Parish settlements and the practice of appeals ... / Jellinger C. Symons.

  • Symons, Jelinger C. (Jelinger Cookson), 1809-1860.
Date:
1846
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Parish settlements and the practice of appeals ... / Jellinger C. Symons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    307/377 (page 256)
    See title, “ Notice of Appeal,” and u Appeal in Cases of Lunatics,” post. Order for the removal of a lunatic pauper settled else¬ where than in the removing parish.—The order of removal may be thus worded : — Kent ) To the overseers of the parish of in the county to wit. S of Whereas A B, a pauper, now residing in, and having become chargeable to, the said parish of , has been brought before us. whose names are hereto set and seals affixed, being two of her Majesty’s justices of the peace in and for the said county of Kent, by , one of the overseers of the poor of the said parish of , to be examined touching his sanity and soundness of mind ; and whereas the said A B has been duly examined by us with and by the assistance of , a member of the Royal College of Sur¬ geons [or os the case may be], he being then and there present: We, the said justices, do hereby declare that we are satisfied that the said A B is a person insane, lunatic, and dangerous to go abroad. These are, therefore, to require and order you, the said overseers of the poor of the said parish of , forthwith to remove and convey the said A B from and out of your said parish of to the County Lunatic Asylum of , in the said county of Kent, and to deliver him, the said A B, together with this our order, or a true copy thereof, and a certificate of the insanity of the said A B signed by the said (m), to the superintendent or keeper of the said lunatic asylum, who is hereby required to receive, tend, and maintain the said A B according to law.* And we, the said justices, upon due inquiry by us made, and by the examination before us of witnesses on oath respecting the last legal settlement of the said A B, do hereby adjudge the same to be in the parish of , in the county of ; and we do further hereby require you, the said overseers, to send by post, or otherwise, a notice in writing to the overseers of the said parish of of the chargeability of the said A B in the said parish of , together with this order, or a true copy thereof, and the said certi¬ ficate of the said , or a true copy thereof, and notice of the said removal of the said A B to the said lunatic asylum, and a copy of the examination on which this order is made. Given under our hands and seals the day of , a. d. 1844. (m) The medical practitioner present.