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628.28 EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP.
In the prosecution of any offense committed upon, or in relation to, or in any way affecting
real estate, or any offense committed in stealing, destroying, injuring, or fraudulently receiving
or concealing any money, goods, or other personal estate, it shall be sufficient, and shall not be
deemed a variance, if it shall be proved on trial that, at the time when such offense was committed,
either the actual or constructive possession, or the general or special property, in the whole or any
part of such real or personal estate, was in the person or community alleged in the indictment
or other accusation to be the owner thereof.
History: (10663) RL s 5321
In the prosecution of any offense committed upon, or in relation to, or in any way affecting
real estate, or any offense committed in stealing, destroying, injuring, or fraudulently receiving
or concealing any money, goods, or other personal estate, it shall be sufficient, and shall not be
deemed a variance, if it shall be proved on trial that, at the time when such offense was committed,
either the actual or constructive possession, or the general or special property, in the whole or any
part of such real or personal estate, was in the person or community alleged in the indictment
or other accusation to be the owner thereof.
History: (10663) RL s 5321
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