Tidwell v. State

OPINION

BROWN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from convictions for taking fish from public waters by the use of an illegal gill net under the provisions of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code. Appellants were tried before a jury and assessed fines of $200 each by the trial court.

Appellant Roger Tidwell was charged by complaint with taking fish from the waters of the Garza-Little Elm Reservoir by the use of an illegal net. Tidwell’s son Michael and the son’s friend, Larry Sikes, were charged by complaint with assisting in the taking of fish from the Garza-Little Elm Reservoir by the use of an…