Section 45-4-21 - Mining claim--Force and violence to influence operation--Trials of criminal actions--Evidence necessary for conviction. - South Dakota Statutes

45-4-21. Mining claim--Force and violence to influence operation--Trials of criminal actions--Evidence necessary for conviction. On trials under § 45-4-20, proof of a common purpose of two or more persons to obtain possession of property as aforesaid, or to intimidate laborers as set forth in § 45-4-20, accompanied or followed by any of the acts specified, by any of them, shall be sufficient evidence to convict anyone committing such acts, although the parties may not be associated together at the time of committing the same.

Source: PenC 1877, § 735; CL 1887, § 6926; RPenC 1903, § 759; RC 1919, § 4375; SDC 1939, § 13.1826.