People v. Dunston
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Eleventh District. Action by the people of the state of New York against John Dunston and others. From a judgment in favor of defendants dismissing plaintiff’s complaint, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, P. J.
This action was brought to recover penalties prescribed for an alleged violation of the act commonly known as the “Forest, Fish and Game Laws” (chapter 20, p. 22, Laws 1900). The complaint charges the defendant with having “unlawfully, willfully, *258and knowingly possessed four quail during the close season for quail, contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided.” The section claimed to have been violated is section 28, which provides that “quail shall not be sold or possessed during the close season,” etc. The penalties imposed are one for $60, and an additional one for…
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