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den, orchard, or yard, adjoining or belonging to 

 any dwelling-house, in or through which park or 

 paddock, garden, orchard, or yard, any stream of 

 water or river shall run or be, or wherein shall be 

 any river, stream, pool, pond 3 mote, stew,or other 

 water, and by any ways, means, or device what- 

 ever,shall steal, take, kill, or destroy, any fish bred, 

 kept, or preserved therein, without the consent of 

 the owner thereof; or shall be aiding or assisting 

 therein; or shall receive or buy any such fish, 

 knowing the same to be stolen or taken as afore- 

 said ; and shall be convicted thereof at the as- 

 sizes, within six calendar mouths after the offence 

 committed ; he shall be transported for seven 

 years. And any offender, surrendering himself 

 toajustice, or being apprehended,or in custody for 

 such offence, or on any other account, who shall' 

 make confession thereof, and a true discovery, on 

 oath, of his accomplice, or accomplices, so as 

 such accomplice may be apprehended, and shall 

 on trial give evidence so as to convict such ac- 

 complice, shall be discharged of the offence, so 

 by him confessed. 5. G. 3. c. 14. s. 1, 2. 



And if any person shall take, kill, or destroy, 

 or attempt to kill, take, or destroy, any fish, in any 

 river or stream, pond, pool, or other water, (not 

 being in any park or paddock, or in any garden," 

 orchard, or yard, adjoining or belonging to any 

 dwelling-house, but in any other enclosed ground, 

 being private property) he shall, on conviction 

 before one justice, on the oath of one witness, 

 forfeit 5l. to the owner or owners of the 'fishery, 

 of such river or stream of water, or of such pond, 

 pool, mote, or other water: and such justice, on 

 complaint, upon oath, may issue his warrant to 

 bring the person complained of before him ; and 



