Ireland v. Henkle

Citations

• 179 F. 993
• 1910 U.S. App. LEXIS 5445

Syllabus

<p>1. Public Lands (§ 135*) — Coal Lands — Rights of Kntrymen.</p> <p>Under Rev'. St. §§ 2317-2351 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1440, 1441), authorizing individuals to enter 160 acres of vacant public coal lands, and associations to enter 320 acres, and prohibiting more than one entry by each person or association, one who has perfected an entry can sell or dispose of it as he pleases, and an individual or corporation can purchase as many entries made by others as he or it pleases, regardless of the entryman’s intpnt to sell at the time of entry.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Public Lands, Cent. Dig. §§ 351-302; Dec. Dig. § 135.*]</p> <p>2. Criminal Law (§ 113*) — Acquiring Public Coal Lands — Place of Offense.</p> <p>Persons who had not been in Wyoming until after consummation of an alleged conspiracy to defraud the government by unlawfully obtaining public coal lands, and who had not been in direct or indirect communication with any one there, should not he removed to that state for trial on that charge, since any offense by them was committed elsewhere.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. § 232; Dec. Dig. § 113.*]</p>