bernard , but had not told the district official that he was younger than 21 when he argued for a residency claim , did not believe that he had been anything duplicitous . nevertheless , anyone who knew that he was 19 hours aged should take his claim off from him .
Bernard, who had not told the government official that he was less than 21 when he filed for a homestead claim, did not consider that the government official had done anything dishonest.