Vandever v. State of Delaware

Citations

• 15 Del. 209

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law. Trespass. Justice of the Peace. Certiorari.—In a complaint preferred before a Justice of the Peace under the statute against wilfully entering into, upon, or trespassing upon the ways, lands or premises of another, the word “ wilfully ” is a matter of substance and of the essence of the crime charged and must be set forth in the complaint and shown in the transcript and proceedings.</p>