116 Mass. 198 | Mass. | 1874
The mode in which this proceeding is initiated is by the prosecution before the court or magistrate who takes the accusation and examination of the complainant, upon which a warrant is issued against the party charged thereby as the father of the child. Upon the return of the warrant, after due hearing,
Nor can the defendant object that the complainant was permitted to testify that being put upon the discovery of the truth of her accusation, in the time of her travail, she then accused the defendant of being the father of her child. Such evidence was competent as tending to corroborate her testimony at the trial; Gen. Sts. c. 72, § 8 ; and although it might be more valuable and satisfactory if coming from the lips of another person, yet she was a witness for all purposes, and might properly testify upon this subject. Murphy v. Spence, 9 Gray, 399. In Hawes v. Gustin, 2 Allen, 402, evidence similar to this had been received and afterwards withdrawn by the judge from the consideration of
Exceptions overruled.