Commonwealth v. Watts

179 Pa. Superior Ct. 398 (1955)

Commonwealth

v.

Watts, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 31, 1955.

September 30, 1955.

Before RHODES, P.J., ROSS, GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, and ERVIN, JJ. (HIRT, J., absent).

Stephen J. McEwen, with him Francis R. Lord, for appellant.

Ernest L. Green, Assistant District Attorney, with him Joseph E. Pappano, First Assistant District Attorney, and Raymond R. Start, District Attorney, for appellee.

OPINION BY GUNTHER, J., September 30, 1955:

The defendant was tried on an indictment charging fornication and bastardy. The prosecutrix testified that she…