SI 4 THE GAME LAWS. 



bit a man, he appears to be answerable for a subsequent mns- 

 chief, though the person bitten had given some accidental occa- 

 sion for it, as by treading on the dog's foot ; for it was owing 

 to his not hanging the dog on the first notice. And the safety 

 of the king's subjects ought not afterwards be endangered. 2. 

 Stra. 1263. 



OF DESTROYING THE EGGS OF WILD 

 FOWL AND WINGED GAME. 



By 25 Hen. 8. c. 11. it is enacted, that no person, from the 

 1st day of March to the 30th day of June, shall destroy or 

 convey any eggs of wild fowl from any nest where they shall be 

 laid, upon pain of imprisonment for one year; and of forfeiting 

 for every egg of any crane or bustard, 20d. ; for every egg of 

 bittern, heron, or shovelard, 8d, ; for every egg of wild duck, 

 teal, or other wild fowl, Id. 



And by Jac. 1. c. 27. s. 2. any person who shall take the 

 eggs of any pheasant or partridge out of the nest, or wilfully 

 break or destroy the same, shall, on conviction before two jus- 

 tices, by confession, or oath of two witnesses, be committed to 

 gaol for three months, unless he pay to the churchwardens, for 

 the use of the poor, 20s. for every egg ; or, within one month 

 thereafter, become bound with two sureties in 20/ each, not to 

 offend again. 



