THE GAME LAWS. 273 



in case, after you being served with this notice, you shall commit 

 any trespass upon any part of my said closes, lands, or premises, 

 you will not only be proceeded against as a wilful and malicious 

 trespasser, pursuant to the statutes in that case made and pro- 

 vided, but will also be otherwise prosecuted for such offence ac- 

 cording to law.* Dated this day of , in the year of 



our Lord . 



SYLVESTER SOREHEAD. 

 To Ma. PETER POPEMOFF. 



The oral notice of either gamekeeper or lord of a manor is 

 insufficient ; but is deemed legal from the occupier of the land 

 where the sportsman happens to be found. In all other cases, 

 a written notice, similar to the above sketch, and signed by all 

 the occupiers of the land in the manor, must be given to the 

 trespasser. A gamekeeper cannot demand the name of a sports- 

 man, or a sight of his certificate, without first producing his own 

 deputation and certificate ; a gentleman must first produce his 

 own certificate, before he is authorised to see the certificate of 

 another person. In default of certificate, the name and address 

 must be given ; and any fictitious name adopted, or evasion re- 

 sorted to, subjects the party to a penalty of 201. 



* The notice may in general be in the above form, but where there 

 will be no difficulty in so doing, it may be advisable either to point out 

 the names or abuttals of the closes in the notice, or to annex a sketch 

 of them. It was held, in the case of Sellon v. the huntsman of the 

 Berkeley hunt, sittings at Westminster, K. B. after Trinity term, 1816, 

 that a general printed notice stuck up, purporting to be a notice that 

 "the Stanmore Association" would prosecute all persons trespassing, 

 but not signed by the plaintiff, nor addressed to the defendant, is net a 

 legal notice not to trespass. In order to establish the notice in evidence, 

 it is not necessary to give notice to produce the original notice, but it 

 suffices to produce a duplicate made at the time ; by Chambre, Justice, 

 in the year 1802. 2 Bla. Comm. Christian's edition, 147, with notes, 

 3 Bla, Comm. 215, note b. 2 Campb. llep, 110. 



