Town of Plymouth v. Town of Windsor
Supreme Court of Vermont
On the trial of this cause, which was appealed from an order of removal, the counsel for Plymouth gave evidence to the jury tending to prove, that Sally Winn, the pauper in question, was the bastard child of one Hannah Goodlip, a single woman, who, for about three years before the birth of said bastard, and to within about one month of her delivery of said child, lived in Windsor; — that the said Hannah had previously lived with her mother in the town of Bridgewater, in the…
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On the trial of this cause, which was appealed from an order of removal, the counsel for Plymouth gave evidence to the jury tending to prove, that Sally Winn, the pauper in question, was the bastard child of one Hannah Goodlip, a single woman, who, for about three years before the birth of said bastard, and to within about one month of her delivery of said child, lived in Windsor; — that the said Hannah had previously lived with her mother in the town of Bridgewater, in the county of Windsor, from the age of eight years until within about four years previous to the birth of said pauper; and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, Ch. J.
In this case, it appears, I. That the pauper was a bastard child, born within the limits of the town of Bridge-water, and has gained no settlement except by birth.
2. That her mother, at the time the pauper was born, had no settlement in this state, but for the period of three years, and until about one month before the birth of the pauper, resided in the town of Windsor, and being there pregnant, the overseers of the poor of *332Windsor procured or caused her to be removed or carried to .the town of Bridgewater, when without such…
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