10 THE SHOOTER'S GUIDE. 



gun, and took it from him. The defendant did not 

 shoot out of the manor, but was three quarters of a 

 mile out of the manor with his gun and dog, with 

 an intention of shooting at game. By the Court : 

 The question is, whether the justice had a right to 

 take the plaintiff's gun from him, whilst he was 

 sporting for the purpose of killing game out of the 

 manor of Ringwood ? And we are all of opinion he 

 had no such right. If he had killed game where 

 he was not a gamekeeper, he might have been con- 

 victed in the penalty of five pounds ; but he was 

 entitled to keep and have dogs, guns, and nets, any- 

 where, and a gamekeeper's gun cannot be seized 

 either in going to or returning from the manor, or in 

 any other place ; and if gamekeepers were permitted 

 to seize one another's guns, it would create a kind 

 of border war amongst them. And the rule to show 

 cause why there should not be a new trial was dis- 

 charged. 2 Wilson, 387. 



However, though there is no legal authority for 

 seizing the gun, &c. of a gamekeeper, he is liable, 

 should he be seen beating only for game on another 

 manor, to the penalty of 20L for having no certifi- 

 cate, and also to 51. more as being disqualified. Nor 

 has a gamekeeper any right to seize game found in 

 the possession of a poacher, but merely the instru- 

 ments for its destruction. 



By 48 Geo. III. c. 23, lords of manors are enabled 

 to appoint and depute any person as gamekeeper 

 whatever, whether acting in that capacity to any 



