Leatherbury v. United States

This writ of error is prosecuted to reverse a conviction under an indictment of which the following is the material part for this case:

“That heretofore, to-wit, during the years 1883,1884,1885, and 1886, in said district, and within the jurisdiction of this court, Geo. S. Leatherbury did unlawfully cut, and cause to be cut, a quantity of timber, to-wit, 31,784 pine trees of the value each of fifteen cents, then and there standing and growing upon certain lands of the United States, theretofore acquired, to-wit, (inserting description of lands,) with intent to dispose of the said timber, in a…