The Parish of Buckington against The Parish of Shepton Bechamp
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1795 |
| Date | 01 January 1795 |
| Court | High Court |
English Reports Citation: 88 E.R. 169
COURTS OF KING'S BENCH, CHANCERY, COMMON PLEAS AND EXCHEQUER
8 MOD. 238. EASTER TERM, 10 GEO. 1. IN B. R. 169 case 159. the parish of buckington against the parish of shepton bechamp. Indentures of apprenticeship are not cancelled by the master becoming a bankrupt, or by his delivering the indentures to a person to whom the apprentice hires himself as a yearly servant.-S. C. Stra. 582. S. C. 2 Ld. Ray. 1352. Upon a motion to quash an order of sessions, the case was thus : An order of two justices was made for removing Richard Allen from the parish of Shepton-Bechamp to the parish of Buckington. On appeal, the sessions confirmed the order, but stated the case specially-That Eichard Allen was born at Shepton-Bechamp, but bound an apprentice at twelve years of age to John Gary at Buckington, where he lived forty days ; but the master becoming a bankrupt, Eichard Allen hired himself as a servant for a year to Joshua Glover in Buckington, and served accordingly ; during which service the apprenticeship expired, when John Gary delivered up the indentures to Joseph Glover. It was insisted, that a hiring de facto will gain a settlement for a man, aa well as a marriage de...
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Malton, Appellant; West, Respondent
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