State v. Hummer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere Chief Justice.

The writ in this case brings up for review the conviction of the defendant upon an indictment charging him with the carnal abuse of one Ella Dennison, a female child under the age of .sixteen years.

The first assignment of error is directed at the ruling of the trial judge in permitting the chief of police to testify, in response to a question put by the prosecutor, that upon a certain occasion there were other girls at police headquarters making charges against the plaintiff in error. In order to make plain the reason upon which…