People v. Wilcox

Amos Wilcox was charged before a justice of the peace of Schuyler county with the violation of section 21 of the act of June 5, 1907, entitled “An act to encourage the propagation and cultivation and to secure the protection of fishes in all the waters under the jurisdiction of the State of Illinois, defining the duties of the ’fish commissioners, fixing their compensation and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions thereof.” Appellee was convicted before the justice of the peace before whom the prosecution was commenced, and he took an appeal to the circuit court of Schuyler…