54 Ill. 162
Decided June 15, 1870
Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1870-06-15
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Monroe county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding. This was a prosecution for bastardy. A trial was had by jury, resulting in a verdict of guilty against the defendant, Charles Freeman, upon which the court, after overruling a motion for a new trial, rendered judgment.
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Relies on People v. Starr
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Decided 1870-06-15
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¶1delivered the opinion of the Court:
¶2The only question necessary to notice, arising on this record, is as to the competency of the putative father of an illegitimate child as a witness in his own .behalf on the trial of the charge.
¶3It is settled by the case of Starr v. The People, 50 Ill. 52, that he is a competent witness.
¶4For the error in rejecting him the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
¶5Judgment reversed.