Case Name: THE STATE v. MARTHA JENKINS
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1851-06
Citations: 12 Ired. 121
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE STATE v. MARTHA JENKINS.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 121–122

Head Matter:
THE STATE v. MARTHA JENKINS.
Although a bastard be bom in one County, yet if the mother and child after] wards remove to another Couuty, and there acquire a residence before proceedings in bastardy are had against her, those proceedings must be in the latter County, which is alone responsible for the maintenance of the bastard.
The cas.e of the Statk v Roberts, 10 Ire. 350, cited and approved.
Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Richmond County, at the Spring Term 1851, his Honor Judge Manet presiding.
This was a proceeding under the “ Bastardy Act,” instituted in the County Court of Richmond County. It appeared, that the child was born in Richmond County, that the mother and child removed to Montgomery County and there resided more than two years before this proceeding was com* menced. The defendant, therefore, moved to dismiss the prosecution for the want of jurisdiction in the County Court of Richmond, but the Court refused the motion and gave judgment against the defendant, who appealed therefrom. The Superior Court affirmed the judgment of the'County Court, and the defendant appealed to this Court.
Attorney General for the State.
J. W. Cameron and Banks for the defendant.

Opinion:
Pearson J.
The mother and her child had acquired a ' settlement1 in the. County of Montgomery,-at the time'this ¡.proceeding was- commeneed. The County of Richmond Was not chargeable, and therefore had no right to require an indemnity. There is error. The point is settled by State v. Roberts, 10 Ire. 350.
Per Curiam. Ordered that this opinion be certified to the Court below. \