State v. Park
Nevada Supreme Court
.Appeal from Fourth Judicial District Court, Elko County; E. J. L. Taber, Judge. Thomas S. Park was charged with having in his possession a hide of a heifer, from which hide the ears had been removed. From an order sustaining demurrer to information, the State appeals.
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.Appeal from Fourth Judicial District Court, Elko County; E. J. L. Taber, Judge. Thomas S. Park was charged with having in his possession a hide of a heifer, from which hide the ears had been removed. From an order sustaining demurrer to information, the State appeals. The legislature has the power to define what acts shall constitute criminal offenses, what penalty shall be inflicted upon offenders, and generally to enact all laws deemed expedient for the protection of public and private rights and the punishment of public wrongs, the expediency of making any such enactments being a matter…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Ducker, J.:
An information was filed against the respondent by the district attorney of Elko County under section 375| of an act of the legislature of this state, entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,’ approved March 17, 1911, and adding another section thereto, to be numbered 375|,” approved March 15,1915. Stats. 1915, p. 155.
The act, which consists solely of said section 3751, reads:
“It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession any hide of any cow, bull, steer, calf or…
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