U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Michigan June 15, 1853 (United States v. Darton)

The defendant was tried on an indictment -charging him with removing and cutting timber on government lands. The testimony showed that his father owned a mill seat and various tracts of land, in the vicinage of the lands described in the indictment; that he resided at the mill, as the agent of his father, who lived in Chicago, and was under instructions to avoid cutting on the government lands;