People v. Holmes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Russell E. Holmes, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at. the Clinton Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Fulton on the 9th day of' March, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial upon the ground of newly-discovered evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
This action was brought by the Board of Fisheries, Game and Forest, in the name of the People, under the "provisions of section 280, chapter 488, Laws of 1892, as amended by chapter 395, Laws-o£ 1895, by which such board was authorized to bring such an action. *149“ to prevent trespass upon, or injury to, the forest preserve and recover damages therefor,” and also against any persbn “ for cutting or carrying away, or causing or assisting to cut, any tree or timber within the forest preserve, or any bark thereupon, or removing any tree, timber or bark, or any portion thereof, from such…
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