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beThe case against Brig Madsen andL*vi Carpenter, accused of unlawful y taking; trout l^m Utah lake, was tritu by a jury before Commissioner Dudley tliis lor noon. The defense HdmiLtodhaving riiid on August 20tb about tweuu J by pounitn nt trout in their possession, t; and that they took them out of Utah t Jrtkv with u se!ms. They proved, bow-k ever, that the seine they ttan i* n ilren-1.1 set! one an I that they made their haul strictly m accordant** with law and In the orerenc' of Frank -Newell, deputy fish and aame commissioner for Utahoun y. Thn proved further that in a | in ikidb each haul t at day (they innde ^ |1 wo) there were some six hundred pounds of trout came into the seinewith the other hsli. liy the time thatthe tioat were gotten out s-'ine dozenor fifteen had unavoidably gotten their I | heads into the meshes of the eeino, weie gilled and completely dead. These are t lie fish they had in their possession and for having which they were arrested. The commissioner at every haulw hen this occurred has consented thatthe se:nejh lake these dead trout, deeming t better for them to take me tub tran to throw the speckled beauties into the water onlyto rot. The proppcntion held per-Bistent)v that the law .prohibits the taking of trout out of the wa era dead or all.e in at v way. except with n hook and line, ana that persons who take them as these men bad done, had violated ih-* law. The jury held, however, that there had been no intent to violate the law proven and ro harm done and so acquitted the boy?.
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Provo Evening Dispatch
Provo, Utah, US
Thu, Aug 30, 1894
Page 3
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