Abston v. State

Appellant was indicted and convicted of the crime of night-riding, a felony under the statutes of this State. Crawford & Moses’ Digest, sec. 2795 et seq.

There were two counts in the indictment, the first one charging that appellant and Bob Ragon, Otis Clark, Bascal Morgan and Jim Cornett “did unite, confederate and band themselves together for the wilful and unlawful purpose of doing an unlawful act in the night time by wilfully, unlawfully and maliciously injuring the "mining property of Werner-Dunlap Coal Company.” The other count alleged that appellant, together with the persons named in…