State v. Sawyer
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This is a criminal prosecution upon complaint and warrant issued by the Bar Harbor Municipal Court against the respondent for shooting two migratory game birds on Sunday, October 4, 1914. The respondent pleaded that he was not guilty. The court found him guilty and sentenced him to pay a fine of fifteen dollars and costs of prosecution. From this sentence, the respondent appealed to the Supreme Judicial Court for Hancock County.
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On report. This is a criminal prosecution upon complaint and warrant issued by the Bar Harbor Municipal Court against the respondent for shooting two migratory game birds on Sunday, October 4, 1914. The respondent pleaded that he was not guilty. The court found him guilty and sentenced him to pay a fine of fifteen dollars and costs of prosecution. From this sentence, the respondent appealed to the Supreme Judicial Court for Hancock County. The case was reported to the Law Court upon an agreed statement of facts, by agreement of parties, for determination. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
The respondent was tried before the Bar Harbor Municipal Court and found guilty of shooting two migratory game birds or wild ducks on Sunday, October 4, 1914, in violation of a provision of the fish and game laws of the State of Maine. He appealed and the case is reported to this court on an agreed statement of facts. The alleged offense was committed while the respondent was in a boat on the open sea one-fourth of a mile from Baker’s Island which forms, a part of the town of Cranberry Isles, Hancock County, Maine.
It is not contended that the respondent did not violate a law of the State…
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