GAME. 



those chiefly which fall under the cegni- 

 zance of justices of the peace out of ses- 

 sions, premising 1 , that for brevity sake the 

 following abbreviations are used; viz. P. 

 denotes the penalty ; R. the mode of re- 

 covery ; A. the application of it ; Ap. the 

 appeal ; J. 1 or 2, and W. 1 or 2, that one 

 or two justices may convict, or that one or 

 two witnesses must prove the offence : 

 and in treating- of the several statutes on 

 this head, we shall consider, 1. what re- 

 lates to game exclusively ; 2. what relates 

 to other quadrupeds ; and, 3. other birds, 

 which, though ferae naturx, are sometimes 

 reclaimed, and private property. 



Every higler, chapman, victualler, car- 

 rier, &c. who shall have in his possession 

 any hare, pheasant, partridge, moor- 

 game, &c. or offer to sell any such (except 

 sent by a person qualified to kill game,) 

 P. 51. for each piece ; R. distress, and in 

 default, commitment three months; J. 

 1. Stat. 5. Ann, c. 14, s. 2. 



Persons not qualified to keep dogs, en- 

 gines, &c. to destroy game, P. 51. ; R. as 

 above ; A. half to the informer, half to the 

 poor. Justices, lords of manors, and 

 game-keepers, may take away the game, 

 dogs, guns, &c. 



Game-keeper selling, or otherwise dis- 

 posing of such game, without consent of 

 the lord of the manor, P. three months 

 imprisonment ; conviction as above. Ibid. 

 s. 4. 



Killing game in the night, i. e. between 

 seven in the night and six in the morning, 

 from October 12 to February 12; and be- 

 tween nine at night and six in the morn- 

 ing, from Feb. 12 to Oct. 12; or at any 

 time on a Sunday or Christmas Day, P. 

 from Wl. to 20/. for the first offence, and 

 from 201. to 30/. for the second; conviction 

 as above, to be within one month. 13 Geo. 

 III. c. 80, s. 1, 2, 3, 9. In case of a third 

 offence, P. commitment to the session, 

 unless he become bound with two sure- 

 ties to appear; prosecutor to be bound to 

 prosecute (ibid. s. 1. ;) application of pe- 

 nalties, half to the informer, half to the 

 poor; R. distress, and in default, commit- 

 ment three calendar months. Ap. ses- 

 sions. Ibid, s 4. 



More than two persons going out with 

 guns, nets, &c. to destroy game, between 

 eight at night and six in the morning, 

 from Oct. 1 to Feb. 1; or between ten at 

 night and four in the morning, between 

 Feb. 1 and Oct. 10; or any person found 

 with fire-arms or other weapons ; may be 

 apprehended by owners, keepeis, &c. 

 who shall deliver them to a peace-officer, 

 to be taken before a justice ; or if they 

 cannot be apprehended, the justice, on 



information on oath, may issue his war- 

 rant ; P. deemed a rogue and vagabond^ 

 and to suffer accordingly. 39, 40 Geo. III. 

 c.50. 



Killing, or haying in possession, any 

 partridge, between Feb. 1 and Sept. 1, or 

 any pheasant, between Feb. 1 and Oct. 1, 

 P. 51. for each bird; R. action in the 

 courts of Westminster. 2 Geo. III. c 19. 



Killing, or having in possession, any 

 black-game, from Dec. 10 to Aug. 20, (in 

 New Forest, from Dec. 10 to Sept. 1, by 

 43 Geo. III. c. 34;) or any red game, from 

 Dec. 10 to Aug. 12; or bustard, from 

 March 1 to Sept. 1 : P. 10/. to 20/. first of. 

 fence, and 20/. to SO/, for every subse- 

 quent offence ; R. distress and sale, if not 

 forthwith paid, and the offender may be 

 detained till the return of the distress, 

 unless he gives security to appear again 

 in five days ; for want of distress, commit- 

 ment from three to six calendar months, 

 or till paid with costs; J. 1; W. 1; A. 

 half to the informer, half to the poor; Ap. 

 sessions, to be holden within four calen- 

 dar months after the cause of complaint, 

 giving fourteen days notice to the justice, 

 and every other person concerned, and 

 entering into recognizance, with one suf- 

 ficient surety, to try the appeal, and abide 

 the order of the court. 13 Geo. III. c. 55, 

 , s. 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10. 



Every person using gun, dog, &c. to de- 

 stroy the game, must take out a certificate 

 from the clerk of the peace, for which he 

 shall pay a duty of 31. 3s. P. 20/. R. J. 1, 

 W. 1. distress, or in default, commitment 

 three calendar months, or till paid. A. 

 half to the informer, half to the King. But 

 if not prosecuted within six calendar 

 months, the whole to the King. Ap. ses- 

 sions. Justice may mitigate, not to less 

 than half and costs. Gamekeeper to take 

 out a certificate, for which he shall pay If. 

 Is. ; under the same regulations and pe- 

 nalties, 25 Geo. III. c. 5. 31 Geo. III. c. 21. 



Killing, or attempting to kill, any deer, 

 in any forest, chase, or park, without con- 

 sent of the owner, P. 20; and for every 

 deer killed or carried away, 30/. ; and if 

 the offender be a keeper, double. R. ses- 

 sions. Conviction, J. 1, who shall transmit 

 the conviction to the sessions. 16. Geo. 

 III. c. 30, s. 1, 3. Justice, on oath W 1, 

 may issue his warrant to search for any 

 deer-skin, head. &c. or any net, and cause 

 the person on whose premises they are 

 found to be brought before him, and if he 

 does not give a satisfactory account how 

 he came by them, P. from 10Z. to 301. Ibid. 

 s. 4. Persons through whose hands the 

 deer, &c. have passed, not giving a good 

 account, liable to the same penalties. Ibid. 



