Overseers of the Poor of the town of Chatham v. Overseers of the Poor of the town of Middlefield
New York Supreme Court
ON certiorari to the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of Otsego county. By the return, it appeared, that Mary Reynolds, alias Mary Olds, was born and settled in the town of Great Barrington, in the state of Massachusetts; and, in 1812, being of the age of twenty-two years, and in good health, she came directly to the town of Chatham, where she resided thirteen months, and continued in good health.
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ON certiorari to the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of Otsego county. By the return, it appeared, that Mary Reynolds, alias Mary Olds, was born and settled in the town of Great Barrington, in the state of Massachusetts; and, in 1812, being of the age of twenty-two years, and in good health, she came directly to the town of Chatham, where she resided thirteen months, and continued in good health. She then went to reside in Middlefield, where she had several bastard children, and continued to reside there, until December 22d, 1818, when she was removed, with her children, by the order…
1Per curiam
We are clearly of opinion, that 16 coming directly from some foreign port or place” means coming from some port or place out of the United States, without passing through either of the sister states, into this state.
The word “ directly,” has otherwise no meaning. For it i§ impossible that a person could come into this state without coming “ directly” from a foreign port or place, if the sister states are to be included in the words “ foreign port or place.” Those words are here used in their popular sense. The legislature had in view imported paupers, or poor emigrants from Europe, and meant…
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