156 BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



The leet also may enquire hereof; and then 

 the forfeiture shall go to the lord of the leet. 

 And if the steward do not charge the jury there- 

 with he shall forfeit 40s. halt* to the king, and 

 half to him that shall sue. And if the jury 

 conceal the offence, he may impannel another 

 jury to enquire of such concealment ; and if it 

 is found, the former jury shall forfeit every one 

 20s. to the lord of the leet. 



And if the offence is not presented in the leet 

 within a year, then it may be heard or determined 

 at the session or assises, (saving the right con- 

 servators,) 



And by the 33 G, 8, 3, 7. No person shall 

 take, or knowingly have in his possession, either 

 in the water or on shore, or sell or expose to sale, 

 any spawn, fry, or brood of fish, or an unsized- 

 ble fish, or fish out of season,or any smelt not five 

 inches long: and any person may seize the same, 

 together with baskets and package, and charge a 

 constable, or otherpeace-officer,vvith the offender 

 and with the goods, who shall carry them before 

 a justice; and on conviction before such justice, 

 the same shall be forfeited and delivered to the 

 prosecutor; and the offender shall beside forfeit 

 ^Os. to be levied by distress, by warrant of such 

 justice, and distributed, half to tbe prosecutor, 

 and half to the poor of the parish where the of- 

 fence was committed, (and any inhabitant of 

 such parish, nevertheless may be a witness,) for 

 want of sufficient distress, to be committed to 

 the house of correction, to be kept to hard la- 

 bour for any time not exceeding three months, 

 unless the forfeiture be sooner paid. Provided 

 that the justice may mitigate the said penalty, 

 so as not to remit above one half. Persons ag- 



