Keoun v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Columbia Circuit Court. Charles W. Smith, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant was convicted of violating the fish law, and appealed to this court.
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Appeal from Columbia Circuit Court. Charles W. Smith, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant was convicted of violating the fish law, and appealed to this court. The indictment is as follows: “The grand jury of Lafayette county, in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, on oath, accuse the defendant, Jim Keoun, of the crime of taking and destroying fish, committed as follows, to-wit: The said defendant, on the 1st day of July, 1894, in Lafayette county, Arkansas, did unlawfully then and there cast, drop, and put in Tyler lake, on Bodcaw, explosive material, known as…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, J.,
(after stating the facts.) Appellant was indicted under section 3428 of Sandels & Hill’s Digest, which is as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person, with the intent to kill, maim or paralyze any fish or other water animal, to cast, drop or otherwise deposit in any river, creek, lake or pond, or in any other stream or body of water within this state, any explosive material or substance, or any intoxicating or stupefying liquid, drug; vegetable or fruit, or to take from any river, creek, lake, pond or other body of water within this state, any fish so stupefied, intoxicated,…
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