THE GAME LAWS. 



they are not scrupulously exact in every legal point themselves, 

 but strain every nerve to render oppression still more oppressive! 



In general, these tyrannical Nimrods will be found Whigs. I 

 have experienced liberality from the Tories in respect to game ; 

 but never from the Whigs : and when I hear the latter, with 

 inflated pride, boast so much of patriotism, the game laws flash 

 across my mind ; nor can I help suspecting the intentions of men, 

 whose private practice is so much at variance with their public 

 profession. 



That some alteration must, at no distant period, take place 

 in respect to game is abundantly evident ; much good may re- 

 sult from a judicious and liberal revision of the statutes, without 

 the least injury to the just right of any class or order of men. 

 Lord Cranbourne having brought the subject of the GameLaws 

 before the House of Commons in the spring of 1823, during the 

 printing of the present edition, for an account of the proceed- 

 ings thereon, we refer the reader to the end of the volume. 



TRESPASS, 



Which is the entry by one person upon the ground of another, 

 without the owner's consent ; and even though no real injury 

 may be sustained by the owner of the land, it is a trespass, 

 nevertheless. It is a wilful trespass where the person has been 

 warned not to come upon the ground ; and malicious, where the 

 intention to distress or injure the owner is evident. 



In the sense we are here to consider it, trespass applies to qua- 

 lifted, as well as unqualified, persons, though not in an equal 



