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The Dickenson County Herald
Clintwood, Dickenson County, Virginia
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In Dickenson County, Virginia, Game Warden Nathaniel Mullins arrested and convicted a deputy sheriff for possessing two unlicensed dogs while squirrel hunting on his premises. The deputy was fined $10 plus $16.50 in costs; no out-of-season hunting charge was filed.
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Freeling Va. June 8th. 1927.
Nathaniel Mullins, Game Warden of Dickenson County, reports the arrest and conviction of a Deputy Sheriff in the southern part of the county last week for having two unlicensed dogs. The warden reports that when he went to the home of the official to inquire whether he had tags for his dogs or not that he was informed that the officer had just started squirrel hunting, and that he hastened in the direction they said he went and found him just inside his premises with his two dogs and gun. He was fined $10.00 and costs, amounting to $16.50 for failing to buy tags for his dogs. No charge was preferred against him for hunting out of season because he was still on his own premises when found by the Warden.
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Dickenson County, Va.
Event Date
Last Week
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fined $10.00 and costs amounting to $16.50; no charge for hunting out of season.
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Game Warden Nathaniel Mullins went to the deputy sheriff's home to check for dog tags, learned he had started squirrel hunting, followed and found him on his premises with two unlicensed dogs and a gun, leading to arrest and conviction for the unlicensed dogs.