Bronson v. Green

JUDGE WILLIAMS

delivered the opinion op the court:

This is an action in the nature of trespass, for inciting, advising, and causing an insurgent force to camp at appellee’s dwelling, on his farm, destroying his property, consuming his provisions, and taking and carrying away his three mules and three horses. The evidence against appellant consists of his own statements made to some union soldiers, who, having heard he was preparing to entertain some insurgents, went to his house in the night and represented themselves as rebels, and found considerable preparation to entertain some persons. He…