Hughes v. State

An affidavit was filed before a justice of the peace,of Fayette county, charging Martin Hughes, Louis P. Snyder, John Remington, Peter Bainbridge and others with having, on the 13th day of June, 1884, unlawfully, maliciously and mischievously injured the real estate of one Abram B. Conwell, by then and there unlawfully, maliciously and mischievously tearing down and removing a rail fence situate upon said real estate, to the damage of said real estate and of the said Conwell in the sum of $25.

The justice found the defendants, particularly named as above, guilty, and assessed and adjudged a…