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Owners or occupiers of Jand, lords of manors, or their servants, 

 may apprehend offenders, who, if they offer violence, are deemed 

 guilty of misdemeanour, and liable to be transported for seven years, 

 or imprisoned for two years. Limitation of time for proceeding 

 under this Act, one year. 



Three persons entering land armed by night, for the purpose of 

 taking game, &c., a misdemeanour punishable by transportation or 

 imprisonment. Game within this Act deemed to include hares, 

 pheasants, partridges, grouse, heath- or moor-game, black game, and 

 bustards. 



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 Fish- 

 eries," 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 some of which 

 are necessary to protect the rights and liberties of the 

 people. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW GAME LAWS. 



By making observations on the inconsistence of the 

 present game laws, I have involved myself in the un- 

 thankful 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 re- 

 vision 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. 



