Eubank v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted in the superior, court of Pike county for the offense of trespass, under §717 of the Penal Code. The indictment charged the particular act of trespass to be, that the defendant did “wilfully and mali*613ciously sever from the land of Josh Martin and from the land of E. E. Martin, the produce growing on said land, and the property of said Josh Martin, and the property of said E. E. Martin, •said produce being cotton which was then and there growing on said land.” The ease was transferred and tried in the county •court of Pike county, and resulted in a verdict of…