SOME POINTS IN LAW 61 



who fires a gun at a poacher may be tried for assault 

 or murder, as the case turns out. Keepers, like police- 

 men, are sometimes placed in a very difficult position 

 when they have to deal with dangerous characters. 

 The legal rule is strict that in preventing crime the 

 guardians of law and order must use no more violence 

 than is absolutely necessary for the purpose. But any- 

 thing is legal which is really required in self-defence, 

 and even the killing of a wrong-doer is justifiable if 

 nothing else can save the life of an innocent person. 



The question sometimes arises how far a person 

 shooting may follow his wounded game on to the land 

 of a neighbouring proprietor. The rule is that he may 

 follow game which is dead or on the point of death. 

 In this connection it may be noted that to enter land 

 for the purpose of taking dead game is not a breach of 

 the Day Trespass Act. 



In regard to fishing, the law lays no special duties 

 on the gamekeeper and confers on him no special privi- 

 leges, so nothing need be said on that subject in this 

 chapter. Angling law is dealt with in Chapter XX. 



Leading books on the game laws in the different 

 countries : 



Scotland The Law of Scotland on the Game Laws, Trout and 

 Salmon Fishing. J. H. Tait. 155. Edinburgh : William Green 

 Sons. 1901. 



England Oke's Game Laws. J. W. Bund. 145. London: Butter- 

 worth Co. 1897. Practical Guide to the Game Laws. C. Row. 55. 

 net. London : Longmans & Co. 1907. 



Ireland The Irish Game Laws. M'Carthy Conner. 6s. Dublin : 

 Hodges & Figgins. 1891. Supplement, is. 1903. 



