Case Name: John Campbell v. State, ex rel. Cain
Court: Hamilton Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1911-06-03
Citations: 26 Ohio C.C. Dec. 171
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Campbell v. State, ex rel. Cain.
Judges: Smith, Swing and Jones, JJ.
Reporter: Ohio Circuit Court Decisions
Volume: 26
Pages: 171–172

Head Matter:
BASTARDS.
[Hamilton (1st) Circuit Court,
June 3, 1911.]
Smith, Swing and Jones, JJ.
John Campbell v. State, ex rel. Cain.
Order of Admission of Evidence in Bastardy Case Discretionary with Court.
In the trial of a bastardy case as provided by Sec. 12122 G. C., failure to read before complainant rests the transcript of the evidence given by the complainant before the magistrate, does not constitute prejudicial error where the reading of the transcript occurred before the defendant was placed on the witness stand.
Error.
Thomas H. Kelley, for plaintiff in error.
Jos. T. Harrison, for defendant in error.
Affirmed, no op., Campbell v. State, 88 O. S. 586.

Opinion:
JONES. J.
The jury found the defendant below guilty as charged in the complaint after hearing the evidence adduced and proper instructions by the court.
We think the failure of plaintiff below to read the transcript of complainant's evidence, as given before the magistrate, at the proper time is not prejudicial error.
The transcript was referred to in the trial by counsel before plaintiff rested and it was within the discretion of the court to permit it to be read later, especially as it was read before defendant placed a witness on the stand.
The evidence is conflicting, as it always is in cases of this nature. The jury heard it with full opportunity to note the interest and demeanor of the witnesses and were the sole judges of the reliability and credibility of the testimony offered.
Finding no error the judgment will be affirmed.
Smith and Swing, JJ., concur.