interference by this court. We answer it in the negative.
The issue in the case, the-paternity of complainant’s illegitimate child, was closely contested on the trial below, and the cause is presented in this court by counsel for defendant with much earnestness and eloquence, and in the evident good-faith belief in his innocence. But neither eloquence nor earnestness of counsel can be permitted to supplant the cold fact, disclosed by the record, that complainant…
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