Title: The voluntary examination and accusation of [blank] of [blank] in the county of [blank], single woman, taken an oath before me, [blank] esquire, one of the judges assigned to keep the peace in and for the said county, who saith that ... the said child [blank] born a bastard, and accuses [blank] ... of being the father of said child ...
Description: A bifolium of two conjugate leaves, each containing the same pair of printed forms (printed on rectos only). The second form, at foot of the first, directs the county sheriff to apprehend the father of the child. Both forms are to be signed a justice of the peace.
Subjects: Paternity, Forms, Illegitimate children, Illegitimacy
Places: Maine