UNITED STATES v. HAMEL

No. 76-1019.

534 F.2d 1354 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roger Paul HAMEL, Defendant-Appellant,

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monte E. Hester, Tacoma, Wash., for defendant-appellant.

Stan Pitkin, U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: WRIGHT and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and WHELAN, District Judge.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellant, a taxidermist, was convicted of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (the Act) by offering to sell and barter and causing to be transported snowy owls after they became a protected species under the Act in March of 1972. [16 U.S.C. §§ 703 and 707.] We affirm.

The indictment did not allege the time of appellant's taking of the snowy owl. It charged that his acts were done willfully and knowingly. The defendant...

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