State v. Bogardus

HaydeN, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.

The complainant in this case charges that the defendant “ did unmercifully kill certain living creatures by shooting them with a shot-gun, for the purpose of displaying his skill as a marksman, to wit, twenty-five pigeons, contrary to the form of the statute,” etc. The defendant was arrested and held to bail on the charge, tried, convicted, and fined $50, and has appealed to this court.

The question in the case involves the construction of the act to be found in the Session Acts of 1874, page 112, entitled, “An act for the prevention of cruelty to…