Michael Baldwin vs John Goodwin, 1771
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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/30002:720534524
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Plaintiff (ptf): Baldwin, Michael
Defendant (dfd): Goodwin, John
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Michael Baldwin vs John Goodwin, 1771
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reformatted digital
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The case of Michael Baldwin vs John Goodwin was "brought on one certain Statue Law of this Colony... an Act providing the Case of Sickness wherein among Other Things it Stands Executed, that whensoever any Person or Persons belonging to this Colony, shall go into any other Province or Colony, there voluntarily recieve the Infection of the Small Pox, & Shall upon his Returning into this Colony bring the Infection, either in his Cloaths or Otherwise, & give or communicate the same to any other Person or Persons, such Person shall be Liable to pay to the Party hurt or Injured thereby, For the Damages & Cost of Prosecution." Baldwin claimed Goodwin brought back smallpox and infected his son Dudley (a minor).
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preservation
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Connecticut State Library
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sa_rg003NHCC1770_0029.tif
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