State v. Swedberg

Action to determine the paternity of an illegitimate child, born unto the complainant on December 1, 1922. The defendant was charged, tried and convicted by the verdict of a jury, of being the father of such child. From an order denying his motion for a new trial this appeal was taken.

The complainant, Esther Henricks, is an unmarried woman, 21 years of age, and has always resided with her parents on a farm in Big Stone county. The defendant is unmarried, 25 years of age, and resides with his mother in the same county. Upon the trial *293complainant testified that the defendant visited her at her…