State ex rel. Corcoran v. Chapel

Appeal from an order of the district court denying the petition of the relator, on a writ of habeas corpus, for his *131discharge from the custody of the respondent, as sheriff of Eamsey county.

The relator is held under a commitment issued upon a conviction of a violation of Laws 1893, c. 124, § 9, as amended by Laws 1895, e. 115, § 5, which provides “that it shall be unlawful for any person to consign by common carrier to any commission merchant or sale market, at any time, any elk, moose, caribou or deer, or any part thereof except the skin or head.” He claims that this provision is…