Doane v. Covel
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions. Action brought under B,. S., c. 24, § 18, for enticing an apprentice from his master, and harboring him. Writ dated Dec. 14, 1869. The case was submitted to the presiding Judge, with leave to allege exceptions in matters of law.
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On Exceptions. Action brought under B,. S., c. 24, § 18, for enticing an apprentice from his master, and harboring him. Writ dated Dec. 14, 1869. The case was submitted to the presiding Judge, with leave to allege exceptions in matters of law. The plaintiff, against the seasonable objections of the defendant, put into the case an instrument, dated April 1, 1867, signed by Anna Kellen, Henry T. Kellen and Abner W. Doane, with an indorsement thereon, signed by A. W. Doane and Henry Kellen. The following is a copy of the indenture and indorsement. "This indenture wit'nesseth, that Anna Kellen of…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
— This is an action brought for enticing an apprentice from his master and harboring him.
The facts were fully proved. Objections were only taken to the indentures produced in evidence.
1. It is insisted that they are not "to the sole use of the minor, and to be paid to him without any control on the *530part of the parent or guardian at any time,” as is required by R. S., 1857, c. 62, § 5.
By the terms of the indenture, the master agrees to pay the apprentice a certain sum for each week’s work,—the sum increasing with each year of his apprenticeship. In a subsequent modification of the indentures,…
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