97-3-93 - Timber, trees and saw logs; penalty for tampering when death results.
§ 97-3-93. Timber, trees and saw logs; penalty for tampering when death results.
Whenever the death of any person shall be caused by reason of such metallic or explosive substances having been driven, placed or inserted in such merchantable timber as provided in Section 97-3-89, the person so offending shall be guilty of manslaughter, and upon conviction shall be punished as the law directs.
Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 1122; 1930, § 1152; 1942, § 2389; Laws, 1914, ch. 143.