No person shall willfully, wantonly, recklessly, or maliciously set fire to any stubble, grass, leaves, or other combustible material whereby any fencing, crops, wood, timber, outhouses, dwellings, or other property are injured or destroyed. Such person shall (in addition to his civil liability for such damages) be also deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding five (5) years in the penitentiary, or not exceeding three (3) years in the house of correction or not more than one (1) year in jail.