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STATUTES RELATING TO RABBITS. 



By 3 Jac. 1. c. 13. s. 2. If any person shall, by night or 

 by day, unlawfully enter into any park or grounds, enclosed with 

 a wall, pale, or hedge, and used for the keeping of conies, and 

 unlawfully hunt, take, chase, or slay, any conies within such 

 park or ground, against the will of the owner, and shall be 

 thereof convicted, at the suit of the king or the party, at the 

 assizea or sessions, he shall suffer three months imprisonment, 

 pay treble damages and costs to the party, to be assessed by the 

 justices before whom he shall be convicted, and shall find sure- 

 ties for his good behaviour for seven years, or remain in prison 

 till he does. 



And by 22 and 23 Car. 2. c. 25. s. 4. If any person shall 

 at any time wrongfully enter into any warren or ground lawfully 

 used for keeping or breeding of conies, though the same may 

 be not enclosed, and shall take, chase, or kill any conies against 

 the will of the owner or occupier, not having lawful title so to 

 do, and shall be thereof convicted within one month after such 

 offence, by confession, or oath of one witness, before one justice, 

 he shall yield to the party grieved treble damages and costs, and 

 suffer three months imprisonment, and so long after till he find 

 sureties for his good behaviour. 



And by 5 Geo. 3. c. 14. it is enacted, That if any person shall 

 enter into such warren or grounds in the night time, and take 

 or kill any coney, against the will of the owner or occupier of 

 the said ground, or shall be aiding or assisting therein, and be 

 thereof convicted at the assizes, he shall be transported for seven 

 years, or suffer such other punishment, by whipping, fine, or 

 imprisonment; as the court shall award. 



