Johnston v. United States

It is contended on behalf of the plaintiff in error that if the defense had been allowed to prove that Waskey, the prosecuting witness, admitted Gray’s ownership of a one-half interest in the mining claim, and conceded the right *784of the latter to have a representative at all times on the ground, and the other facts suggested in the offer of proof, they would have established the fact of the co-tenancy of Gray with the other owners, and therefore the right of Gray to the possession of the premises in person or by his agent, since by the Code of Alaska it is provided that “all persons having an…