martin , who had not told the government person that he was less than 21 since he filed for a homestead claim , did not acknowledge that he had done much hypocritical . nevertheless , persons who knew that he was 19 years old could take his claim away 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.