Poor – Irremoveability – Break of Residence – 9 and 10 Vict, c. 66, s. 1.
A woman, having resided for sixteen years in the parish of S., was obliged through poverty to sell her furniture and give up her lodgings; and being destitute, she slept for one night on doorsteps in the same parish, and after that, for twenty-one successive nights in a refuge for the houseless poor in an adjoining parish ; during the daytime she wandered about, chiefly in the parish of S. She then applied to be admitted into the workhouse of S.; but being refused, she slept for two nights in the parish, and after that was received into the workhouse, and an order for her removal applied for.
Held, that the pauper had not ceased to reside in the parish of S., and was therefore irremoveable.
(1865-1866) LR 1 QB 21, [1865] UKLawRpKQB 8
Commonlii
England and Wales
Updated: 12 September 2021; Ref: scu.653032