Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1849

State v. Weeks

State v. Weeks
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided July 1, 1849 · Orally, Shepi
30 Me. 182

State v. Weeks

Opinion of the Court

Shepi.ky, C. J. orally.

— There was error in the instruction, that it was of no importance whether Weeks owned the dam or not, also in the instruction, that the defendant might be convicted, although the dam was not owned by Morse. The ownership by Morse, being alleged, must be proved. The in*184struction dispensed with such proof, and authorized a conviction, even if the dam was not owned by Morse, but was owned by Weeks himself. Exceptions sustained.

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