State v. Lash

DeCARLO, Judge.

Fishing gill nets in prohibited waters.

On September 15, 1976, Richard Wallace, a game warden for the State of Alabama, obtained a warrant for the arrest of Den-non Ray Lash for fishing with gill nets in prohibited waters of the Tennessee River and its tributaries.

The affidavit, supporting the warrant of arrest, alleged that Dennon R. Lash “. . . did on or about 9/15/76 take, catch, capture or kill a non-game fish, to wit a drum by use of a gill net in Second Creek a tributary of the Tenn. River lying within the boundaries of Ala., in Lauder-dale, Ala.”

The warrant of arrest…