This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol10 Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Wills, Administration", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
But if the body of water, such as a lake or pond, has become private property by draining or filling without infringing any public right, the rule of ownership is different.347 A statute which prohibits the catching of fish with a net during any season of the year, includes the catching of fish by any one in the streams on his own land.348
 
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