R v The Inhabitants of Ilam

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 January 1790
Date01 January 1790
CourtCourt of the King's Bench

English Reports Citation: 96 E.R. 785

COURT OF KING'S BENCH

Rex
and
ers. The Inhabitants of Ilam

rex vers. the inhabitants of ilam. A settlement cannot be gained by a service which commences before the hiring. In an order of sessions it was stated; that the pauper had served J. S. in the parish of Ham eight weeks upon liking; that at the end of the eight weeks J. S. hired him for a year, to commence from the beginning of the eight weeks; and that, including the eight weeks, he served a year and ten days. The question was, whether the pauper gained a settlement in the parish of Ham? It was holden that he did not. And by the Court-There must, in order to gain a settlement, be a hiring for a year, either absolute or conditional, previous to the commencement of the service, which there_was not in the present case. The cases have already gone far enough...

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