The appellants against an order of removal set up a settlement of the pauper by apprenticeship under an indenture, which had been lost. To prove proper search, they proposed to ask certain witnesses what inquiries they had made of, and what answers they had received from, parties who were likely to have the document in their possession : but the parties themselves were not called. The Sessions refused to allow the questions to he put. Held, that the evidence was admissible, upon the preliminary inquiry whether proper search had been made, though it might not be admissible as evidence iri the main issue before the Court : arid the appeal was setit back to be reheard.
Citations:
[1858] EngR 1096, (1858) 1 El and El 51, (1858) 120 ER 827
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Employment
Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.289567