COMMONWEALTH v. BENNETT


175 Pa.Super. 244 (1954)

Commonwealth v. Bennett, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 16, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Roy Lilley, William P. Wilson, Lilley & Wilson, Andrew S. Moscrip, William L. Wilson and Moscrip & Wilson, for appellant.

C. Wayne Smyth, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, ROSS, GUNTHER, WRIGHT and WOODSIDE, JJ.


OPINION BY WOODSIDE, J., March 16, 1954:

Section 603 of The Game Law of June 3, 1937, P.L. 1225, as amended, 34 PS 1311-603 prohibits the use of steel traps "with a jaw spread exceeding six and one-half inches."

The appellant was trapping for beaver with a trap which measured 6 3/8 inches inside and 6 15/16 inches outside. He was arrested. The Justice of the Peace found him guilty. He appealed. The Court of Quarter Sessions of Bradford County, after a hearing...

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