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TRACING HAKES IN THE SNOW, &c. 



An old statute (14 and 15 Henry VIII. c. 10) inflicts a pen- 

 alty of six shillings and eight-pence for tracing and killing a 

 hare in the snow. The 1st of James 1. c. 27. inflicts three 

 months' imprisonment on the offender for tracing or coursing a 

 hare in the snow ; unless the offending party pay to the church- 

 wardens, for the use of the poor, twenty shillings for every hare ; 

 or within one month after commitment, become bound with two 

 sureties, in twenty pounds each, not to offend again in like 

 manner. Two witnesses are necessary in this case, as also two 

 justices of the peace. 



The same penalty, by the same act, is also inflicted for taking 

 hares with hare-pipes, snares, or any other engines ; two wit- 

 nesses are necessary to convict the offender, before two justices. 

 Also, by the 22nd and 23d of Charles II. c. 25. if any per- 

 son be found using or setting any snare or other engine for the 

 purpose of taking hares, he shall make the injured party such 

 recompence as the justice shall appoint, and pay down imme- 

 diately, for the use of the poor, a sum not exceeding ten shillings ; 

 otherwise to be committed to the house of correction for a time 

 not exceeding one month. In this case, the oath of one witness, 

 before one justice, is sufficient ; but ft must be done within one 

 month after the offence is committed , 



