418 GAME LAWS. 



PENALTY FOR BUYING GAME. 



(By St. 58 Geo. III. c. Ixxv.) after stating that exposing game 

 to sale was by law prohibited j it is enacted, that the buying of 

 game should be subject to a penalty of 5/. 



For more comprehensive information on the game 

 laws, and particular modes of proceeding, I refer the 

 reader to the late edition of Burn's Justice, and an 

 excellent treatise, entitled the " Game Laws and 

 Fisheries," by Mr. Chitty, of the Middle Temple, 

 London. 



The preceding abstracts, however, may serve as 

 easy memoranda of those game laws, in which most 

 persons are as yet liable to be concerned, and many 

 of which are necessary to protect the rights and 

 liberties of the people. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW GAME LAWS. 



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BY making observations on the inconsistence of 

 the present game laws, I have involved myself in the 

 unthankful office of having to point out where, in my 

 humble opinion, the evil exists ; and, therefore, at 

 the same time, of having to prescribe a few brief 

 suggestions for its remedy. Of all subjects that ever 

 came to a revision of the legislature, this, although 

 comparatively insignificant, is perhaps one of the 

 most difficult, by reason that to please all parties 

 here, I firmly believe, would be an utter impossibility. 



One simple question, however, may be asked by 

 every one : Let any member, supposing that he is 



