The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-06-05
FINED, JAILED FOR
GAME LAW

-oIle pooIleSSeTS, Trap
pers, and hunters of migratory
waterfowl were hailed into fed
eral courts recently and given
sentences ranging from $25 to
$lOO in fines and 10 day to 4
months in jail, the Fish and
W.ldlife service, United States
Department of the Interior, an
nounced recently.
In Arkansas, two bootleggers
apprehended by undercover ag-
entS of the Fish and Wildlife
service, were sentenced by Fed
eral Judge Thomas Trimble in
Little Rock to a fine of $75 or
80 days in jail for selling wild
ducks. Glenn Caps, a duck
guide of De Witt, paid the fine,
while Harry Allen, a truck dri-
yer from Memphis, Tenn, went
to jail.
Judge Trimble sent two other
wild duck bootleggers from De
Witt to jail at the same time.
Robert A. MANS, a mechanic
described as a go-between for a
bootleg ring in De Witt, was
sentenced to 60 days in jail,
while Harry Reeves, a duck
guide, received a 3O-day jail
| sentence.
wild ducks are not to be
sold," declared Judge Trimble in
passing sentence on the boot
leggers. Duck hunting is one
of the assets of Arkansas. Hun
dreds of hunters come to this
state to hunt ducks legally and
do not want to buy them. I
] want to warn you all that this
court expects to do its part in
stopping commercial hunting"
Refuge Trespassers Jailed
Billy Hewitt and lie Roy Ad-
ans, fishermen of st. Charles,
Ark. also received a reprimand
from the Little Rock jurist.
Charged with hunting on the
White River National Wildlife
refuge in Stuttgart, the defen-
dants pleaded not guilty and
asked for a jury trial. Found
guilty, Hewitt and Adams were
sentenced to four months in
jail each.
"The government is spending
millions of dollars to protect
the wildlife of the nation"
Judge Trimble said before pass
ing sentence, land you people
who live near the wildEfe ref
uge will receive the greatest
benefit from its protection, since
the overflow of game from the
refuge will make excellent hun
ting and trapping conditions"
The federal jurist charged the
defendants with swearing to
false testimony and trying to
make liars of the game agents."
He warned that this is a fed
eral court and I will not tolerate
perjury in it."
In st. Paul, Mimi. Federal
Judge George F. Sullivan found
August Cornell, a retired bust
nessman of Minneapolis, guilty
of selling wild ducks at Bow
string lake. Cornell was fined
$40.
Penalized For Batting
In Virginia, IA game-law vio-
!aters were sentenced by Federal
Judge Luther B. Way in Nor
folk. Prentice D. Ash, an en-
gineer from Mahwah, N. j.,
and John L. Mccormick, a law
yer from Suffern, N. Y, were
fined $50 for hunting migra-
tory waterfowl with the aid of
bait, while George IA. BOnni-
well and William T. Bonniwell,
their hunting guides, were also
fined $50 each for placing the
bait in front of the hunting
blinds at a Sand Hill, Va, club.
Chesapeake Bay Area
Held In Check
Along the Chesapeake Bay
area, where a wholesale round
up of duck b~ootleggers was
made a few years ago, service
agents have kept constant
watch on the activities of local
trappers. Recently, seven trap
pers were apprehended by SER
vice game agents.
Fred jenkins, a 71-year-old
farmer of Severn, Va, was fined
SIS for trapping wild ducks.
Eddie Williams, a laborer of Ac-
comac county, was sentenced
to 10 days in Jail for operat-
ing waterfowl traps. Other Vir-
ginia trappers sentenced from
the same area were: Theodore
! Smith of Northampton county,