Commonwealth v. Cicerchia

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

This is a prosecution for fornication and bastardy. The defendant, Geno Cicerehia, waived a jury trial and was tried and convicted before a judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions for Luzerne County. Motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial were overruled by the court below and defendant was sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution, lying in expenses, and to make periodic payments for support of the child. From the judgment of sentence this appeal was taken.

The prosecutrix was a married woman. The trial judge properly considered her incompetent to prove nonaccess…