Windahl v. State

As there must be a new trial we deem it unnecessary to comment on the evidence.

During the trial the plaintiff in error, hereinafter designated as defendant, offered to prove by a number of witnesses, all residents of Hudson, where he had lived for some thirteen years, that his reputation for chastity and morality was good in that community. This was objected to and the objection sustained. Defendant assigns this ruling as error.

The general rule in other jurisdictions, as stated in 7 Corp. Jur. 992, is to the effect that in bastardy proceedings the defendant may not, as he may in ordinary…