State v. Lubee
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions by Dependant. This was an appeal to tbe Superior Court, Cumberland county, from tbe Portland municipal court upon a complaint against the defendant under the provisions of section 39 of chapter 285, of the public laws of 1897, for having in his possession 36 lobsters less than 10 1-2 inches in length.
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On Exceptions by Dependant. This was an appeal to tbe Superior Court, Cumberland county, from tbe Portland municipal court upon a complaint against the defendant under the provisions of section 39 of chapter 285, of the public laws of 1897, for having in his possession 36 lobsters less than 10 1-2 inches in length. The government introduced evidence that the defendant on the 14th day of July, 1898, had in his possession 36 lobsters, each of which lobsters was less than 10 1-2 inches in length, measured as provided by said law; said lobsters being at said time in a lobster trap owned and…
1Opinion of the CourtFogler, J.
The respondent was tried in the Superior court for Cumberland county, on appeal from the Municipal court of the City of Portland, upon a complaint charging him with having in his possession thirty-six lobsters, each less than ten and one-half inches in length. The statute upon which the complaint is based, section 39 of chapter 285, Public Laws of 1897, provides that it is unlawful to possess for any purpose, any lobsters less than ten and one-half inches in length, under a penalty of five dollars for each lobster so possessed. The respondent’s counsel requested the court to rule that the law…
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