PEREZA v. MARK

No. 465, Docket 33734.

423 F.2d 149 (1970)

Sampson PEREZA, Appellee, v. Roy MARK, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Downs, St. Johnsbury, Vt. (Downs & Rachlin, St. Johnsbury, Vt., on the brief), for appellant.

David L. Buckley, Bellows Falls, Vt. (Divoll & Buckley, Bellows Falls, Vt., on the brief), for appellee.

Before KAUFMAN and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges, and PALMIERI, District Judge.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

In 1967 the defendant Roy Mark, a laborer in an apple orchard, lived in the Vermont countryside, three miles from the village of Saxton's River. He was, as were many of his neighbors, an avid hunter and possessed several guns in his house. The newest and best of these guns, a Marlin 35 calibre deer rifle, was kept loaded with a full magazine but no bullet in the chamber. Mark's wife felt more comfortable knowing a loaded gun was close...

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