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lefs than 20I. half to the informer, and lialf to tlie j-'ocr. 
13 Geo. III. c. 55.—And perfons taking or killing in the 
New Foreft, Hants, any black game., between Dec. to and 
Sept. 1, fnali be liable to tiie forfeiture of the 13 Geo. HI. 
c. 55. 43 Goo. III. c. 112. 
'i'o be recovered in any of his majelty’s courts of re¬ 
cord at Weltminfter, on profeculion within fix calendar 
months after the offence committed.—Or the fame may be 
recovered before one juftice, information on oath being 
made before him within three calendar 'inonths after the of¬ 
fence contmitted; which faid jtiftice may conviil the 
offender by confellion, or oath of one witnefs : and on 
negleft or refufal to pay, fitall levy the fame by diflrefs, 
'together with all cofts and charges attending ,the fame. 
Aiiid fuch indi'ce may order the offender to be detained 
in fafe cuftody, until return may conveniently be had 
to tlie warrant of diftrefs, iinlefs the faid offender (Itall 
.give fecurity, by recognizance or otherwife, to the fa- 
ti.sfaition of fuch jufticc, for his appearance before him 
on tiic day appointed for the return of tlie warrant of 
.diltrefs, fuch day not exceeding five days from the time 
of taking Inch fecurity. And if no fufficient diftrefs 
.can be had, fuch juftlce (hall commit tjie oftender to the 
common gaol or houfe of corrediion, tliere to be kept to 
hard lab,our for any time not exceeding fix nor lefs than 
' tliree calendar months, unlefs the forfeiture, and all 
colts and charges attending the profecution, be fooner 
paid. 
Ar.d if any perfon fiiall think himfelf aggrieved, he 
.may appeal to any general quarter fellions to be h.olden 
v/ivhin four calendar months after the caufe of complaint 
lhall arife, giving fourteen days’ notice in writing to the 
juftice and to every other perfon againfi: whom com¬ 
plaint (hall be made ; and in four days after fuch notice, 
entering into recognizance before a jufiice with one fuf¬ 
ficient I'urety, conditioned to try the appeal at, and 
abide the order of, and pay fuch cofts as .fiiall be awarded 
by tire jiiftices at fuch fellions. And the juftice liaving 
received notice of appeal, (hall return all proceedings 
h.ad before liim, touching the matter'of the faid appeal, 
to the juftices at fuch fellions. And the faid juftices 
upon proof of the notice given, and of the entering into 
fucli recognizance, fiiall determine the appeal in a fum- 
mary way, and award cofts to either party. And none 
of .the proceedings (hall be quafiied for w'ant of form, 
nor removed by certiorari or other procefs into any of the 
courts at Weftminfter. 
By the 9 Anne, c. 25.—If any perfon whatfoever fiiall 
take or kill, any moor, heath-game, or groufe, in the 
night-time \ he fiiall, on conviflion before one juftice, on 
the oath of one witnefs, forfeit 5!. half to the informer, 
and half to the poor, by diftrel's ; for want of diftrefs, 
to be fent to the houfe of correction for three months for 
the firft offence, and for every other offence four months. 
And l>y the 13 .Geo. III. c. 80.—If any perfon fiiall 
knowingly and wilfully kill, take, or deftroy, or ufe any 
gun, dog, fnare, net, or other engine, with intent to kill, 
take, or deftroy, any moor-game or heath-game, in the 
night, viz. between the hours of feven at night and fix 
in the morning, from tlie 12th day of OCtober to the 
12th day of Febru.ary; and between the hours of nine at 
night and four in the morning, from the 12th day of 
February to the 12th day of Oddober, or, in the day 
time, on a Sunday or Chriftmas-day : he (hall forfeit for 
the firft offence not exceeding 20I. nor lels than lol. for 
the fecond olfence not exceeding 30I. nor lei's than 20I. 
for the third and every other fubfequent offence, 50I. 
To be levied and recovered as the like penalties for kill¬ 
ing any hare in the night, or on a Sunday or Chriftmas- 
day, as is above fet forth. And by 39 & 40 Geo. ill. 
C, 50, idle and dilbrderly perlbns amounting to two or 
more, who ftiall deftroy or attempt to deftroy any black 
game, or red game, (groufe,) or any other game, in the 
aigltt, lhall be deemed J'ogues and vagabonds. 
M E. 
For tlie better preferving the red and black game of 
groufe commonly called heatli-cocks, or heatii-p,olts, 
no perfon wduitfocver on any mountains, liills, heaths, 
moors, forefts, chafes, or other waftes, fiiall prefume to 
burn, between February 2 and June 24, any grig, ling, 
heath, furze, gofs, or fern; on pain of being committed 
to the lioufe of correction, for any time not exceeding 
one month, nor lefs than ten days, there to be whip! and 
kept to hard labour. 40? 5 IT. c. 23.—However, as there 
' is no metliod of conviCfion directed for this offence, the 
juftices of the peace fecin to have no cognizance of it; 
but tlie trial and conviction muft be at tlie, alnzes, or in 
the courts at Weftminfter.—See the article Tetrao. 
Of herons. 
Every perfon who fiiall flioot at, kill, or deftroy, any 
heron, with gun or bow, ihall, on conviction before two 
juftices, by confellion or oath of two witnelfes, be com¬ 
mitted to gaol for three months, unlefs on conviction he 
pay to tlie churchwardens for tlie ufe of tlie poor, 20s. 
for each licron, or after one month from his commitment, 
become bound by recognizance with two fureties in 20I. 
each, before two juftices, not to oft'end again in like 
manner; the recognizance to be reiurned to the next 
fellions. \J. c. 27. 
No perfon, witiiout his own ground, fiiall flea, take, 
or caufe to be taken, by means of craft or engine, any 
herons, unlefs it be with hawking, or witli long bows; 
' on pain of fix fiiillings and eight-pence to him who fiiall 
fue by action of debt; or the fellions may call before 
tiiem perfons fufpected, and examine th.em ; and if found 
in default, may commit tiiem till they have found furety 
for payment of the forfeiture to the king; and the juftices 
ftiall have the tenth part of the forfeiture for their la¬ 
bour. 19 //. V 11 . c. II.—And no perfon, without his own 
ground, lhall take any young herons out of the nelt; on 
pain of los. in like manner, for every youiio- lieron. 
19 A. VII. c. II. 
And if any perfon, from March 31 to June 30, fliali 
take or deftroy the eggs of any heron ; he lhall be im- 
pfilbned for a year, and forfeit for every egg eight-pence, 
half to the king, and half to him that will fue by acHon of 
debt, or before the juftices of the peace. 25 //. ViJI. c. 11, 
Of HAWKS. 
No man lhall bear any hawk of the breed of England, 
called a nyelfe, goftiawk, taliel, laner, laneret, or faul- 
con, on pain of forfeiting his hawk to the king. And 
if he bring any of them over fea, he ftiall bring a certi¬ 
ficate thereof from the ofiicer of the port: on the like 
pain of forfeiting the fame to the king. And the per¬ 
fon that bringeth any fuch hawk to the king, (hall have 
a reafonable reward of the king, or elfe the hawk for his 
labour, ii//. VII. c. 17. 
Every perfon who findeth a faulcon, tercelet, laner or 
laneret, or other hawk that is loft, lhall prefently bring 
the fame to the flieriff; and the Iheriff lhall make pro¬ 
clamation in all the good towns in the county that he 
hath fuch an hawk in his cuftody ; and if he is challenged 
in four months, the owner lhall have him again, paying 
the cofts; if he is not challenged in four inonths, the 
ftierift' lhall have him, making gree to him that took him, 
if he be a fiinple man ; but if he be a gentleman, and of 
eftate to have the hawk, tiiea the llieriff" lhall re-deliver 
to him the hawk,.j:aking of him reafonable cofts for the 
time that he had him in his cuftody, 2^ Ed. III. c. 22. 
And if any man fteal any hawk, and the fame carry 
away, not doing the ordinance aforel'aid, itlliallbe done 
of him as of a thief that ftealeth a horfe or other thing, 
37 Eel. III. c. 19. that is, he ihall be guilty of felony, but 
lhall have his clergy. 98.—Or if any perfon ftiall 
rake away any hawks or their eggs, by any means un¬ 
lawfully out of tlie woods or ground of any perfon, and 
be thereof cenvibJed at the afiizes or fellions, on indiCf- 
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