Fitzgerald v. State

DeCARLO, Judge.

Taking a deer at night; $500.00 fine.

These cases came to the Mobile Circuit Court after appellants were convicted on the same charge in the Court of General Sessions of Mobile County.

In the circuit court the appellants waived trial before a jury and agreed to be tried on the District Attorney’s complaints.

After each appellant pleaded “not guilty”, the cases were presented to the circuit judge on the following evidence:

On the night of September 9, 1973, State Conservation Officer Fred Killam was parked on Celeste Road in Mobile County. About 8:00 P.M. he drove to an area where…