Johnson v. State

Appeal from City Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. John A. Minnis. The appellant, Dock Johnson, was convicted on an indictment, charging in a single count, that he “wilfully and masr liciously trespassed upon the lands of William B. Westcott, by cutting down or destroying a quantity of wood or timber, at tbe time growing thereon,” against the peace, &c. On the trial, the State introduced David Westcott, who testified that, within, twelve months before the finding of the indictment, he found defendant on some wood land belonging to William B. Westcott, loading a one-horse wagon with…