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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