State v. Pike

HARWOOD, Judge.

In the County Court of Marshall County a complaint was filed against J. L. Pike attempting to charge him with the violation of two separate legislative acts pertaining generally to the protection of certain animals. Sections 86 and 87, as amended, Title 8, Code of Alabama 1940.

The complaint, omitting the formal parts, charges that Pike “did hunt, or attempted to hunt fur bearing animals during the closed season, or did between sunset and daylight the following day did attempt to catch furbearing animals with a gun, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.”

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