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MERWUS BASTARDY CASELAW 19 £XPEFf»irC FOB 1HJB TOWN TO FIAT WITH.The Seleftmen Haw ^ Hel Said If Will Re Dropped—UncertainWltetlier m JTury Could Be Pro-cured That Would Agree.The Merwin bastardy case is just now appearing before the public, owing to the fact that several items in out of town papers have credited that the case has been dropped by the town, and that further prosecutions in behalf of the girl will be nolled. That is not authorialive,for the case stands on the docket still and whether or not it will ever come to a second trial, remains to be seen. The story originated by a statement made by one of the selectmen when approached on the subject, that law was expensive for the town, and he did not know what course would be pursued in the future. Minnie Carey is still at the almshouse, with her infant, and will remain there until the child advances sufficiently to be placed elsewhere, or until it arrives at a suitable age to be given oyer to the charge of the Orphans’ Home in Haddam. Much has been said about the case and it has been surmised, on several occasions, that the town of Middletown has no business with the case. Such cases fall upon the town where the person happens to reside at the time. Minnie Carey was a ward of the State; she wasplaced in the Merwin family and under the charge of the Senior Merwin but she left that pla'e ana■when her true condition was made known was living in this town, and it fell to the lot ot Middletown to look after the girl. The Judge, before whom the case was tried9 in his charge to the jury, favored the girl's case, but the jury of eleven disagreed.TB1BITE TO FBED VIXAL.
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The Penny Press
Middletown, Connecticut, US
Wed, Oct 23, 1889
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