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imprison incut, they shall find like security ; 

 and if they cannot find like surety, they shall 

 abjure the realm. If none sue within the 

 year and a day, the king shall have suit. 



Trespassers in ponds, are those who en- 

 deavour to take fish therein. 2 Inst. 200. 



By 31 H. VIII. c. 2. s. 2. If any evil-dispos- 

 ed persons shall fish in the day-time, from six 

 o'clock in the morning, till six in the even- 

 ing, in any ponds, stews or moats, with nets, 

 hooks, or bait, against the will of the owners, 

 they shall, on conviction thereof, at the suit 

 of the king, or the party aggrieved, suffer 

 imprisonment for three months, and find se- 

 curity for their good abearing. 



And by 5 Eliz. c, 21. Any person who shall 

 unlawfully break, cut, or destroy any head or 

 dam of a fish-pond, or wrongfully fish there- 

 in, with intent to take or kill fish, shall, on 

 conviction, at the suit of the king, or of the 

 party, at. the assizes or sessions, be imprison- 



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