THE SHOOTER S GUIDE. 



but only for his life: and therefore must possess 150Z. 

 per annum. Caldecot's Cases, 188. 



The owners and keepers of forests, parks, chases, or 

 warrens, being stocked with deer or conies for their ne- 

 cessary use, are qualified without the requisite estate, 

 merely as far as relates to their forests, parks, &c. 



It appears that the lord of any manor or royalty is 

 qualified in a legal sense, though his property may be 

 insufficient for that purpose; that is, qualified, I sup- 

 pose, merely for the manor of which he is the lord. 

 In the same way, a gamekeeper may be said to be 

 qualified, as lie has a legal right to shoot on the ma- 

 nor for which he is deputed. 



Thus, except the qualified persons here enume- 

 rated, any other is liable (by 5 Anne, c. H, s. 4) to 

 the penalty of 5Z. before mentioned. 



It is also worthy of remark, that goods distrained for 

 penalties under the Game Laws are not repleviable. 



Any justice of the peace, or lord or lady of manors, 

 are allowed to take away any hare or other game, as 

 well as any dogs, found in the possession of an un- 

 qualified person. 



Kent Assizes. Maidstone, Wednesday, March 16, 

 1814. Kingsnorth v. Breton and another. 



The Common Serjeant stated, that this was an ac- 

 tion against the Rev. Dr. Breton, a magistrate, and 

 Mr. Jemmett, a solicitor of great practice in the 

 county, for causing the plaintiff's dog to be killed. 

 The facts of the case were, that the plaintiff was sum- . 



