Mather v. Clark
Supreme Court of Vermont
MOTION by the defendant for a new trial, founded on excep» tions taken on the trial in the county court, and certified to this Court, in substance as follows: Complaint for bastardy.
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MOTION by the defendant for a new trial, founded on excep» tions taken on the trial in the county court, and certified to this Court, in substance as follows: Complaint for bastardy. Plea, not chargeable, accompanied with a special notice, that on the trial of the aforesaid issue, the defendant would give in evidence tbe following special matter, to wit, that the said Lydia, on the' 25th day of November, 1825, did, on oath, before O. C. Merrill, Esq. one of the justices of the peace within and for said county of Bennington, exhibit her complaint, thereby charging one Peter Gulliver with…
1Opinion of the CourtHutchinson, J.
delivered the following opinion of the Court.
This was a trial on a charge of bastardy, in which the jury returned a verdict, that the defendant was chargeable. The cause comes up on exceptions taken at the trial, and upon those exceptions three questions are raised.
The first is, whether the court correctly admitted proof of the defendant’s confessions against his interest, he being a minor ? This decision is considered correct. The law presents no exception in favour of minors in this respect. This question was presented to this Court in this county a year ago, in the cause of Wilcox vs.…
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