Taylor v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Conviction for seining in Lake Wichita with a wire seine; punishment, a fine of $25.00.

It is charged in the complaint and information that appellant did unlawfully set and drag in the waters of Lake Wichita,. in Wichita County, Texas, with a net and seine made of wire and other metallic substance. Upon the trial appellant made the point that the information did not allege that Lake Wichita was a fresh water lake, it being asserted that the statute governing this case forbids seining with a wire seine in.fresh water.

Art. 948, P. C., provides as follows:

“It shall be unlawful…