State v. Culbreath

This is an indictment for malicious mischief, in the Ouachita circuit court, and it reads as follows, to-wit: “The grand jury of Ouachita county, in the name and by the authority of the state of Arkansas, on oath, accuse Ed. Culbreath of the crime of malicious mischief, committed as follows, to-wit: The said defendant, on the 28th day of October, 1901, in Ouachita county, Arkansas, did unlawfully and wilfully pull down the fence of certain enclosed grounds belonging to one John S. Beard, without the consent of the said John S. Beard, against the peace and dignity of the state of Arkansas.”

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