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attained at the suit ot* the party, great and larq;e 

 amends shall be awarded according to the tres- 

 pass; and they shall have three years imprison- 

 men-tj and after shall make fine at the king's plea- 

 sure, (if they have whereof) and then shall find 

 good snrety that after they shall not conmiitthe 

 like trespass : and if they have not whereof to 

 ijiake fine, after three years imj)risonment, they 

 shall find like surety; and if they cannot find 

 like surety, lliey shall abjure the realm. And if 

 none sue vvitliin the year and day, the king shaU 

 have suit. 3. Ed. i c.'iO. Note, those are tres- 

 passers in ponds, who endeavour to take fish 

 therein. 2. Inst. *200. 



o. If any person shall unlaw fully break, cut, or 

 destroy, any liead or dam of a lish-[)ond, or shall 

 wrongfully fish therein, with intent to take and 

 kill fish, he shall on conviction, at the suit of the 

 king, or of the party, at tlie assizes or sessions, 

 be imprisoned three months, imd pay treble da- 

 mages ; and after the tliree mouths is expired 

 shall find sureties for his good abearing for seven 

 years, or remain in prison till lie doth, 5. El, 

 c.^1. S.2. 6. 



4. Whereas divers idle, disorderly, and mean 

 persons, betake themselves to the stealing, taking, 

 and killini]: of fish, out of ponds, pools, motes, 

 stews, and other several waters and rivers, to the 

 great damage of the owners thereof ; it is en- 

 acted that if any person sliall use any net, angle, 

 hair, noose, trull, or spear: or shall lay any 

 wears, pots, fi>h hooks, or other engines; or shall 

 take any fi^h by any means or device whatevei-, 

 or by aiding tliereunto, in any river, stew, pond, 

 mote, or other water, without the comertt of the 

 lord or owner of the water ; and be thereof cou- 

 victed by confession, or oath of one witness 



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