1 86 THE RABBIT 



As to what constitutes a ' resident on the land ' 

 (sect. lb.) the word ' reside ' has been held to mean 

 'eat, drink, and sleep,' ^ and therefore, although a 

 person merely spending the day would not be a resi- 

 dent, a guest for a few days presumably might be. In 

 the case of Stuart v. Murray, the Court of Justiciary 

 in Scotland decided that a person bona fide invited to 

 stay for a week was a member of the household resi- 

 dent on the land.^ 



The question what constitutes a ' professional 

 rabbit-killer ' is also one that often arises. Subsection 

 I b. states that he must be ' a person bona fide em- 

 ployed for reward,' and only one such person can be 

 authorised at a time. This definition does not cover 

 the case of a friend coming for a day's shooting, even 

 if he receive a nominal sum for his services or a 

 present of rabbits, although the fact of the shooter 

 being a friend of the occupier would not necessarily 

 invalidate the authority. Still, in the event of a 

 shooting tenant feeling himself aggrieved and taking 

 proceedings against such a person on the ground that 

 he was not ' bona fide employed for reward,' the fact 

 of the latter being a friend of the occupier would not 

 unnaturally give rise to suspicion. 



' Regina v. North Curry, 4 B. & C. 959. 

 - The Field, November 22, 1894. 



