Shailer v. Bullock
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Complaint for bastardy, brought to the Town Court of Milford and thence, by a binding-over of the defendant, to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, and tried to the jury before Bishop, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, C. J.
On the trial of this case the plaintiff offered the child, whose paternity was in dispute, in evidence, to show a resemblance of feature between it and the defendant. The child was about ten months old. The court ruled that the child could not be exhibited to the jury for such purpose. This ruling was not based on the fact that no such resemblance existed, but apparently upon the sole ground that resemblance in such cases was not of probative value.
In so ruling the court erred. Although the decisions upon this subject in the State courts are not in entire harmony, it is certainly the…
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