The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-02
WARNING TO
GAME DEALERS
Heavy Fine Imposed on
Charles Corriea.
VIOLATED. THE GAME LAWS
WAS SEVERELY ADMONISHED
BY THE JUDGE.
The Defendant Was Arrested for
Having Wild Duck in His
Possession. Out of
Season.
WAS SEVERELY ADMONISHED
BY THE JUDGE.

The Fish and Game. Commissioners are
determined that the laws for the pres
ervation of game in this State shall be
enforced. In the past they have found
1T difficult to secure convictions, or, If
they did, the punishment was seldom in
keeping with the crime
A notable victory was gained on We'd
nesday, when Deputy. Commissioner
Charles A. Vogelsang. secured the con-
viction of j. f.. Corriea, a poultry dealer
at 4O6 Davis street, in the Police Court
over which Judge .Mogan presides: He
was charged with having received five
dozen wild duck; the box being marked
poultry The shipper, Q. B. Harris of
Los *Banos,, was also arrested, and he
pleaded guilty. He was caught sending
another box: containing. duck, marked
dried fruit to .Corriea. The duck sea-
son will not open until October !.
.Corriea was sentenced by Judge Mo
gan yesterday to pay a fine of 500, or
in default of that to be imprisoned at
the rate of one day for each dollar, until
the fine was satisfied. In passing SEN
tence Judge Mogan; said: -
In. this case the defendant, Charles Corriea,
has been arrested and charged with viola
ton of the game laws. of the State of Call.
fornia. 1t is alleged that on. the 9th day OF
August, 1898, he committed the crime of mis-
demeanor by willfully and unlawfully having
in his possession certain wild duck. He is
prosecuted under the section known 626 of
the fish and game laws of the State Of. Cali
fornia which reads: Every: person who be-
tween the LIST day of March and the fst day OF
October in each year shall hunt, pursue, take,
kill or destroy have in. his possession any
valley quail, bob-whte, partridge, or any Kind
of wild duck or rail, etc. is guilty Of a. mis-
demeanor. This person. might just as well
have waited until the opening of the game
season before he should attempt to deal in such
affairs as wild duck. / don't think he did right
In doing ii, and 1 don't think he acted like a
abiding citizen. l believe that the con-
viction following the hearing of his trial was
laws of this State Is indeed a :meritorious one,
and one that deserves the hearty commenda-
ton, not only Of the public, but the support
OF the same by every tribunal of justice in
California. That same law has been willfully
violated without conjunction by certain per-
sonages with only a. mercenary object. in view.
l believe that the arrest and conviction and
punishment of the consgnee of game out of
season will strike at The fountain-head of the
transgression of this statute. You, the DEALER
are wholly and only responsible for its viola
ton. because If you respected. the provisions
of the statute and obeyed them and absolutely
refused to receive or sell game out of season
then the hunter would be. deprived of a live
lihood The game would not be depleted and
scarce 1t is at present, and as a consequence
would find our public preserves abundantly
plentiful with game. 1 wish you, as well as
other dealers, to understand that ]: will deal
strictly and severely with any and all violaters
OF this law.
Corriea's attorney gave notice of ap-
peal, and bonds were fixed in $780,