Belter v. State

The plaintiff in error was charged with unlawfully having in his possession the green skins of muskrat and mink as prohibited by sec. 29.41, Stats. The penalty for such offense so charged is provided for by sub. (1) (d), sec. 29.63, Stats., by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. His sentence was eighteen months in the state prison. The lower branch of the municipal court of Langlade county, before which the plaintiff in error was first brought, having…