Commonwealth v. Kitchen

This complaint in a district court was heard on appeal in the Superior Court by a judge sitting without a jury. The complaint charged that the defendant did get one Georgianna Levesque with child, the child being now living and the defendant not then nor since being the husband of its mother. See G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 273, §§ 11-19. The defendant was found guilty and adjudicated the father of the child. The defendant’s exceptions present the questions (a) whether the evidence warranted the finding and (b) whether testimony of the mother was improperly admitted.

1. The finding was warranted by…