State v. Rodman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
C. W. Rodman was indicted January 9, 1894, by the Grand Jury of Ramsey County for the crime of wrongfully, unlawfully, and willfully having in his possession and under his control at No. 18 West Third street in St. Paul, on December 1, 1893, two prairie chickens, two whitebreasted grouse and parts of the flesh of sixteen deer, contrary to Laws 1891, ch. 9, as amended by Laws 1893, ch. 124. When arraigned before the court, defendant demurred to the indictment on the ground…
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C. W. Rodman was indicted January 9, 1894, by the Grand Jury of Ramsey County for the crime of wrongfully, unlawfully, and willfully having in his possession and under his control at No. 18 West Third street in St. Paul, on December 1, 1893, two prairie chickens, two whitebreasted grouse and parts of the flesh of sixteen deer, contrary to Laws 1891, ch. 9, as amended by Laws 1893, ch. 124. When arraigned before the court, defendant demurred to the indictment on the ground that the facts stated therein do not constitute a public offense. The court, John W. Willis, J., overruled the demurrer…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
These defendants wei'e separately indicted for having in possession,- more than five days after the end of the open season, parts of the flesh and meat of deer, contrary to the provisions of Laws 1891, ch. 9, § 11, as amended by Laws 1893, ch. 124, § 9, which reads thus:
' “No person shall catch, take or kill, or have in possession or under control for any purpose whatever, any fawn, at any time, nor elk, moose, caribou, or antelope, before the first day of January, 1898; nor any variety of deer, at any time between the twentieth day of November and the first day of November following, except…
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