People v. Schilling

This case was brought here by writ of certiorari. The respondent was convicted of the offense of bastardy, the complaint being made by Libbie I. Co-burn, who charges that the respondent ‘ ‘ did beget her with child, in the township of Pavilion, in the county of Kalamazoo, on or about the 1st day of November, 1893, at the house of Daniel Schilling, father of the said Willis E. Schilling, whereupon,” etc. Upon the trial of the cause, against the objection of the respondent, complainant was allowed to testify not only to the act of intercourse stated in the complaint, but to four or five other…