118 INJURY TO TREES AS A CRIME 



that the offense may be established even where the entry 

 upon the land was lawful. * Some statutes of this char- 

 acter have been construed as comprehending all kinds of 

 growing trees, 2 but others have been considered to com- 

 prise only trees of the accepted timbe** species. 3 The 

 United States is entitled to the protection of a state statute 

 making it an offense to cut timber from the lands of another 

 within the state. 4 The special acts regarding timber tres- 

 pass on state lands have been rigorously enforced, 5 and the 

 common law has also been held to protect public lands. 6 



98. Firing the Woods, State Statutes. In every 

 American state there are now laws imposing penalties for the 

 careless or intentional firing of the woods or the burning of 

 timber products. 7 In statutes making it a crime to set out 



1. Tufts v. State, 41 Fla. 663, 27 So. 218. 



2. Brown v. State, 100 Ala. 92, 14 So. 761; U. S. v. Briggs, 9 Howard 351; Forsyth v. 



U. S., 9 Howard 571 ; U. S. v. Soto, 7 Ariz. 236, 64 Pac. 419; U. S. v. Stores et al.. 

 14 Fed. 824; See U. S. v. Redy, 5 McLean 358; 19 Opin. Atty. Gen. 381. 



3. Wilson v. State, 17 Tex. App. 393. 



4. State v. Herold, 9 Kan. 194. But see State v. Howard, 21 Tex. 416 (Holding such 



statute not applicable to state lands). 



5. People v. Christian, 144 Mich. 247, 107 N. W. 919; State v. Shevlin-Carpenter Co.. 



99 Minn. 158, 108 N. W. 935; People v. McFadden, 13 Wend. (N. Y.) 396; 

 People v. Turner, 49 Hun. (N, Y.) 466, 2 N. Y. Suppl. 253 (aff'd in 117 N. Y. 

 227, 22 N. E. 1022, 15 Am. St. Rep. 498) ; People v. Holmes, 166 N. Y. 540, 60 

 N. E. 249 (Aflm. 53 N. Y. App. Div. 626, 65 N. Y. Suppl. 11-12.); Com. v. LaBar 

 32 Pa. Super. Ct. 228; State v. Dorman, 9 S. D. 528, 70 N. W. 848. 



6. Com. v. Eckert, 2 Browne (Pa.) 249. (Dec. 1812). 



7. Ala. Criminal Code, 1907, Sec. 6304, 6906, General; 6907, 6908, burning tur- 



pentine trees. Act Nov. 30, 1907, S. L. p. 192, Sec. 10. 



Ariz. Rev. Statutes, 1913, Penal Code, Sec. 609. 



Ark. Digest of Statutes, 1904, Sees. 1698 and 1699. Firing own lands to injury 

 of another, Sec. 7978. 



Cal. Penal Code, Deering, 1915, Sec. 384, p. 179, misdemeanor. 



Colo. Annotated Statutes, Mills, 1912, Grim. Code, Sees. 2011-2014; 2011, wil- 

 fully or carelessly; 2012, public land; 2013, wilfully and maliciously, or 

 neglecting fire on own land ; 2014, neglecting camp fire. 



Conn. General statutes, 1902, Sees. 1218 to 1222. 



Del. Statutes of Del., Revised 1893, p. 946; Revised Stat. 1915, Sees. 722-25 and 

 3446-50, p. 1594 (Carelessly or out of season). 



Fla. Compiled Laws, 1914, Sec. 3277, 3426. 



Ga. Criminal Code of 1914, Sees. 227, 229 and 230. 



Ida. Penal Code, 1908, Sec. 6921, (Misdemeanor). Includes Ry. (1901, Sec. 

 4760). 



HI. Annotated Statutes, 1913, par. 3500, p. 1972. 



Ind. Annotated Statutes, 1914, Vol. 1, Sec. 2260-2263; maliciously and wantonly. 



Iowa Criminal Code of 1897, Sees. 4785 and 4786. 



Kan. General Statutes, 1905, Dassler, Sec. 8741 to 8743 (wantonly and wilfully.) 

 Gen'l St. 1909, Sec. 3822-3823 (Same). 



Ky. Statutes, Carroll, 1915, Sec. 1254, unlawfully; 1255. intentionally or negli- 

 gently. 



La. Act July 7, 1910, S. L. No. 261, p. 446, Sec. 5. 



Me. Revised Statutes, 1903, p. 916, Sec. 5. 



Md. Act April 5, 1906, S. L. Ch. 294, p. 532, Sec. 10. 

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