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of such land, whenever the actual occupier thereof shall have given such 

 leave or licence ; and that the lord or steward of the Crown of any manor,, 

 lordship, or royalty, or reputed manor, lordship, or royalty, shall be 

 deemed to be the legal occupier of the land .of the wastes or commons 

 within such manor, lordship, or royalty, or reputed manor, lordship, or 

 royalty. 



XXXI. Trespassers in search of game may be required to quit the 

 land, and to tell their names and abodes, and in case of refusal may be 

 arrested. Penalty. Party arrested must be discharged unless brought 

 before a justice within 12 hours. And be it enacted, that where any 

 person shall be found on any land, or upon any of his Majesty's forests, 

 parks, chases, or warrens, in the daytime, in search or pursuit of game, or 

 woodcocks, snipes, quails, landrails, or conies, it shall be lawful for any 

 person having the right of killing the game upon such land, by virtue of 

 any reservation or otherwise as hereinbefore mentioned, or for the occu- 

 pier of the land (whether there shall or shall not be any such right by 

 reservation or otherwise), or for any gamekeeper or servant of either of 

 them, or for any person authorized by either of them, or for the warden r 

 ranger, verderer, forester, master-keeper, under-keeper, or other officer of 

 such forest, park, chase, or warren, to require the person so found forth- 

 with to quit the land whereon he shall be so found, and also tell his Chris- 

 tian name, surname, and place of abode ; and in case such person shall, 

 after being so required, offend by refusing to tell his real name or plstce of 

 abode, or by giving such a general description of his place of abode as 

 shall be illusory for the purpose of discovery, or by wilfully continuing or 

 returning upon the land, it shall be lawful for the party so requiring as 

 aforesaid, and also for any person acting by his order and in his aid, to 

 apprehend such offender, and to convey him or cause him to be conveyed 

 as soon as conveniently may be beftn*e a justice of the peace ; and such 

 offender (whether so apprehended or not), upon being convicted of any 

 such offence before a justice of the peace, shall forfeit and pay such sum of 

 money not exceeding five pounds, as to the convicting justice shall seem 

 meet, together with the costs of the conviction : provided always, that no 

 person so apprehended shall, on any pretence whatsoever, be detained for 

 a longer period than twelve hours from the time of his apprehension until 

 he shall be brought before some justice of the peace ; and that if he 

 cannot, on account of the absence or distance of the residence of any such 

 justice of the peace, or owing to any other reasonable cause, be brought 

 before a justice of the peace within such twelve hours as aforesaid, then 

 the person so apprehended shall be discharged, but may nevertheless be 

 proceeded against for his offence by summons or warrant, according to 

 the provisions hereinafter mentioned, as if no such apprehension had 

 taken place. 



XXXII. Penalty on persons found armed using violence, &c. And 

 be it enacted, that where any persons, to the number of five or more 

 together, shall be found on any land, or in any of his Majesty's forests, 

 parks, chases, or warrens, in the daytime, in search or pursuit of game, 

 or woodcocks, snipes, quails, landrails, or conies, any of such persons 

 being then and there armed with a gun, and such persons or any of them 

 shall then and there, by violence, intimidation, or menace, prevent or 



