People v. Bedell

On leave granted the defendant appeals from a "verdict and judgment of guilty in a bastardy proceeding * heard in the circuit court in Oakland county without jury. The question here for decision is whether the testimony of the complaining witness was admissible, under the circumstances of the case.

The complaining witness was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce November 27, 1950. There being children of the marriage under 17 years of age, the decree did not become final until May 27, 1951. † The child in the case was born September 29, 1951. The complaining witness testified that the…