It shall be unlawful for any person to set fire to any woods so near to any turpentine farm in this State as to injure or burn any such farm; and whoever shall wilfully and maliciously set fire to any woods at any time, whereby any such farm is injured or burned, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and liable to be punished at hard labor in the Penitentiary for the period of one year or fined in the sum of five hundred dollars.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-46; 1952 Code Section 3-46; 1942 Code Section 1162; 1932 Code Section 1162; Cr. C. '22 Section 55; Cr. C. '12 Section 189; Cr. C. '02 Section 155; G. S. 2494; R. S. 151; 1876 (16) 61; 1960 (51) 1602.