APPENDIX. 175 



By 14 and 15 Hen. VIII. c. 10, it is enacted, that no person, of 

 whatever estate, degree, or condition they may be, shall trace and 

 kill any hare in the snow, on penalty of 6s. Sd. for each hare. 



And by 1 Jac. I. c. 27, whoever shall trace or course any hare in 

 the snow, shall on conviction before two justices, by confession, or 

 oath of two witnesses, be committed to jail for three months, unless 

 he pay to the churchwardens, for the use of the poor, the sum of 20s. 

 for every hare he shall so take or destroy ; or shall, after one month 

 after his commitment, become bound with two sureties in 201. a-piece, 

 before two justices, not to offend in like manner. 



It is also by the same act provided, that every person, who shall 

 at any time take or destroy any hares with hare-pipes, cards, or with 

 any such instruments, or other engines, shall, on conviction before 

 two justices, by confession, or oath of two witnesses, suffer the like 

 penalties. 



And by 22 and 23 Car. II. c. 25, s. 6, if any person be found 

 setting or using any snares, hare-pipes, or other like engine, and 

 shall be thereof convicted, by confession, or oath of one witness 

 before one justice, within a month after the offence committed, he 

 shall give to the party injured such satisfaction as the justice shall 

 appoint, and pay down immediately to the overseers, for the use of 

 the poor, a sum not exceeding 10s., or else shall be committed to the 

 house of correction for a time not exceeding one month. 



And by 1 Jac. I. c. 57, s. 2, any person, who shall take the eggs 

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

 break, spoil, or destroy the same in the nest, shall, on conviction 

 before two justices, by confession, or oath of two witnesses, be com- 

 mitted to jail for three months, unless he pay on conviction, 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 in like manner. 



