Good v. Commonwealth

This case comes before us upon a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Scott county.

In March, 1929, a warrant was issued for plaintiff in error, by a justice of the peace, upon complaint and in*998formation of H. M. Carter, game warden of the county. The warrant charged that Charles Good “did unlawfully, knowingly and wilfully cast sawdust in J. H. Wolfe branch, a water course above tidewater, the same carrying dust into the waters of Clinch river, a water course in this State above tidewater, by which fish may be thus destroyed.”

Plaintiff in error was convicted by the magistrate…