Commonwealth v. Pearl

Citations

• 29 Pa. Super. 307
• 1905 Pa. Super. LEXIS 322

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Fornication and bastardy — Evidence-.</p> <p>On the trial of an indictment for fornication and bastardy where the conflict ■ between the testimony of prosecutrix and defendant is irreconcilable, it is reversible error to reject evidence offered by the defendant to show that he was seriously ill at the time of the alleged offense.</p> <p>Appeals — Paper-books—Omission of evidence.</p> <p>An assignment of error to the rejection of a paper will not be considered, where the appellant has failed to print the paper in his paper-book.</p> <p>Trial — Conflict of testimony — Charge—Question for jury.</p> <p>A mere conflict in the testimony is not enough to condemn it, provided that out of all of it the facts relied upon emerge with reasonable distinctness and certainty.</p>