State v. Howell

Section 1358, Revised Statutes, provides among other things : “ Every person who shall' wilfully and maliciously * * * throw down or open any gate, bars or fence, and leave the same down or open, being the property of another * * * or enclosing the land of another, in which such person has no interest, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.”

The grand jury of Oregon county, August 30,1887, preferred an indictment against the defendant and others charging that “Wm. L. Howell, Lee Howell and E. L>. Arbagast on the first day of August, 1887, at and in the county of Oregon and state of Missouri…