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feit the sum of five pounds ; and the oath of one wit- 

 ness shall be a sufficient conviction half the penalty 

 to the informer, and the other half to the poor of the 

 parish : to be distrained for, if necessary ; and in de- 

 fault thereof, the offender to be committed to the 

 house of correction for three months; and for the 

 second and every subsequent offence, four months. 



Also, sect. 3 of the same act allows any person 

 buying and selling game, to inform against any other 

 person so offending, and to be allowed the same be- 

 nefit as any other informer; and himself discharged 

 from the above-mentioned penalties. Further, 



By sect. 4, the lord of the manor, or justice of the 

 peace, may take to his own use any game which 

 shall be found in the custody or possession of any 

 unqualified person ; unless protected by some quali- 

 fied person. 



Finally, if any person, whether qualified or un- 

 qualified, shall sell or expose for sale any hare, phea- 

 sant, partridge, or moor or heath game, every such 

 person shall be liable to the penalty of five pounds 

 for every hare, &c. on the oath of one witness; half 

 to the informer, and half to the poor of the parish 

 where the offence was committed: to be levied by 

 distress, if necessary ; and for want thereof, the of- 

 fender to be committed to the house of correction 

 for three months for the first, and four months for 

 every subsequent offence. Or, if any of the above- 

 mentioned game be found in the house, shop, or pos- 



