The Region - News from Jan. 18, 1987
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A Newport Beach man was sentenced to a year’s probation and fined $340 by a Riverside County judge for shooting a whistling swan, a species protected under the state Wildlife Code. Lawrence R. Harris, 58, pleaded guilty to taking the bird, a misdemeanor, and was sentenced by Municipal Judge James T. Warren. But Harris’ hunting partner, Bernhart Robert E. Pautsch, 66, also of Newport Beach, pleaded innocent and will face trial.
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