STEPHENS v. LINDSEY

Civ. A. No. 2498.

304 F.Supp. 203 (1969)

Freddie Gene STEPHENS, Richard Wilson, and George Steve Wilson, Petitioners, v. Harry LINDSEY, Sheriff of Effingham County, Georgia, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. Georgia.

September 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allyn M. Wallace, Richard H. Herndon, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Z. Vance Dasher, Springfield, Ga., for defendant.


ORDER

LAWRENCE, District Judge.

On a drizzly night in August, 1968, James Steptoe, a Ranger with the Georgia Game and Fish Commission, was on a routine patrol in a sparsely-settled, wooded part of Effingham County. Deer abound. There had been reports of night hunting in the area and signs of killings had been previously found. The illegal hunters ride along in an automobile and shine a light across the fields until the eyes of a deer are spotted. The light...

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