Stribbling v. State

Indictment against Stribbling for trespass, under section 14, 2 R. S. 1876, p. 468. The part of the section upon which the indictment is founded, is as follows : “ Every person * * •* who without such license shall cut down or remove from any such lands or from lands belonging to the United States, any tree, stone, timber, or other valuable article, shall be deemed guilty of a trespass, and upon conviction shall be fined,”etc.

The effective words in the indictment are as follows: “ That one Silas Stribbling, late of said county, on the 10th day of April, A. D. 1875, at said county and State,…