State v. Cockfield
State v. Cockfield
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
By the Act of December, 1866, (13 Stat. 406.) “Every entry on the inclosed or uninclosed lands of another, after notice from the owner or tenant, prohibiting the same, shall be deemed a misdemeanor.” The comprehensive language of the enactment will not permit the Court to suppose that it was intended to have any other than the ordinary acceptation. If, as was supposed in the argument, the law was only directed against those who entered claim
The motion is dismissed.
Motion dismissed.
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