Duhamell v. Ducette
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint under the bastardy act, Gen. Sts. c. 72, to the Central District Court of Worcester, sworn to on April 1, 1874, alleging that the complainant was then pregnant with a child which, if born alive, might be born a bastard, accusing the respondent with being the father of the child, and charging that the respondent did beget the complainant with the child of which she was then pregnant, on or about July 1, 1873, at Auburn.
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Complaint under the bastardy act, Gen. Sts. c. 72, to the Central District Court of Worcester, sworn to on April 1, 1874, alleging that the complainant was then pregnant with a child which, if born alive, might be born a bastard, accusing the respondent with being the father of the child, and charging that the respondent did beget the complainant with the child of which she was then pregnant, on or about July 1, 1873, at Auburn. On June 5, 1874, the respondent was adjudged guilty and required to give bond in the sum of $500 for his appearance before the Superior Court next to be holden at…
1Opinion of the CourtEndicott, J.
The respondent was required by the. Central District Court of Worcester to file a bond in the usual form to appear before the Superior Court. No objection to the proceedings was taken in the District Court. The case was duly entered in the Superior Court, and at the first term the respondent appeared, made answer to the merits, and asked for a trial by jury. At a subsequent term, and before the trial, he moved to dismiss, on the ground of certain irregularities in taking the complaint, and in other proceedings in the District Court. This motion, as well as a motion in arrest of judgment, was…
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