State v. Carruth
Supreme Court of Vermont
Information for killing a wild deer in violation of P. S. 5320. Heard on demurrer to the information, in the Brattleboro Municipal Court on April 8, 1911, William R. Daley, Municipal Judge. Demurrer overruled and information adjudged sufficient. The respondent excepted. Cause passed to the Supreme Court before final judgment. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, J.
Section 5320 of the Public Statutes provides as follows: “No person, except in the open season, as hereinafter provided, shall pursue, take or kill a wild deer, or have in his possession a wild deer, or part thereof, so taken or killed. * * * ” No. 208, Acts of 1910, provides that “any person may pursue, on land owned or occupied by him, wound or kill, any deer which he can prove was in the act of destroying or injuring any fruit tree or crop, except grass growing on uncultivated land. * * * ” Article one of our Bill of Rights includes in its enumeration of the natural, inherent and…
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