Legal Opinion
United States v. Reese
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided June 13, 1939No. 5528PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, District Judge.
The defendant has filed a demurrer and motion to quash a criminal information, 'on the ground that he is not charged with knowledge of the baiting with wheat to lure, attract and entice mourning doves which, it is averred, he hunted and killed on September 2, 1938, in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, 40 Stat. 755, as amended June 20, 1936, 49 Stat. 1555, Title 16, Secs. 703- 711, U.S.C., 16 U.S.C.A. §§ 703-711, and appropriate regulations adopted thereunder.
Is averment and proof of such scienter necessary to constitute a cognizable offense…
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- Missouri v. HollandSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- United States v. BehrmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Shevlin-Carpenter Co. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United States v. William F. RayCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
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- Morissette v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1951
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