Territory v. Richardson

Section 524 of the Penal Code of Arizona reads as follows: “Every person who maliciously digs up, removes, displaces, breaks or otherwise injures or destroys any public highway or bridge, or any private way laid out by authority of law, or bridge upon such highway or private way, is punishable by imprisonment in the territorial prison not exceeding five years, or in the county jail not exceeding six months. ’ ’ Under this section an indictment was found against the defendants in the following terms: “R. R. Richardson and James Johnson are accused by the grand jury of the county of Santa Cruz,…