Bennett v. Hall
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. THIS was a prosecution upon the statute of Bastardy,(a) by the mother of a bastard child against the father, for its maintenance.
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IN ERROR. THIS was a prosecution upon the statute of Bastardy,(a) by the mother of a bastard child against the father, for its maintenance. To the original complaint returned to, and the supplemental complaint filed in the county court, which were in the usual form, the defendant pleaded not guilty ; and thereupon the following judgment was rendered : " This court having fully heard the parties, with their testimony, and by their counsel, do find that the facts in said original and supplemental complaints alleged are true, and that said Bennett is guilty in manner and form as in said original…
1Opinion of the Court
Swift, Ch. J.
The judgment in this case is conformable to the practice in most of the counties in this state from time immemorial ; and it would introduce much confusion and inconvenience now to change a form of judgment which has been so long and so well settled. This should never be done, unless there is some serious objection ; but no inconvenience has ever been experienced. The present mode is now well known and understood ; but if a new one should be introduced, it would be long before the several county courts would be able to adopt it ; and many judgments would probably be reversed…
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