State v. . Woodward

Fueohes, J.:

The defendant is indicted for forcible trespass in tearing down and moving the prosecutor’s steam sawmill. The mill was standing on land upon which the defendant had a lease. But it was put there with the consent of the defendant and under a contract between him and the prosecutor that he, the defendant, was to log the mill and the prosecutor was to saw the logs at specified prices. The prosecutor had quit sawing on Thursday before the mill was torn down Wednesday morning following, and was not present when the defendant and his force entered and commenced tearing down the mill.…