Sec. 26-225. Stealing oysters.

      Sec. 26-225. Stealing oysters. Any person who, in the daytime, unlawfully takes and carries away any oysters lawfully planted or cultivated in any waters, or any oysters being on any place designated for the planting or cultivation of oysters, shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year; and, if such offense is committed in the night season, he shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5056.)

      Evidence not admissible to prove that ground designated by commissioners after 1881 was natural ground. 62 C. 47. History of law. 79 C. 702. Cited. 112 C. 214.