Commonwealth v. English

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The defendant, Lawrence P. English, was convicted and sentenced on a charge of fornication and bastardy. On this appeal he urges as reasons for a new trial that the court incorrectly charged the jury as to the weight of evidence with relation to good character and that the court erred in its rulings in connection with a motion of defendant requesting the court to direct the private prosecutor to submit herself and her child for blood grouping tests intended to determine that defendant was not the father of the child.

Two witnesses were called by the defendant and after…