United States v. Stores

Locke, D. J.,

(charging jury.) These parties have been indicted for cutting timber on lands of the United States, contrary to the act of March 2, 1831, re-enacted in section 2461, Rev. St.; and there appear but two questions which require for you any instructions from the court, namely, the meaning of the term “timber” as used in the statute ; and the character of the land upon which such cutting, if any, was done, in respect to its title or ownership. The term “timber,” as used in. commerce, refers generally only to large sticks of wood, squared or *825capable of being squared for building houses…