Commonwealth v. Beilstein

Citations

• 29 Pa. Super. 373
• 1905 Pa. Super. LEXIS 337

Syllabus

<p>Fish laws — Wall-eyed pike — Criminal law — Act of May 29, 1901, P. L. 302, and May 29, 1901, P. L. 335.</p> <p>A person cannot be convicted under the Act of May 29, 1901, sec. 3, P. L. 302, for having in his possession for sale wall-eyed pike, in the city of Allegheny, between Pebruaiy 15 and June 15, where it appears that the fish in question were lawfully caught ifx the waters of Lake Erie under the permission granted by the Act of May 29, 1901, P. L. 335. In a prosecution on such a charge the burden is upon the defendant to prove that the fish were lawfully caught and killed in Lake Erie.</p>