Townsend v. State ex rel. Hoshour

Prosecution for bastardy. Trial, conviction, motion for a new trial overruled, and judgment. The defendant appeals to this Court.

On the cross-examination of the relatrix, the defendant propounded to her the following interrogatory:

“ Did you ever, at any time prior to the time you say you were begotten with child by the defendant, have sexual intercourse with any one?”

*358This question was objected to, and the objection sustained. It is not claimed that this question should have been answered for the purpose of showing that some person other than the defendant might have been the father of the…