Oldham v. State ex rel. Crothers
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Cecil County Court. On the 16th October, 1843, the recognizance of the appellant and another, that he should indemnify the county from all charges that might arise for the maintenance of an illegitimate female child, born on the 27th June, 1842, was filed in said county court.
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Appeal from Cecil County Court. On the 16th October, 1843, the recognizance of the appellant and another, that he should indemnify the county from all charges that might arise for the maintenance of an illegitimate female child, born on the 27th June, 1842, was filed in said county court. On the application and affidavit of the mother, it appeared that she had maintained the child from the 27th June, 1842, to 27th June, 1843, at which time it was of the age of one year, and the court ordered the appellant to pay the sum of thirty dollars to the said M. E. C. Afterwards on the 13th March,…
1Opinion of the CourtArcher, C. J.
The acts of 1781, ch. 13, and its supplements, we consider final in their character. They superseded former laws punishing the offence of fornication; and according to the very terms of the title to the law, direct “ proceedings against persons guilty of fornication.”
By this law, the mother, unless she will disclose the father of her illegitimate child, is condemned to give security to indemnify the county from any charge which may accrue from the maintenance of such illegitimate child; and if she disclose the father, the like security must be given by him. On the refusal to furnish the…
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