Waters v. People
Colorado Supreme Court
23 Colo. 33, 46 P.112 (1896)
- Written by Haley Gintis, JD
Facts
In 1895, Waters (defendant) and other members of a local country club captured 40 doves to use as shooting targets. As a result, some of the doves were killed, some of the doves were wounded, and some of the doves escaped. The State of Colorado (plaintiff), with the assistance of the state’s humane society, pursued criminal charges against Waters for violating the state’s animal-anticruelty statute. Waters and the prosecutor agreed that Waters had captured the doves to shoot them for sport and did not have the specific intent to kill the doves or inflict pain and torture onto the doves. However, Waters and the prosecutor disagreed as to whether Waters’s actions violated the statute. The county court determined that Waters had violated the statute. Waters was convicted and instructed to pay a fine. In response, Waters submitted a writ of error. The Colorado Supreme Court reviewed the case.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Campbell, J.)
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