Gemmill v. State ex rel. Brown

Appellant was adjudged the father of the bastard child of relatrix, but asserts he is entitled to a new trial.

There was no error in admitting proof of an existing engagement to marry between appellant and relatrix. It was said by Olds, J., in Ramey v. State, ex rel, 127 Ind. 243: “It was proper to show, the relations existing between these parties, their acquaintance and their intimacy of whatever character it was.” Such evidence is admitted, not because it has any direct tendency to prove illicit intercourse between the parties, but simply because it is an incidental circumstance to inform…