State v. Niles
Supreme Court of Vermont
Information for being possessed of two- wild deer during the closed season for hunting, and taking wild deer in- violation of No. 94, Acts 1896, as amended by No-. 108, Acts 1898. Heard on demurrer to the information at the March Term, 1905, Franklin County, Rowell, J., presiding. Demurrer overruled, pro forma, and information adjudged sufficient. The respondent excepted. No. 128, Acts 1904, does not purport to- amend any other law.
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Information for being possessed of two- wild deer during the closed season for hunting, and taking wild deer in- violation of No. 94, Acts 1896, as amended by No-. 108, Acts 1898. Heard on demurrer to the information at the March Term, 1905, Franklin County, Rowell, J., presiding. Demurrer overruled, pro forma, and information adjudged sufficient. The respondent excepted. No. 128, Acts 1904, does not purport to- amend any other law. It covers the whole subject of hunting deer in this State by nonresidents, and discriminates in favor of nonresidents. This discrimination renders both No. 128,…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
The respondent demurs to the information wherein he is charged with the offence of having in his possession two wild deer during the closed season for hunting, and with taking wild deer, contrary to the provisions of No. 94 of the Acts of 1896 as amended by No. .108 of the Acts of 1898, and insists that by No. 128 of the Acts of 1904 nonresidents. of this State are exempt from the penalties provided for by the Acts of 1896, and that he is thereby discriminated against in contravention of his rights under the fourteenth amendment to, the Constitution of the United States. He claims that, by…
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