SHOOTING GAME.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 295, 6 May 1913, Page 8

SHOOTING GAME.

WITHOUT A LICENSE. U wis alli-v.l a».i:;nL Williiiii) Ilunsy Cliaili-s Bhiyilmll ami Ciarcnec Fiuuk llaiiiball, in the Magistrate's Court'jesterdnv, before Air. A. Crook, Ujat they liad shot cock pheasants on May Lit without having I ikcn out licuis..* to shoot game . Both awwwd pleaded; guilty, ill'. K. Wilson, lion, Milieitcr to tiie Acclimatisation Society,, in prosecuting. said that the matter nf poiichintr the Society a aroat ilea! of trouble mill expense. Owing- to- fuck of funds tin; Society had found it impossible to employ" a ranger, and th» public had been able to do much *» !t pleased with regard to illicit shooting, except in a few cases in wliieli tlie offer ers lifld been detected. In the pf's yt case the accused had been- caiwjht liv llin of tw Soe ! < ,f V. ■>"'( V-(V admitted the offences and given their I names. They had now taken oat licenses, and had not put the Society to a great deal of trouble. They had, however, taken the risk of being caught, and if they had not been found out would have gone on shooting without licenses. He, therefore, asked his Worship to inflict substantial fines. The minimum fine under the Act wm, ha said, £2 with regard to fish. > A fine of £'2 was inflicted, with cost* It ia each case. I ——