Of the Laws of Angling. 309 



once, or fhall ufe any Device for taking the 

 Fry of Eels, fhall forfeit 5 s. for every Offence, 

 and the Fifli fo taken, and the Inftruments, 

 to be divided as above. Ibidem, 



Perfons taking Fifh by any Device, in any 

 feveral Water or River, or afTifting therein, 

 without the Owner's Confent, fhall make fuch 

 Recompence, and within fuch Time, as the 

 Juftice of Peace fhall appoint, not exceeding 

 treble Damages, and fuch Sum to the Over- 

 feers of the Poor as he fhall alfo appoint, not 

 exceeding 10 s. The Convidion is by Con- 

 sent of the Party, or Oath of one Witnefs •, the 

 Profecution to be in one Month. In Defliulc 

 of Payment, to be levied by Diflrefs and Sale ; 

 and for Want of Diflrefs, the Offender to be 

 committed to the Houie of Corredion, for any 

 Time not exceeding one Month, unlefs he 

 gives Bond, with one or more Sureties, to the 

 Party injured, not to offend again. Stal, 22 

 and 23 Car, II. c. 25. 



If any Perfon fhall keep any Net, Angle, 

 Leap, Piche, or other Engine for taking Fifh, 

 (except the Makers or Sellers of them, or the 

 Owners or Occupiers of Rivers or Fifheries) 

 fjchEngines, if they fhall be found fifhing with- 

 out the Conient of the Owner or Occupier, or 

 fuch other Perfon or Perfons as he fhall autho- 

 rize and appoint, fhall be feized ; and any 

 Perfon, by a Warrant under the Hand and Seal 

 of a Juflice of Peace, may fearch the Houfes of 

 Perfons prohibited and fufpeded, and feize to 

 their own JJk, or deftroy fuch Engines. 4 afid 

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