Wellington v. State

Decided November 15, 1889

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1889-11-15

J. M. Pittman, Judge. The appellants were convicted of hunting in the inclosed5 grounds of William Braithwait without his consent. The-statute [Mansf.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently April 1896

1 state decisions

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Decided 1889-11-15

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Per Curiam.

¶1Trespass: Hunting, etc. If the charge of the court demanded of the appellants a greater degree of diligence than the law sanctions in ascertaining the boundaries of the land upon which they had permission to hunt, it did not prejudice them, because there is no evidence in the abstract tending to show that they used any diligence at all. Clark v. State, 50 Ark., 570.

¶2Braithwait was the owner of the land within the meaning of the act. Affirm.