97-17-89 - Trespass; destruction or carrying away of vegetation, etc. not amounting to larceny. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 97-17-89. Trespass; destruction or carrying away of vegetation, etc. not amounting to larceny.
 

Any person who shall enter upon the closed or unenclosed lands of another or of the public and who shall willfully and wantonly gather and unlawfully sever, destroy, carry away or injure any trees, shrubs, flowers, moss, grain, turf, grass, hay, fruits, nuts or vegetables thereon, where such action shall not amount to larceny, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months in the county jail, or both; and a verdict of guilty of such action may be rendered under an indictment for larceny, if the evidence shall not warrant a verdict of guilty of larceny, but shall warrant a conviction under this section. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 2411.5; Laws,  1958, ch. 264; Laws, 1962, ch. 323, § 3.