Roosevelt v. Eckard
City of New York Municipal Court
Appeal from a judgment for the defendant entered upon the verdict of a jury. The action was brought by Robert B. Roosevelt, as president of the New York Association for the Protection of Game, against Edward Eckard. The nature of the action and the material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHawes, J.
—This action is brought by the plaintiff, as president of the New York Association for the Protection of Game, to recover a penalty of defendant, for having in his possession certain game-birds during the period prohibited by law, and the only question contested was the identity of the defendant with the person admittedly guilty of the offense.
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