17-1907. Injury to telegraph, telephone or power line property; penalty. Any person who shall willfully and intentionally injure, molest or destroy any of the lines, posts, piers, abutments or other material or property pertaining to any line of telegraph, telephone or electric transmission line erected in this state shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be punished by fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 23, § 79; L. 1921, ch. 151, § 1; May 25; R.S. 1923, 17-1907.