State v. Mears

This was a criminal prosecution by affidavit in two counts. The first count charged the defendant with an attempt to take, and the second count charged that he did take, catch, kill, injure and destroy fish in a designated stream in the county and State, on a date named, by means other than “angling with hook and line,” by then and there placing an unbaited hook which was attached to the end of the line into the said waters and jerking said line and hook back and forth with a pole and reel which was attached to the other end of said line, so as to cause said hook to become inserted into any…