State v. . Rogers
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ProseoutioN for bastardy, tried before Mclver, J., at March term, 1896, of Wake Superior Court.' The defendant was committed and appealed. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of Associate Justice Avery.
1Opinion of the Court
Avery, J. :
The statute {Code, Sec. 32) declares that the oath and examination of the mother of a bastard child shall be “presumptive evidence against the person accused.” State v. Rogers, 79 N. C., 609. The Legislature clearly has the power, upon the trial of certain classes of criminal or civil actions, to provide that artificial weight shall be given to specific kinds of testimony. State v. Burton, 113 N. C., at p. 655 ; State v. Cagle, 114 N. C., 835 ; State v. Mitchell, at this term.
If the purpose of the defendant was to rest his objection to the oath and examination of the prosecutrix,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. . RogersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878
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