GAME LAWS. 405 



GAME FOUND IN POSSESSION OF UNQUALIFIED 

 PERSONS 



[See " Game" as to Poachers'] 



Is liable to be seized, and the offender to pay 5/. for every 

 head : one half to the poor, the other to the informer, who is 

 entitled to it, even though he should have been an accomplice, 

 and will, by turning evidence, escape all penalties. 



Unqualified persons may have game in their possession, pro- 

 vided it be given to -them, or intrusted to their care, by one who 

 is duly qualified. 



A qualified person cannot offer game for sale, under the penalty 

 of 51. 



OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS KILLING GAME. 



\_By Mutiny Act " IN OR NEAR" where they are quartered. 

 N. B. This Article of War extends, also, to fish and poultry.] 



KILLING or taking game, without leave from the lord of the 

 manor, under his hand and seal, subject to penalties as follow: 



Officer 5/.,' officer within whose command the offence is com- 

 mitted by a soldier, \l. To the poor of the place; and (being 

 convicted by justice of peace, and the penalty demanded by the 

 constable or overseer) the officer must pay it within two days, or 

 forfeit his commission. 



By this act, an officer, although invited by his friends to shoot 

 on their laud, may be sued for the above penalty by the lord of a 

 manor, who has, perhaps, no right to sport there himself !! ! 



I conceive, that, if any thing else than the lord's 

 permission would save him, it would be a written 

 leave of absence for the day, from his commanding 

 officer, which would exonerate him, for the time, 

 from being subject to restrictions relative to " in or 

 his " quarters.'" 



