State v. . Isley

Tbe defendant was indicted and convicted upon a charge of carnally knowing and abusing Mary Lee Lucas, a female child over the age of twelve.and under the age of sixteen.

Upon the trial of this case the State was permitted, over the objection of the defendant, to exhibit to the jury the child of the prosecuting witness, of which she had testified the defendant was the father. Whether this was competent in a ease of this kind, and upon the evidence before the court, may be seriously questioned. In our jurisdiction, as in most others, it is competent in bastardy cases where the issue is…