State v. White
State v. White
Opinion of the Court
— The appellant was adjudged to be the father of an illegitimate child, in a proceeding brought under the provisions of ch. 203, p. 709, Laws of 1919. [Bern. Comp. Stat., § 1970.] The case was tried to a jury, and the court entered a judgment requiring the payment of certain sums as provided in the act.
No useful purpose will be served by reciting the evidence. It is ample to sustain the judgment rendered.
The question presented on this appeal is the refusal to grant a new trial upon newly discovered evidence.
The parties live in Dayton, and the child was born in Lewiston, Idaho,' and after the judgment was rendered, counsel for appellant discovered that the complaining witness had given the name of a man other than the appellant as the father of the child. The
The judgment is affirmed.
Parker, C. J., Main, and Holcomb, JJ., concur.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- The State of Washington v. Floyd White
- Cited By
- 1 case
- Status
- Published
- Syllabus
- New Trial (34) — Grounds—Newly Discovered Evidence. It is not an abuse of discretion to refuse a new trial in filiation proceedings on the ground of newly discovered evidence that the prosecutrix had given the name of another man as father of the child, where it is shown that this was done to shield the defendant.