People ex rel. Sides v. Johnson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John Stele, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matchett
The relatrix filed a complaint in the municipal court of Chicago July 14, 1919, in which she alleged she was an unmarried woman and that plaintiff in error was the father of her bastard child. A warrant thereupon issued for the arrest of defendant. After various motions plaintiff in error filed a plea of “not guilty,” and the case was tried before a jury.
The complainant testified in her own behalf that she had sexual intercourse with the defendant the first time August 15, 1915, the last time on May 26, 1916; that she became pregnant on October 23, 1915, at her home in Chicago, Illinois, and…
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