People v. Dietmeyer
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bastardy. Appeal from the County Court of Lake county; the Hon. De Witt L. Jones, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
Phillip J. Dietmeyer appeals from a judgment of the court below finding him to he the father of the bastard child of Mary Gallagher, and alleges that the court erred in its rulings upon the evidence and the instructions, and that a new trial should have been granted because the verdict is not supported by a preponderance of the evidence.
The child was born June 17, 1910. Mary Gallagher testified that appellant came to her father’s home on Sunday evening, September '26, 1909, and took her for a ride and during that ride had intercourse with her by the side of the road, while the horse stood…
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