56 THE KEEPER'S BOOK 



poaching is contained in the Game Act, 1831. By that 

 Act a penalty is imposed on any one who trespasses in 

 the daytime (defined above) on any land in pursuit of 

 game or woodcocks, snipes, quails, landrails, or conies. 

 The penalty is increased if five or more persons so tres- 

 pass together. As in Scotland, the offender or offenders 

 may be ordered to quit the land and to give their names 

 and addresses, and, on refusal, may be arrested and 

 taken before a Justice of the Peace. If they cannot 

 be brought before a Justice within twelve hours, they 

 must be discharged, but may be proceeded against for 

 the offence by summons or warrant. They may also 

 be required to give up any game in their possession. 

 The persons authorised in England to make and enforce 

 these demands are the persons having the right of 

 killing game on the land, the occupier of the land, any 

 gamekeeper or servant of either of them, or any person 

 authorised by either of them, or, where the offence takes 

 place in a royal forest, park, chase, or warren, the 

 warden, ranger, verderer, forester, master-keeper, under- 

 keeper, or other officer thereof. Armed resistance 

 aggravates the offence. In England, persons who 

 unlawfully hunt, wound, or kill any deer in parks or 

 inclosed lands are guilty of felony, whether by night 

 or by day. 



The Poaching Prevention Act, 1862 (25 and 26 Viet, 

 c. 1 14), applies to the United Kingdom. For the pur- 

 poses of the Act, "game" includes any one or more 

 hares, pheasants, partridges, woodcocks, snipes, rabbits, 



