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lings for every hare, or within one month after com- 

 mitment becomes bound witii two sureties, in twenty 

 pounds each, not to offend again in hke manner. 

 Two witnesses are necessary in this case, as also two 

 justices of the peace. 



The same penalty (by the same act) is also inflicted 

 for taking hares with liare-pipes, snares, or any other 

 engines; and, to convict, two w^itnesses and two 

 justices are necessary, as in the preceding case. 



By the 22d and 23d of Charles II. c. 25, if any 

 person be found using or setting any snare, or other 

 engine, for the purpose of taking hares, he shall 

 make the injured party such recompence as the 

 justice of the peace shall appoint, and pay down 

 immediately, for the use of the poor, a sum not ex- 

 ceeding ten shillings; or be committed to the house 

 of correction for a time not exceeding one month. 

 In this case, the oath of one witness, before one jus- 

 tice, is sufficient; but it must take place within a 

 month after the offence is committed. 



Babbits and Pigeons. 



By 3 James I. no person has a right to hunt or 

 kill conies, unless possessed of hereditaments of the 

 yearly value of forty pounds, or be worth in goods 

 two hundred pounds, or have an inclosed rabbit- 

 ground of the value of forty shillings a year. An 

 infringement of this law subjects the offender to 

 have his dogs or engines seized by any person having 

 hereditaments in fee, in tail, or for life, of the annual 

 value of one hundred pounds in his own right, or 

 that of his wife; who is entitled to keep them for 

 his own use. 



By 22 and 23 Charles II. c. 25, it is enacted, that 

 if any person shall, at any time, enter any ground 

 lawfully used for breeding or keeping rabbits (whe- 

 ther inclosed or not), and chase or kill any of these 

 animals, against the will of the owner, not having 

 lawful title so to do, shall, upon conviction by one 



