Kephart v. State

The defendant, Chester Kephart, was charged by an information filed in the county court of Custer county with unlawfully catching about 25 channel catfish out of the Washita River by means of a wire trap; was tried; convicted and given the minimum punishment of 30 days in the county jail and a fine of $100; and has appealed.

The first proposition presented by defendant is that the court erred in overruling the demurrer to the amended information. The amended information filed against the defendant, omitting formal parts, reads:

“At and within the said County and State did then and there commit…