Thomas v. State

BAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was charged by indictment in the County Court of Sabine County, Texas, with unlawfully cutting down, destroying and carrying -away trees and timber upon land not his own but which was alleged to be the land of Martin Thomas and known as the D. O. Ford survey. On trial he was convicted and a fine of ten dollars assessed against him.

It was admitted, on the trial, by appellant that he cut a tree which, it is claimed, stood upon the land of and belonged to Martin Thomas, but it was claimed that this was done in the belief and on the assurance that this timber was on the…