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Custody Fight Over Missing Boy Captures Court
In Taunton a crowded district court hears competing mothers claim custody of a boy said to be born unnamed in 1919. Mrs. Clarence E. Smith of Dighton and Mrs. Choquette, wife of a wanderer, present contrasting stories as the kidnapped child faces a future under Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children care pending a ruling.
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Clarence E. Smith
Dighton
Darling
Tewksbury
Taunton
Austin
Eugene Choquette
Choquette
Bedford
LaGrange
Gerty
Chequette
Russell
Choquettes
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