(DOWNLOAD) "Elizabeth Llewellyn Lee v. State Alaska" by Supreme Court of Alaska ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Elizabeth Llewellyn Lee v. State Alaska
- Author : Supreme Court of Alaska
- Release Date : January 30, 1971
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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On August 19, 1967, the plaintiff, then a child of twelve, and a thirteen year old friend attended an amusement park in Anchorage, Alaska. They stopped to pet a lioness kept in a cage by the operator of the amusement concession, Alaska Amusements, Inc. The beast thereupon grabbed the plaintiffs arm in its teeth and held her to the bars of the cage. The plaintiffs companion tried unsuccessfully to secure her release by beating the lioness over the head with a pipe, and then ran to a nearby State Trooper office for help. Defendant Johnson, an Alaska State Trooper, was thus brought to the scene. Johnson placed his arm around the plaintiff, cocked his gun, and shot the lioness in the head. He then cocked his gun again in preparation for a second shot. However, his first shot had found its mark. The lioness dropped dead releasing the plaintiffs arm. Apparently recoiling from this release, the plaintiff and Officer Johnson fell to the ground. His gun went off wounding the plaintiff in her right thigh.