Humphrey v. Kasson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Scire Facias on a recognizance entered into before a justice of the peace, in a prosecution for bastardy against one Johnson, •conditioned that said Johnson should appear at the county court and perform the order of said court, &e.
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Scire Facias on a recognizance entered into before a justice of the peace, in a prosecution for bastardy against one Johnson, •conditioned that said Johnson should appear at the county court and perform the order of said court, &e. The defendant pleaded three several pleas in bar; in the first and second he set forth that the principal was sick and wholly unable to appear, or be surrendered in discharge of his bail, at said court, and so continued during all said term of court, and from thence ever after up to the time of his death, continued in such a poor state of bodily health, that he…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Isham, J.
The Comp. Stat. 423 § 3, provides, that a justice before whom a person is charged with being the father of an illegitmate child, shall require him to enter into a recognizance to such woman, with sufficient sureties, conditioned that he personally appear before the county court, and answer and abide the order of the court thereon. If the person charged is adjudged to be the father of the child, and the court order the payment of specific sums of money for its support, the father is required at the term of the court, when the orders are made,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Mather v. ClarkSupreme Court of Vermont · 1827
- Miner v. DownerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1848
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- Burr v. PharesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
- Wright v. BurbeeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1941
- Goding v. BeckwithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1917
- Darling v. CuttingSupreme Court of Vermont · 1884
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