Any person who opens the boom of another for any purpose without his permission, or wilfully cuts, unties, loosens or casts off any rope, chain, pole, timber, pile or other fastening by which a boom containing any logs, timber or lumber is secured must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00.
Ala. Code § 33-7-8 (1975)