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4 D.C. 699

Heinecke v. Rawlings

Decided March 15, 1836

Case for enticing and harboring the plaintiff’s apprentice. The plaintiff oilers, in evidence, the indenture, under seal of Joseph R. White, the apprentice, Ambrose White, his father, and the plaintiff, by which the apprentice, with the consent of his father, binds himself, as» apprentice, to the plaintiff, to learn the art and mystery of a tailor, for three years, from the 2d of January, 1833. objected that the age of the apprentice is not stated in the indenture, nor does…

Decided 1836-03-15

The Court

¶1{nem. con.) was of opinion, that the objection to the validity of the indenture, because the age was not inserted therein, cannot be made by a stranger. As to him, the indenture is, under the 7th section of the statute, valid until set aside by the Court under the provisions of the same statute.

¶2Verdict for the plaintiff, $ 16.

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