State ex rel. Rison v. Browning

Citations

• 96 Kan. 540
• 152 P. 672
• 1915 Kan. LEXIS 427

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Illegitimate Child — Proof of Paternity — Child May be Exhibited to Jury. In a bastardy proceeding exhibition of the child to the jury as evidence of paternity is a matter resting within the sound discretion of the trial court. If the exhibition would appreciably tend to promote the purpose of the proceeding it should be permitted, otherwise it should be forbidden. An exercise of the trial court’s discretion can seldom be reviewed on appeal, and should the evidence afforded by an exhibition be weak or inconclusive or worthless the presumption on appeal would be that the jury gave it no more weight that it was entitled to receive.</p>