Malata v. State

Citations

• 33 Ohio C.C. Dec. 353
• 21 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 297
• 1906 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 334

Syllabus

<p>CRIMINAL LAW — TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES</p> <p>1. Criminal Statutes must be Restricted to Their Descriptive Terms.</p> <p>A statute defining a crime or offense can not be extended by construction to persons or things not within its descriptive terms, though they appear to be within the reason and spirit of the statute.</p> <p>2. Molesting or Destroying Telephone Wires Not a Violation of Law Regarding Telegraph Wires.</p> <p>Section 3471 R. S. (Sec. 9191 G. C.), does not extend the operation of Sec. 3461-3 R. S. so as to make the intentional injuring, molesting and destroying of telephone wires a criminal offense within the provisions of that statute.</p>