418 GAME LAWS. 



In the interim, the annexed memoranda, for the pre- 

 sent game laws, although an imperfect attempt, may 

 be the means, in some cases, of saving time, and per- 

 haps a lawsuit ; than their doing which, nothing would 

 give more pleasure to the compiler. 



JULY, 1830. 



QUALIFICATION. 



\_A lord of a manor, if not otherwise qualified, would not be en- 

 titled to kill game himself.] 



100/. per annum, clear of all deductions, in his own or wife's right, 

 charged upon lands or tenements, or other estate of inheritance. 



150/. per annum for life, or on lease, for life, or ninety-nine 

 years. 



Eldest sons of esquires, or Qof*] persons of higher degree. 



Notwithstanding the eldest son of an esquire is 

 qualified, yet the esquire himself may not be qualified ! 

 such is the consistency of the game laws ! What a 

 pity it is that those, who framed this law, were not also 

 the authors of the one penny penalty for taking the 

 eggs of mallards ! as the two acts combined would at 

 least have entitled them to a mention of their names in 

 the Biographical Dictionary. (Vide " for every egg of 

 mallard," &c. 25 Hen. VIII. cap. xi.) 



* Although this word of is not inserted, yet it has legally been 

 decided to be necessarily implied. 



" A diploma, conferring the degree of doctor of physic, granted 

 by either of the universities in Scotland, does not give a qualification 

 to kill game (under 22 and 23 Car. II. cap. xxv.). An esquire, or 

 other person of higher degree, as such, is not qualified under that 

 act j though the son of an esquire, or the son of other person of 

 higher degree, is." (Vide 1st Term Reports, page 44.) 



