Sullivan v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction from which this appeal is prosecuted was upon complaint and information alleging that appellant did “unlawfully kill a doe deer.” Appellant was found guilty as charged and the jury assessed his punishment at a fine of $200.

Art. 910 V.A.P.C. makes it unlawful “for any person to take, kill, wound, shoot at, hunt or possess, dead or alive, any wild female deer.”

In a prosecution under this statute it is necessary that the state allege and prove that the female or doe deer was wild, as distinguished from one in captivity or visibly in control of some person.

“Wild…