Commonwealth v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
\ HABEAS CORPUS issued to the defendant, to bring' up the body of Maria Slack, an infant, in his custody, to which he made return, that he held her as an apprentice to serve until the age of eighteen, by virtue of an indenture duly executed by an overseer of the poor in the borough of Norfolk, Virginia.
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\ HABEAS CORPUS issued to the defendant, to bring' up the body of Maria Slack, an infant, in his custody, to which he made return, that he held her as an apprentice to serve until the age of eighteen, by virtue of an indenture duly executed by an overseer of the poor in the borough of Norfolk, Virginia. Upon the hearing, it appeared that the indenture was dated the 23d of May 1811, and was executed by Francis Butt, one of the overseei-s of the poor for the borough of Norfolk, and by Henry Edwards for himself and his wife; and it recited that Butt, in pursuance of an order of Court of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
Maria Slack, an infant, now in her 16th year, Was bound apprentice from the age of 13 to 18, to Henry Edwards and his wife, to learn the art of a milliner, by an overseer of the poor for the borough of Norfolk, in the,state of Virginia, in pursuance of an order of Court. She is an orphan, and it is presumed that the binding was *204according to the law of Virginia. Edwards and wife removed from Virginia to this city, and brought the girl with them, and now detain her by virtue of the indenture of apprenticeship. Although there is no express stipulation that the apprentice shall not…
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