Legal Opinion
People v. O'Neil
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 11, 1888PublishedCited by 17 opinions
Certiorari to a police justice of Detroit, to review a ■conyiction under the game law. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtOhamplin, J.
Section 2 of Act No. 251, Laws of 1881, enacts:
“No person shall kill or destroy, or attempt to kill ox destroy, ■ any colin or quail, sometimes called ‘ Virginia partridge,’ save only during the months of November and December of each year; nor kill, nor attempt to kill, any pinnated grouse or prairie chicken, before September 1, 1882, and thereafter only in the months of September and October in each year.”
Section 5 of the act provides :
“No person shall sell, or expose for sale, or have in possession for the purpose of selling, or exposing for sale, any of the kinds or species of birds…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Phelps v. . RaceyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Magner v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
- State v. JudyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1879
- Allen v. YoungSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1884
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
3Cited by17 opinions
- Ex parte MaierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
- In re Seizure of 7 Barrels of WineSupreme Court of Florida · 1920
- Stevens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1899
- People v. . Buffalo Fish Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- White v. PentonSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
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