Miller v. State

The indictment in this case contains two counts.

The first charges that the plaintiff in error “did unlawfully obstruct the navigation of the main channel *297of a navigable stream, viz., Wolf river, at a place generally known as ‘Miller’s Mill,’ in tbe Ponrtb civil district of Pickett county, by erecting a dam in and across tbe same.”

Tbe second count charges that tbe plaintiff in error “did unlawfully obstruct Wolf river, a navigable stream, at a place in tbe Fourth civil district of Pickett county known as ‘Miller’s Mill,’ tbe same being being a public highway for tbe transportation of large…