How have courts interpreted the term "bird" in the context of the Small Birds Act?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Byrnes, 644 F.2d 107 (2nd Cir. 1981):
9 For a liberal construction of the term "birds," by a Canadian court see Regina v. Ojibway, 8 Criminal Law Quarterly 137 (1965-66) (Op. Blue, J.), holding that an Indian who shot a pony which had broken a leg and was saddled with a downy pillow had violated the Small Birds Act which defined a "bird" as "a two legged animal covered with feathers." The court reasoned that the statutory definition
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