State v. Kimble

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The defendant was convicted of willfully obstructing a road drain and appeals.

The statute reads as follows:

“That if any person shall willfully demolish, throw down, alter or deface any milestone or guideboard on or at the forks of any roads, or shall willfully obstruct any such road drain or drains, by any means or in any manner whatever, every person so offending shall on conviction be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor.” (Laws 1911, ch. 248 § 52.)

Formerly the section quoted read as it does now except that the words “drain or drains” did not…