State v. Buckingham
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Tunica county. Hon. Samuel O. Cook, Judge. Buckingham, the appellee, a non-resident, was indicted and tried for unlawfully Minting wild ducks in Tunica county, contrary to an order of the board of supervisors of the county, enacted, as was claimed, under authority of Code 1906, ch. 57. From a judgment acquitting defendant, the state appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court sufficiently states the facts.
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From the circuit court of Tunica county. Hon. Samuel O. Cook, Judge. Buckingham, the appellee, a non-resident, was indicted and tried for unlawfully Minting wild ducks in Tunica county, contrary to an order of the board of supervisors of the county, enacted, as was claimed, under authority of Code 1906, ch. 57. From a judgment acquitting defendant, the state appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court sufficiently states the facts. The order of the board of supervisors was enacted under the authority conferred by Code 1906, chap'. 57. Code 1906, § 2305, in the code chapter…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhoon, J.
Buckingham was a member of a club of gentlemen who since 1882 constituted what is known as the “Beaver Bam Duck Club,” and since that time have had a clubhouse, with its appurtenances, situated on Beaver Dam Lake, in Tunica county, Mississippi. These gentlemen were and are non-residents of the state of Mississippi, and resorted to that lake at the proper season to hunt and fish. The club is not incorporated, but is merely an association of gentlemen organized for the purpose indicated. This lake is not navigable, is a shallow body of water one-half mile wide and three miles long, and its…
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