The United States v. Ephraim Briggs
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up from the Circuit Court of the United States for Michigan, upon a certificate of division in opinion between tbs judges thereof. It was before the court, and reported in 5 Howard, 208, and sent back because the point was not distinctly certified.
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This case came up from the Circuit Court of the United States for Michigan, upon a certificate of division in opinion between tbs judges thereof. It was before the court, and reported in 5 Howard, 208, and sent back because the point was not distinctly certified. On the 2d of March, 1831, Congress passed the following act (4 Stat. at Large, 472): — “ An Act to provide for the punishment of offences committed in cutting, destroying, ór removing live-oak or other timber or trees, reserved for naval purposes. “ Sec. 1. That if any person or persons shall cut, or cause- or procure to be cut,, or…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ca'Tron
The defendant below was indicted for cutting, with intent to appropriate to his own use, twenty white-oak trees and twenty hickory trees of the United States standing on the public lands. The jury found him guilty, and he moved in arrest of judgment, because the offence charged was not punishable by indictment; on which motion, the Circuit Court certify to this court as follows: —
“ The motion of defendant, in arrest of judgment, and for a new trial in the case, coming on to be heard, and the same having been argued by counsel on either side, the opinions of the court were opposed as to the…
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