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Dogs belonging to any of the royal family, who are exempt from 

 all duties on sporting. 



Poor persons, who are not assessed for dwelling-houses, may 

 keep one dog, provided it be not a sporting dog. 



TRESPASS. 



A QUALIFIED person shall pay no more costs than damages, 

 unless the latter exceed 40*., or the judge certify, on the back of 

 the record, that the trespass was wilful and malicious *. 



Unqualified persons f are liable to pay full costs, with the 

 smallest damages, although their trespass may not be wilful. 



An unqualified person may accompany one sporting, who is 

 duly qualified, provided he has neither gun nor dogs of his own, 

 or does not aid and assist in killing game. A servant, however, 

 may beat bushes, c. for his master. 



EXEMPTIONS FROM TRESPASS BEFORE AND 

 AFTER NOTICE. 



A FKRSON, even after notice, may go on the land of another, 

 to serve a subpoena, legal writ, or, in short, for any lawful 

 purpose. 



It was formerly supposed, that any one might go 

 over the land of another (not doing any real damage) 



* It is a very general mistake to suppose that a judge never 

 could " certify," unless the person had been first warned off, and 

 that it is impossible to recover costs from a 'qualified man, unless 

 he had been previously served with a notice. This, however, is 

 not the case ; for, if it could be proved that the defendant had 

 trespassed wilfully, the judge might, if he chose, certify for full 

 costs, though the defendant had never been regularly warned off, 

 and the damage should even be under 40s. 



f Query, if this does not extend only to inferior tradesmen, &c.? 



