Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1806-06-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 28 F. Cas. 386 · 1 Cranch, C. C. 314
Opinion
PER CURIAM. If the jury should be satisfied, from the evidence, that the rails were fixed in the posts for the purpose of making a fence, and the posts were fixed in the ground, and that the prisoner severed them from the posts and took Them atvay at the same time as one continued act, the prisoner was not guilty of felony but only of a simple trespass. Verdict, not guilty.