Wilkins v. Metcalf
Supreme Court of Vermont
Complaint for bastardy. Trial by jury at the September term, 1897, Chittenden county, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the defendant. The complainant excepted. The prosecution was controlled by the town of Underhill under V. S. 2725.
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
Complaint for bastardy. It appeared on the trial in the court below that the child was begotten in July or August, 1896, and was born May 3, 1897. The complainant had been a servant in the family of the defendant’s father, at one time from March, 1893, to March, 1894, and again from October, 1895, to October, 1896, and occupied a room near that of the defendant.(1) The defendant claimed, and his evidence tended to show, that during the complainant’s last year’s service for defendant’s father, he and the complainant were not on friendly terms with each other, that they had but little to do…
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