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Davis v. State

Citations

  • 87 Miss. 337
  • 39 So. 522

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law. Witnesses. Chastity of female. Bastard.</p> <p>It is reversible error for the state on the trial of a homicide to prove, over defendant’s objection, that a material witness for defendant is the mother of a bastard.</p>

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