State v. Ham
Supreme Court of Missouri
.Appeal from St. Francois Circuit Court. The appellant was indicted in November, 1851, under the thirtieth section of the act entitled “ an act to regulate the sale o£ the sixteenth sections,” (R. O. 1845, p. 994,) and the thirty-first section of the ninth article of the act concerning crimes and punishments, (R. C. 1845,) for trespassing upon section sixteen of congressional township thirty-four, range seven east^ claimed as school land belonging to the inhabitants - of…
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.Appeal from St. Francois Circuit Court. The appellant was indicted in November, 1851, under the thirtieth section of the act entitled “ an act to regulate the sale o£ the sixteenth sections,” (R. O. 1845, p. 994,) and the thirty-first section of the ninth article of the act concerning crimes and punishments, (R. C. 1845,) for trespassing upon section sixteen of congressional township thirty-four, range seven east^ claimed as school land belonging to the inhabitants - of said township. The indictment contained two counts. The first count charged the defendant 'with cutting down and destroying…
1Opinion of the CourtGamble, Judge
As the appellant, upon an application for a rehearing, has made some points which were not alluded to in the original opinion, it has been thought advisable to remodel the opinion so as to embrace those -points, rather than have a separate opinion upon the motion for a rehearing published.
The case presents a conflict between a title in the state, for the benefit of the inhabitants of township thirty-four, range seven east, and a title set up under a private act of congress, passed on the 24th of May, 1828, confirming to Francois Vallé and others, the Mine la Motte tract of two leagues square.…
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