People v. Lacatena

An appeal from an order of filiation entered in the Children’s Court of Broome County on January 16, 1948. The complainant at the time of this proceeding was a young lady, twenty years of age. The evidence reveals she was possessed of a weak mentality. The complainant testified that she met the defendant in June or July, 1946, while the defendant’s testimony reveals that he met her in the latter part of April or first of May, 1946. The child was born on March 22, 1947. The defendant has denied the allegations of intercourse made by the complainant. In a proceeding of this nature it is…