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apprehend any person found committing an indictable 

 offence in the night ; and this has been held to authorise 

 any one to arrest a person found committing an aggra- 

 vated offence against the Night Poaching Acts. It is 

 an aggravation of these offences if they are committed 

 by three or more persons acting in concert, provided 

 any of them be armed with gun, bludgeon, or other 

 offensive weapon. 



Day poaching. Trespassing in pursuit of game by 

 day, i.e. between the commencement of the last hour 

 before sunrise and the expiry of the first hour after sun- 

 set, is a less serious offence than night poaching, and 

 the law is different in each of the three kingdoms. 



Day poaching in Ireland. Trespassing in pursuit 

 of game in daylight is prohibited by the Game Trespass 

 Act, 1864. It needs no further mention here, as it 

 confers no special power on any one to enforce it or 

 turn trespassers off the ground, but merely provides a 

 penalty for such trespass. The keeper there must rely 

 on his common law right to turn trespassers off the land 

 on his master's orders. 



Day poaching in Scotland. The law is fixed by the 

 Day Trespass Act, officially called the Game( Scotland) 

 Act, 1 832. This Act imposes a penalty on any one who 

 trespasses on any land in the daytime (as defined above) 

 in pursuit of game or of deer, roe, woodcocks, snipes, 

 quails, landrails, wild ducks, or conies (i.e. rabbits). 

 The penalty is larger if the offender have his face 

 blackened or is otherwise disguised. A man who re- 



