Commonwealth v. Kenney
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 87, Oct. T., 1906, by plaintiff, from order of Q. S. Berks Co., Miscellaneous Docket No. 651, page 326, affirming judgment of justice of the peace in case of Commonwealth v. George Kenney and H. J. Humma. Appeal from judgment of justice of the peace. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
An information was made against the defendants for “ fishing with lines attached to umbrella bows, with bells fastened to the tips, contrary to the Act of May 29,1901, P. L. 302.” At the hearing before the justice of the peace it was proven that Humma “ had thirteen hand lines with two hooks attached to each line, each line fastened to an umbrella bow stuck in the ground with a bell fastened to the tip ” ; and that Kenny “ had four lines of the same kind.” The defendants contended that they had not violated the law, “in using the devices with which they were fishing.”…
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