Allen v. Young
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. The writ was dated March 6th, 1883. (Declaration.) "Plea of the case for that the said Benj. L. Young at Green-bush, in the county of Penobscot, did on the 17th day of February, A. D. 1883, carry and transport, the hides and carcasses of two deer from his house in Greenbush, in said county of Penobscot, to Milford in the county of Penobscot, said time being within the period in which the carrying or transporting as aforesaid is prohibited by law, against the peace…
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On report. The writ was dated March 6th, 1883. (Declaration.) "Plea of the case for that the said Benj. L. Young at Green-bush, in the county of Penobscot, did on the 17th day of February, A. D. 1883, carry and transport, the hides and carcasses of two deer from his house in Greenbush, in said county of Penobscot, to Milford in the county of Penobscot, said time being within the period in which the carrying or transporting as aforesaid is prohibited by law, against the peace of the State and contrary to the form of the statutes in such cases made and provided. Whereby, and by force of chapter…
1Opinion of the CourtWalton, J.
The act of 1878, c. 50, for the protection of game and birds, declares,
In section 4, that deer shall not be hunted or killed between the first of January and the first of October, under a penalty of forty dollars.
In section 5, that if any person shall have in his possession the carcass or hide of any such animal, during such time, he shall be deemed guilty of having hunted and killed the same contrary to law, but shall not be precluded from producing proof in defense.
In section 6, that no person shall carry or transport from place to place in this state, the carcass or hide of any such…
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