State v. Mead
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for obstructing railroad engines. Indictment charging that the respondent “ on the 17th day of « August, A. D. 1853, with force and arms, at Middlesex aforesaid, “willfully did obstruct, hinder, impede and stop the machines, “ engines, and cars, of the Vermont Central Railroad Company, “ running over the track of the said company through the town of «Middlesex aforesaid, by placing logs upon and over, and across “ said track, contrary to the form, force and effect…
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Indictment for obstructing railroad engines. Indictment charging that the respondent “ on the 17th day of « August, A. D. 1853, with force and arms, at Middlesex aforesaid, “willfully did obstruct, hinder, impede and stop the machines, “ engines, and cars, of the Vermont Central Railroad Company, “ running over the track of the said company through the town of «Middlesex aforesaid, by placing logs upon and over, and across “ said track, contrary to the form, force and effect of the statute in “ such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity “ of the state.” After a jury trial…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bennett, J.
This indictment is intended to be grounded upon the 65th section of the general railroad law. See Comp. Statutes, p. 204. That section makes it a misdemeanor in any person who shall willfully do, or cause to be done any acts by which any building, fence, construction or work of any railroad corporation, or any engine, machine or structure, or any matter or thing appertaining to the same, shall be stopped, obstructed, impaired, weakened, injured or destroyed.
To bring a case within this section, the persons obstructed in the enjoyment of their…
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