Napier v. State

Ed. P. MoPaddin, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of malicious mischief (see § 41-405 et seq., Ark. Stats.); and brings this appeal, urging the three contentions herein discussed. Por convenience, we will refer to the appellant as the “defendant.”

I. Sufficiency of the Evidence. There was evidence that the defendant had a field planted to tomatoes; that this field adjoined a woodland tract, owned by Willie Dobbs; that Willie Dobbs’ hogs were pastured in the woodland tract; and that, defendant’s tomato crop was damaged by trespassing hogs. One witness testified that the defendant told him that…