OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Xonorabk W. K. Baldridge Countr an4 Dlrtrlot Attorney 

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### unAerArtlolo 927, Vernon’8

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creek, lake, bayou, pool, lagoon or tank, in thlr State, aa7 wt, trap ur Dther device fw catching fish, or take 3r catch any flab fram aald vaterr vlth any aet, seine, dtrice, or hook and line 

### or trot line, other than as pernltted herein. Uhoever vlol4ter 8ny provlelon of thl8 8rticle 8hll be fined not 108s than tvsnty-five
nor more than one hundred dolbrr. ”

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## net vhoee mcl8hs# he8

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### the aOt

## O? 7 taklag 

## or aetahlaq of ?18h from fresh 

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## net other thaa a8 permItted thweln.

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### think It 18olrar 

### that l aoh act of placing a net In 

## fre8h uaterr of thlr 

## State contrary to 

### Article 927, 8upra, 18a 

### wparate act and a 8eparatO OffOaW, beoauw each plaClEL(I 

### II 8 wparate tranuatlon ocaurrlng at a dlffereat lace and et 

### a different tlrw. 22 

### CorpusJurlr !Jeoundum,w@ 68 8tat88,


### “Separate and dlrtlnct act8 of the 8am8nature perroL8d at differrot tirr gsnerelly aonrtltute 

## repmate oifenrer.”

Xovever, the catahlrq or 

### taking of flab from an unlaufti 

### set 18Onetranraatlnn rerultlng from a rlngle act or rolltloa, rOwdlO88 a? the numberof fish taken. If 18 vell 8ettled In 

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ocordmce with thlr 

## theory that ‘the rteallng o? dlfferent artlale8 at 

### the 88~18

### time aad place, 80 that the trmmeatlon 18the 

### unm,l8 but one otfenn, and the 

### acetarred maynot 

### be convicted on reparate Indictment8 

### aharglng dlffereat part8 a? the tranractlon 

### a8 dL8tlnct offewe8.” Ullron 08. State 45 Tex. 76, andYllllr VI. litate, 6 3. Y. 857. Were 8everal 

### l ot8 are In feet 

### put 0r one tranractlon, 

### there 18 only one

### crime although each or 8uCh

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## ct8 tight have conrtltuted a orlm In ltrl? I? not 

### part of ruch tramaction." 22 

### Corpur Jar18 

### &aundum, pp* 60-61.

Th4 failure of the Isglrhturo to exprorrly meke tha unlawful taking O?reah 

### fl8h a 84paratO o?fenIe, jurt a8 they have uule a 

## remrate oftrnr4 of the unlavful taking o? each gysr bird 8nd 

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### under Artlale 873, 

### Vernon*8 Annotated penal Code, lndloate8 the Leglrlature did not contemplate nor derlre that each unlavful taking 

### Of 8 ?18h be a reparate oftenee 

## underArticle 527, 

### 8upr8.

Therefore, JOU

### are advised that each net, the meehee of vhlch are leee then three inches aquare, placed in the vatsre of Lake Dallas In Centon County, Texas, constitutes a separate offcare 83 each placing 

### of l 

### net is Bseparate transaction. YDUare further advised that the unlautul taking 

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### catchlog of flab 81 prohibited b7 Article 927, 8upra, re8ultlng 

### from one tran8aation, 

## Sor l uaplo, from one 

### oet, oonrtltutrr only 

### one 

### vlo&tion a8 It 

### 18 but one 

### tranaactlon, regardle88 

### 0s the number

### 0srirh cwght or taken.

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