73 Mo. 20 | Mo. | 1880
Defendant was indicted for obstructing a public road, at the March term, 1877, of the Cass county circuit court, and having been tried and convicted, brings the same here by appeal. The cause was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury, and as no instructions were asked or given, we are restricted in our investigation to the action of the court in receiving evidence over the objection of defendant.
The State offered in evidence an order of the county court, of date Eebruary 15th, 1869, showing the filing of a report of the road commissioner, of the plat and survey of a new road, No. 46, and an order approving the report and establishing the said road; also an order of date May 20th, 1869, stating that road No. 46, having heretofore been established, is ordered to be opened. It is insisted by
It is also insisted that as the evidence showed that the obstruction complained of, which consisted of a fence across the road and also a gate, was put upon the road two years before the indictment was found, the prosecution is barred by the statute of limitations. Had the evidence shown nothing further than this, the objection would be well taken, but as it disclosed the further fact that the obstruction was continued up to the time of finding the indictment, it is without foundation.
There was no error in admitting as evidence the record of the township board to show that defendant had recog
The objection that notice of assessment of damages in the location of the road was not given, is answered by the case of Walker v. Likens, 24 Mo. 298. Judgment affirmed.