State v. Shinkle
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jackson District Court. The defendant was indicted and convicted for obsti’ucting a highway, and now appeals to this court. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
Upon the trial defendant offered to prove that the road,' the obstructing of which is charged in the indictment, had never been used by the public, and that on account of natural impediments at the points where the alleged *132obstructions were placed by defendant, it cannot be used as a highway, and by reason thereof ■ the public have no access to the parts of the .highway between the points at which the defendant -erected the obstructions. The evidence was excluded. The ruling is made the ground of objection to the judgment, appealed from.
The obstruction of a highway is punishable by…
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