United States v. Marthinson
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
At Law. Indictment of Charles Marthinson for obstructing a navigable stream. On motion to instruct the jury to find defendant not guilty.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONTON, District Judge.
This indictmeut is brought under the sixth section of the act of congress approved September 19,1890, entitled “An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors,’’ (1 Supp. Rev. St. 801.) The evidence in the case is that the defendant is a dealer in timber on the G-reat Pedee river, in South Carolina, a navigable water of the United States; that he made up his rafts in the upper part of the river, and floated them down the stream to market; that in several instances the rafts so made up were seen…
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