R v Inhabitants of Eastbourne
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 22 June 1803 |
| Date | 22 June 1803 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 102 E.R. 769
IN THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
4 EAST, 103. THE KING V. EASTBOURNE 769 [103] the king against the inhabitants of eastbourne. Wednesday, June 22d, 1803. A foreigner may gain a settlement here by occupying a tenement of 101. a year for forty days. Two justices by an order removed Ann Borchert, and her four infant children by name, from the parish of Seaford to the parish of Eastbourne, both in the county of Sussex. The sessions, on appeal, confirmed the order, subject to the opinion of this Court on the following case, . ò Ann Borchert's, maiden settlement was in Eastbourne. About seven years ago she married one John Borchert, a German, by whom she had the children, mentioned in the order. The said John Borchert, with his said wife and children, was, at the time of the removal, resident in a house in Seaford of above the value of 101., which he had rented for two years, exercising therein the trade of a baker. His trade declined at Seaford, and he thought he could exercise it with more advantage at Eastbourne. The wife and children thereupon became chargeable, and were removed by the above order. The husband acquiesced in every thing which took place with regard to the removal, accompanied them to Eastbourne, and afterwards continued to reside there with them. Courthope, in support of the orders. Two questions arise, 1st, whether a foreigner can gain a settlement in this country 1 and if not, 2dly, whether the wife of a foreigner may not be removed to the place of her maiden settlement (a)11 1st, it does not appear that a foreigner, [104] though subject to the laws of this country while domiciled here, could have been...
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