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ing game and trespass in pursuit thereof. 

 Numerous Acts of Parliament present, 

 thro ugh the versatility and ingenuity of un- 

 licensed takers of game, many narrow and 

 undetermined points of law. There is a 

 law for trespass in pursuit of game in the 

 daytime, which is defined to commence 

 one hour before sunrise and to conclude 

 one hour after sunset ; and there is a law 

 applicable to night poaching during the 

 remainder of the twenty -four hours. 

 These Acts, moreover, differ somewhat 

 in the three kingdoms, with varying 

 penalties for offences, night offences being 

 more severely punished than those com- 

 mitted in the daytime. 



Game laws have existed in this country 

 from the reign of William the Conqueror 

 (1066), and, as we have seen, there were 

 many such laws applicable to forest, 

 chase, and warren in mediaeval times. 

 It will for our purpose be sufficient to 

 refer to statutes made within living 

 memory and now in force. There are, as 

 we have said, the Day Trespass Acts and 



