Lambert v. People

Plaintiff in error was convicted of interfering with a headgate and comes here on error. The first objection is that the information was insufficient. The statute, C. L. 1921, §1931, reads as follows: “Every person who shall wilfully and without authority open, close, change or interfere with any headgate of any ditch, or any water box or measuring device of any ditch for the receiving or delivery of water, after the headgate of the ditch has been adjusted by and is in the control of the water commissioner, or after such water box or measuring device has been adopted by the ditch officer in…