McCoy v. People

The proof of the charge of bastardy made in this case rests upon the unsupported testimony of the complainant.

She testified that she gave birth to the child on the 15th day of August, 1871; that it was the result of a single act of illicit intercourse between herself and the defendant, in the middle or latter part of November, 1870, and that that was the only instance of such intercourses she ever had with the defendant or any other person.

On the part of the defense, the defendant, by his own testimony, denied the charge in all its parts.

Another witness testified that he himself had sexual…