State v. Cornish
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Indictment, for bringing one Emma IL Gee, a poor and indigent person, having no visible means of support and no settlement in Claremont, from Massachusetts into Claremont, in this state, and leaving her there with intent to make the town of Claremont chargeable with her support. As bearing upon the question of criminal intent, the defendant offered the public statutes of Massachusetts, c. 79, ss. 2, 9, 14. The evidence was rejected, and the defendant excepted.
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Indictment, for bringing one Emma IL Gee, a poor and indigent person, having no visible means of support and no settlement in Claremont, from Massachusetts into Claremont, in this state, and leaving her there with intent to make the town of Claremont chargeable with her support. As bearing upon the question of criminal intent, the defendant offered the public statutes of Massachusetts, c. 79, ss. 2, 9, 14. The evidence was rejected, and the defendant excepted. She also offered to show that prior to bringing Mrs. Gee into the state she investigated the matter of her settlement, and became…
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
The indictment is for a violation of Gen. Laws, c. 83, s. 6, which provides, in substance, if any person shall bring from another state and leave in any town in this state a poor and indigent person, having no settlement therein, and having no visible means of support, knowing sucb person to be poor and indigent, with the intent to charge such town with the support of such poor person, he shall be punished by fine or imprisonment.
Mrs. Gee had not a settlement in Claremont when the defendant carried her there; but the defendant offered evidence that she investigated the question of Mrs. Gee’s…
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