Freeman v. State

The presentment in this case embraces two counts: First, that “the defendant, James Freeman, on the-day of May, did unlawfully fish with a seine in the waters of the Cumberland river, against the peace and dignity of the State;” second, that “the said Jim Freeman, on the day and year aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, unlawfully did catch fish in the waters of the Cumberland river by a contrivance other than rod, line, or trot line, against the peace and dignity of the State.”

The defendant was found guilty by the court, who tried the case without the intervention of a jury.

The facts in the…