Havard v. State

One Martin Burns claimed to be in possession of a landing on Gates Bayou known as Gates Landing and the oyster grounds beginning at the mouth of Gates’ Bayou and extending some 1% miles in Heron Bay to the end of Cedar Point. Gates Landing is on Gates Bayou about 1,000 feet from Heron Bay. Both Gates Bayou and Heron Bay are a part of the navigable waters of the state of Alabama. Burns warned defendant to stay off of the water over the oyster beds and off of the landing. This warning defendant ignored and continued to go on the landing and on the water in Heron Bay over the oyster beds and to…