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or tlie first offence, and for every subsequent offence 30^., or not 

 less than 20/. ^ ^ ^^ . ^ 



Any person taking or killing game on Sundays or Ulu-istmas-days 

 to forfeit, for tlie first offence, not more than 20/., nor less than 

 10/. ; for the second offence from 30/. to 20/. ; and for the third 

 and every subsequent offence, 50/. 



All unqualified person killing can only be convicted of one penalty 

 in a day. That is, an unqualified person, or even a poacher, would 

 have no more to pay for killing filty head of game in the same day 

 than he would for killing one. Though the poacher, or unqualified 

 person, would be liable to the other penalties— viz., 5/. each for 

 every head of game which he sold, offered for sale, or which had 

 even been found in his possession ; and if a dog or gun, or any 

 other engine, was used in the destruction of game, he would also 

 be liable to 20/. penalty, provided he had not taken out a sporting 

 certificate. 



If a person go in pursuit of game with a dog and gun, lie can 

 only be charged with one offence, and convicted in one penalty for 

 both. (7 Term Reports, 152.) 



Kdhng from seven o'clock at night to six in the mornmg, 

 between the 12th of October and 12th of February, and from nine 

 at night to four in the morning, from the 12th of February to the 

 12th of October (besides the other penalties before named), first 

 offence, not more than 20/., nor less than 10/.; second offence, from 

 30/. to 20/. ; third and subsequent, 50/. 



Servant of a lord of a manor may kOl, and yet the lord of the 

 manor may not, unless he is qualified. 



Informations for penalties relative to the game laws, should be 

 brought so far as the conviction to take place mthin three months. 

 A penalty may be either recovered by information before a justice 

 of peace, or sued for in any of the courts of record at Westminster. 

 In the latter case, the action must be brought within six months 

 after the offence committed. ^ -, .. ■, 



Eabbits, woodcock, snipes, quails, and landrails, are made game 

 only so far as relates to shooting them, for which, therefore, a 

 certificate is required; but one_ without a certificate may catch, 

 sell, or have them in his possession. 



Wild fowl any one may shoot from the coast, from a pubuc 



path, &c., &c. ,.„ . ■,. T . IX 



A person with neither quahfication nor hcense has a right 

 to carry a gun, provided he does not use it for the destruction of 

 ""ame. 



^ Gamekeepers are subject to the fidl penalties of imqualified and 

 unlicensed persons, as well as to actions of trespass, if they outstep 

 the bounds of the manor for which they are appomted. 

 Only one can be appointed to each manor. 



Deputation of a Gamekeejjer.—The deputation granted to a game- 

 keeper must be 'registered with the p^erk of the peace within 

 twenty days after it was granted, and h'kQv'M^d.tQ taken of the same. 



