State ex rel. Rison v. Browning

*541The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The proceeding was one for bastardy. The defendant was found guilty, and the principal errors assigned are that the child was exhibited to the jury as evidence in the case and that the county attorney in his closing argument discussed the subject of its resemblance to the defendant.

The child was born on December 24, 1913, and the trial occurred on May 11,1914. There are instances in which physical characteristics of a father are stamped upon his child so definitely that they distinctly appear at birth, or even before birth. In some instances…