The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-03-15
To The EDITOR or THE Journal.


WAS much interested by the letter o.
the Game Warden Of Bennington COUNTY
In your last Issue ard In view OF somt
statements made therein would again ash
little ,psce 10 your columns. In my sr
tice Of February 10, made certain state
nsnts OF fact and drew certain infersrc
which suppose tbisperson assumes TO at
aver In your issue Of March y.
Now nv supposedly Illogical fem'nin'
mind cannot see wherein he has deni IN
fscts or d sproved my differences. Flis
that there NAV be no Misunderstanding
sill define my terms OF "uumped up
/ cbsrges' and "fslse prosecutions ne thos'
actions which are based on no warrant OF
law, or are brought a. the instigation OF
| irresponsible and untrustworthy persons
Your correspondent "defies" me to prov
| The prosecution Of February lst to be Of
this class but need 20 no further than hi
own admissions. He says q few lines lar
iher on III bad some doubts about the 10"
| (Sec. 42st) and wrote to the Commissioner
for instructions :" Now ass matter OF CT
| there was at this time 20 Section 45si on
| he Statutes. Why should he have an,
do. bts" about law that did not exists
He continues 1.-THE Commissioner letter
contained these Instructions, "you will stop
all fishing through the Ice In the Battenkiii
river"
Supposipg the Commissioner's letter had
read "you will thoot Gil persons seen hsh-
Ing In the Batterkill rivery" Would tbe
GAME Warden Of Remington have consid-
er ed that sufficient warrsnIfor action with
out any statute back Of IN Yet there
would have been rs much basis OF law I'D
one Gaze a. In the other.
The Commissioner's answer only provss
what have been unable previously 70 o.
| tain evidence Of, that he istqualiy respot :
able In this matter with the officers befor'
implicated.
i The repeal OF the lay (Section 1854 !
10 obvious that even !, In my kitchen vi
no other legal aid than the copy OF the &C
Of the Legislature furnished me by tn
. JOURNAL had no difficulty In discovering
, lit, and II seems strange plea that II ws'
, not until after these warrants had beer
served that the State learned definitely o.
, LIS repeal. But granting this to be true
|. liz IA legal axiom that Ignorance OF tn
: law IL no excuse 10 the eyes OF the law,
and The man who gets In front OF bis gu
. ~bsn II goes OF IL none the less dead be-
cause be s"didn't know II was loaded
seems to me that this command OF IN
!. | state Commissioner, the bripeisg OF tn
|. sui,s BY The County warden, the prosteu
: | ,ion,by the States Attorney andithe issuinI
!, Of the warrants ~ the Municipal court
!. shows that either these officials we're ignoi
|, ant d the Law, which indicates sncowP'
MI tepce, or that they authorized fraudule.
= prosecutions which Indicates corruption.
,ol ALTO the dangers TO trout from spearin
!, suckers I may aay that my ancestors 81
4 kindred have been property holders 50
!. residents along tbs Bs,leniIll for more tbs
!. cns hundred yesrs, through dvs or six gel
I. sra,soss. They have always spssrtd sucl
|. err spd krew Of bat ons Instances whe'
+. they caught q trout. Sons thlriy-0'
., ysars ago, whsp was . small child,
Il. ,rout vas brought Ia an, rg the sueke
snd .,iii remember the sense Of cslsmi
~hich vas impressed upon me thar a ire
as should Be csugbs 10 the winter time II
be- Benbins ton Game warden says that nl
IN uen out OF ten will take treui A. well
YER or instesd Of saekefs 10 they get . chase
be la, A a matter Of fact uout are out
90 season 10 winter, are thin aud In poor GO
me dl,ion while suckers are AZ their best A.
III while suckers are not game nsn to
.at taksn with line there 10 AZ much sport
Of % airing them ~ any other nsh.
led This 10 ali | have 10 say 10 regard 10 y
IT. sucker prosscaiicr, bot u res me 70 ne :
10. improper 10 call attention 10 the ssns
eh. tote Of this man's remarks. he ehsrse
10 l.res The sris Of The legislature 1fder Vi
n, bs holds csfce ana which be fheula ffs.s
ia ably respect, ~ "sresk Legislation