The King against Hopkins and Wife

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date21 June 1806
Date21 June 1806
CourtCourt of the King's Bench

English Reports Citation: 103 E.R. 224

IN THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

The King against Hopkins and Wife

Discussed, R. v. Clarke; In re Race, 1857, 7 El. & Bl. 198. In re Race, 1863, 1 H. & M. 420, n. Applied, In re Ullee, 1885-86, 53 L. T. 711; 54 L. T. 286. Discussed, Barnado v. M'Hugh [1891], A. C. 397.

[579] the king against hopkins and wife. Saturday, June 21st, 1806. The Court will grant a habeas corpus to bring up the body of the bastard child, within the age of nurture, for the purpose of restoring it to the custody of the mother, from whose quiet possession it was taken at one time by fraud and afterwards by force: and this without prejudice to the question of guardianship, which belongs to the Lord Chancellor representing the King in Chancery. [Discussed, E. v. Clarice ; In re Bace, 1857, 7 El. & Bl. 198...

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