Gehm v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bastardy.—Appeal from the County Court of Bureau County; the Hon. R. M. Skinner, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
This was a bastardy proceeding, in which defendant was charged with being the father of the illegitimate child of Mrs. Kate Ford. On a jury trial defendant was convicted, and the usual order against him was entered, and he appeals therefrom. We have concluded a new trial should be awarded for two reasons.
1. Upon the trial the prosecutor was permitted to prove by Charles Hoe that he asked defendant if the case could not be settled, and that defendant replied he had offered Wymer, father of Mrs. Ford, §350, and he would not take it. This evidence was objected to as soon as it appeared the…
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