Poulk v. Slocum

John Slocum declared against John S. Poulk, John_ Pauly., John Welchel, and James Turner, in an action of trespass, assault and battery, and false imprisonment. The declaration contains two counts, both of which are in substance the same.

The defendants pleaded jointly two pleas, — I. 'Not guilty. 2. A special plea in bar, alleging that on, &c. at, &c. John Burnham and Mel Pennington, overseers of the poor, &c. made complaint to him the said John S. Poulk, he being a justice of the peace, &c.,that one" Bethany Brissey, an unmarried woman, was pregnant with child, which, if born, was likely to…