People v. Dawson

The defendant herein, Bichard J. Dawson, moves for a dismissal of the indictment which charges him with the crime of ‘ ‘ Criminal Negligence while engaged in hunting, resulting in the death of another,” as defined in section 1053-c of the Penal Law of the State of New York.

The indictment charges: “ That said Bichard J. Dawson, near Brantingham Lake, in the Town of Greig, and County of Lewis, aforesaid, on or about the 1st day of December, 1953, at about 12:30 o’clock in the afternoon of that day, while engaged in hunting, did discharge a firearm, to wit: a 30-06 rifle, in a wrongful,…