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Malicious Mischief.
PENAL CODE.
§§ 6895-6808

ing upon the land of another, or in any other manner injuring the same; or,

2. Carrying away any kind of wood or timber that has been cut down, and is lying on such lands; or,

3. Maliciously severing from the freehold any produce thereof, or anything attached thereto; or,

4. Digging, taking, or carrying away from any lot situated within the bounds of any incorporated city, without the license of the owner, or legal occupant thereof, any earth, soil, or stone, being a part of the freehold, or severed therefrom at some previous time, under such circumstances as would render the trespass a larceny, if the thing so severed or carried away were personal property; or,

5. Digging, taking, or carrying away from any land in any incorporated city or town of this territory, laid down on the map or plan of said city or town as a street or avenue, or otherwise established or recognized as a street or avenue, without the license of the mayor and common council or other governing body of such city or town, or owner of the fee thereof, any earth, soil, or stone, under such circumstances as would render the trespass a larceny, if the thing so severed or carried away were personal property,

Is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Injuring timber, fences, etc.
s. 704, Pen. C.

§ 6895. Every person who shall wantonly or maliciously cut, dig up, or injure any timber set out, planted, cultivated, or growing naturally, or who shall wantonly or maliciously open, let down, throw down, or prostrate any fence, gate, or bars, belonging to any enclosure of any description of cultivated and growing timber, or tears down or opens any such fence, gate, or bars, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic­tion thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and shall be liable in damages to the party injured.

Injuring standing crops.
s. 705, Pen. C.

§ 6896. Every person who maliciously injures or destroys any standing crops, grain, cultivated fruits, or vegetables, the property of another, m any case for which a punishment is not otherwise prescribed by this code, or by some of the statutes which it specifies as continuing in force, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Injuring fruit or melons in the day time.
s. 706, Pen. C.

§ 6897. Every person who maliciously or mischievously enters in the day time, the enclosure, or goes upon the premises of another, with the intent to knock off, pick, destroy, or carry away, or having lawfully entered or gone upon does afterward wrongfully knock off, pick, destroy, or carry away any apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, or other fruit, melons, or flowers of any tree, shrub, bush, or vine, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and not less than five dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days.

Same in the night time.
s. 707, Pen. C.
§ 6898. Every person who shall, maliciously or mischiev­ously enter the enclosure, or go upon the premises of another in the night time, and knock off, pick, destroy, or carry away, any apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, or other fruit, melons or flowers, of any tree, shrub, bush, or vine, or having entered the enclosure or gone upon the premises of another, in the night time, with the intent to knock off, pick, destroy, or carry away any fruit or flowers, as aforesaid, be actually found thereon, shall, on conviction thereof, be. punished by fine not exceed

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