414 GAME LAWS. 



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

 sell, or have them in his possession. 



Two of the profession were here consulted, as to 

 the necessity of a qualification, and they were loth 

 of opinion, that, although a certificate was (by the 

 late act) required, yet rabbits, woodcocks, 8yc., may 

 he shot, by one unqualified. 



Rabbits, however, may be shot by any one without 

 a certificate, provided he kills them in warrens, or 

 inclosed grounds, of which he is himself the occupier, 

 or in which he is commanded, or permitted so to 

 destroy them, by whoever is the occupier. 



FREE WARRENS AND DECOYS. 



THE game, in a, free warren, is considered as private property, 

 as are also the wildfowl, &c., within a decoy : and, consequently, 

 even a qualified man, sporting on either, would be subject to an 

 action accordingly (with costs), and without receiving any pre- 

 vious notice. 



The exercise of a free warren, however, is, in most cases, now 

 difficult to be proved. 



WILDFOWL. 



\_Any one may shoot them on the coast, from a public path, 



A PERSON, with neither qualification nor licence, has a right 

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

 game. 



The shooting of wildfowl, therefore (according to 

 the best professional opinions I have collected), is, 

 notwithstanding the act of Anne (cap. xxv), such a 

 use as cannot be deemed an illegal one. 



