Commonwealth v. Kenney

Citations

• 32 Pa. Super. 544
• 1907 Pa. Super. LEXIS 51

Syllabus

<p>Fish laws — Illegal device — Title of statute — Act of May 29, 1901, P. L. 302. <</p> <p>Under the Act of May 29, 1901, P. L. 302, a person may be convicted of fishing with a device consisting of lines attached to umbrella bows stuck in the ground, with two hooks on each line, and a bell fastened to the tip of each bow. In such a case it is immaterial that no game or food fish were found in the possession of the defendant, but only suckers. The title of the act is sufficient to cover such an illegal devise.</p> <p>Everything which the nature of the subject of a little of an act reasonably suggests as necessary or appropriate for the accomplishment of its expressed purpose, is sufficiently indicated in such title.</p>