Green, Moore & Co. v. United States

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an indictment, in three counts, against Green, Moore & Co., a corporation, John A. Lowe, and Crawford Doyle, for violations of seetioii 49 of the Criminal Code (Comp. St. § 10216). The first count charges the defendants with cutting, the second count with removing, and the third count with transporting by tram-road, the timber on particularly described public land of the United States.

According to the government’s evidence, the corporation defendant was operating a sawmill, and the individual defendants were, respectively, its mill manager and woods foreman. The…