THE UNITED STATES v. BRIGGS


50 U.S. 351 (1850)

9 How. 351

THE UNITED STATES v. EPHRAIM BRIGGS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued for the United States by Mr. Johnson (Attorney-General), no counsel appearing for the defendant. He contended, —


Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant below was indicted for cutting, with intent to appropriate to his own use, twenty white-oak trees and twenty hickory trees of the United States standing on the public lands. The jury found him guilty, and he moved in arrest of judgment, because the offence charged was not punishable by indictment; on which motion, the Circuit Court certify to this court as...

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