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conviction ; the leave and license of the occupier of 

 the land so trespassed upon shall not be a sufficient 

 defence in any case where the landlord, lessor, or 

 other person shall have the right of killing game 

 upon such land by virtue of any reservation or 

 otherwise ; but that such landlord, &c-, shall, for 

 the purpose of prosecuting for each of such two 

 otfences, be deemed to be the legal occupier of 

 the land; and that the lord or steward of the 

 crown of any manor, lordship, or royalty, shall be 

 deemed to be the legal occupier of the land of 

 the wast-es or commons within such manor, lord- 

 ship, &c. 



The 31st sect, enacts, that if any person shall 

 be found on any land, or upon any of the crown 

 forests, parks, chases, or warrens in the daytime, 

 in search or pursuit of game, or woodcocks, snipes, 

 quails, landrails, or conies, any person having the 

 right of killing the game upon such land, by 

 virtue of any reservation or otherwise as is pro- 

 vided for by this Act, or the occupier of the land 

 (whether there shall or shall not be any such 

 right by reservation or otherwise), or any game- 

 keeper or servant of either of them, or any per- 

 son authorized by either of them, or for the war- 

 den, ranger, verderer, under-keeper, or other 

 officer of such forest, &c., may require the person 

 so found forthwith to quit the land whereon he 

 shall be so found, and also to tell his name and 



