G A M E. 
Of the shooting CERTIFICATE. 
By 25 Geo. III. c. 50, every perfon who. fliall life any 
(log, gun, net, or other engine for the taking or deflruc- 
tioii of game, f not aEling as a gamekeeper,) fhail previoufly 
deliver in a paper or account in writing, containing his 
name and place of abode, to tlie clerk of the peace of 
the county w here he lhall refide, and annually take out 
a certificate tlicreof, upon which lie fliall be charged a 
flamp duty of 2I. 2S. And by 31 Geo. III. c. 21, li. is. 
more. Total 3!. 3s. 
And every fuch clerk of the peace, on the delivery of 
fuch paper or account as aforefaid, ihall thereupon iffiie 
lucli certificate, flamped as before direffed, with a two 
guinea and a one guinea damp; and the fame fhail bear 
date on the day on which it is iifiied, and fliall continue 
in force until the iff day of July next follow'ing- the 
date tliereof, and no longer-, for which fuch clerk of the 
peace, previous to the delivery thereof, fh dl be entitled 
to one fiiiliing for his trouble. And if he flidll ill'ue 
any certificate otherwife than as above fet for h, or fliall 
neglcft or refufe to deliver a certificate properly ftamped 
in niamur a^ aforefaid, he fhail forfeit 20I. and more¬ 
over fliall be liable to p, y the duty on fuch certificate. 
And it any perfon fliall ufe any greyhound, hound, 
pointer, fetfing dog, fpaniel, or other dog, or any gun, 
net, or other engine, for the taking or definition of any 
hare, pheafant, partridge, heai h-fowl, commohiy called 
black game, or groufe, commonly called red game, or any 
other game whatfo&ver, without having obtained fuch 
certificate, he Ihall forf it 20I. 
And to jirevoiit the evading the payment of the faid 
duties, and to facilitate the detedlion of oft'enders, it is 
enadted, that if any perfon fliall lie found ufing any doEr, 
gun, net, or oilier engine, for the taking or deflnuSlion 
of game, by any otlipr perfon, who hath obtained fuch 
certificate as aforefaid, it fliall be lawful for fuch per- 
foii, producing fuch certificate, to demand and require from 
the perfon fu ufing fuch dog, gun, net, or other engine, 
to produce and Ihew a certificate ifTued to him for that 
purpofe ; and every Inch perfon fliall, upon fuch de¬ 
mand, produce his certificate to tlie perfon fo demand¬ 
ing the fame, and permit the fame to be iiifpedted ac¬ 
cordingly : ?-‘id if atiy Inch perfon (hall v/ilfully refufe, 
to produce and fli w a certificate iffued to him for that 
purpofe, or not having produced and fliewn fucii certi¬ 
ficate, fhail refufe on demand thereof, to giv in his‘ 
c.hrifiian and furnamc, and the placemf liis refidence, or 
fliali give in a falfe or ficlitious name or place of refi¬ 
dence, he Ihall forfeit 50I. 
Provided neverthelels, that fuch ccrfificate fhail not 
authorize any perfon to ufe any greyhound, iiound, poiuter, 
fitting dog, fpaniel, or other dog, nor any gun, net, or 
other engine, for the taking or defii ui.ion of game, at 
any time, or in any manner, prohibited by law, nor fliall 
give to any perfon any right to ufb any greyliound, 
hound, pointer, fetting dog, fpaniel, or other dog, nor 
any gun, net, or other engine for the taking or dCftruc. 
tion ot game, unlef fuch perfon fall be duly qualified, under 
and'by virtue of the laws now in being, made for tlie 
prefervaiioii of the game ; hut lie fhail remain liable to 
the penalties in all or any of the faid laws contained, in 
the fame manner as if this aft had not been made. 
And the clerks of the peace fliall on or before the firfi 
day of Auguft in eacli year, witenever they (hall be 
shercurito required by th .’ commiilioners of the flamp- 
duties, make out and tranfmlt to the head office of 
damps, correft lifts in alphabetical ofcler, of the certi¬ 
ficates fo ifTued by them, difiingtiifiiing the duties paid 
6 ',} each refpC'Tive certificate < for wliich they (hall htlvc 
one halfpenny for each name; and in cafe any clerk of 
the peace (hall negkfi; or refufe to make out fuch lift, 
or fltaii not infert ciierein, a full, true, and perfeiil ac- 
-count, of ail t.he perfons the fame ought to contain, 
then and in every fuch cafe he (hall forfeit 20!. 
And the faid li/ls fiiali be kept at the faid office, and 
may within the office hours be infpeiJted by any perfon 
payment of one (billing. And the faid commiflioners 
fliall once or oftener in every year, as foon as conveniently 
may be after fuch lids have been fo tranfmitted, caufe 
the fame to be inferted in the netvfpapers circulating in 
each refpeftive county, or in fuch public newfpapers a* 
to them fliall feem mofi: proper. 
All penalties and forfeitur s by this aft impofed, may 
be fued for and recovered in the courts at Weftminker, 
to the ufe of the plaintiff, if he fliall recover the fame, 
with cofis of fait. But'wherc the penalty doth not ex¬ 
ceed 20I. the fame may be recovered before one juftice, 
who is required upon complaint to finiimon the party 
accufed, and alfo the witnelfes on either fide ; and upon 
appearance of tlie party accufed, or in default tliereof, 
(fuch fummons being duly proved,) to proceed to hear 
and determine the matter in a fummary viay ; and upon 
due proof made thereof, either by the voluntary confef. 
fion of the party, or by the oath of one witnefs, to give 
judgment therein, and to iffue his warrant for levying the 
penalty by diftreffi, one moiety thereof to go to the per¬ 
fon who fhail inform and profecute for the fame within fx 
calendar months after the offence is commitred, and the 
other moiety to go to the king, after firfi deducting the 
neceffiry charges of recovering the fame; bur if not 
fued for within fix calendar mouths, the v.liole mall go 
to the king. And where fufficient difliefs cannot be 
found, to commit fuch offender 10 lii. comr-iou goal, 
or houfe of coirection, (for llirce calendar months,) 
unlefs Inch penalty (hall be fooritr paid. 
And any perfon who Ihall find himlelf aggrieved, m ,y 
upon giving fecurity to the amount of fuch penalty, t,>.- 
getherwith fuch ccdls as Ihall be awarded, incale fuch 
judgment fiial! be affirmed, appeal to the next fefiions, 
who are to hear and finally determine the fame ; and in 
cafe the judgment of fuCh juftice (hall be affirmed, they 
may award Inch cofls as to them Ihall feem meet, 
FORM OF THE CERTIFICATE 
/, WILLIAM BALCOMBE LANGRIDGE, Clerk of the Peace 
for the County of Suf-x, do hereby declare, that John Wilkes, 
Efquire, of Millanil Houfe in the faid County, hath delivered 
into my Office a Paper Meriting or Account containing his Name 
and Plate of Abode, bearing Date July 51/1, iSod, which 1 da 
hereby Cert fy, in purfuance of an AH of Parliament paffed in 
the Twenty fifth Year of Ifng George the Third, intituled, 
“ An A£l for repealing an A6i made in the Twenty fourth Year 
of the Reign of his prefeni Majefy, intituled ‘ Aa A 3 for 
granting to his Majefy certain Duties on Ceriif cates iffued with 
reffeCl to the killing of Game,’ -and for granting other Duties in 
lieu thereof .’’—As witUeJs my Hand this Twenty .third Day of 
Augiiji, 1806. W. BALCOMBE LANGRIDGE. 
Of the APPOINTMENT asd POWER of a 
GAMEKEEPER. 
All lords of manors, or other royalties, not under the 
degree of an efquire, may by v.'riting under their hands 
and fe.ds authorize one or more gamekeeper or game" 
keepers, within their refpcdlive manors or royalties. 
22 and 23 Car. II. c. 25. In the cafe of Jones v. Smart, 
as fiated above, p. 220, WillesJ, faid, That the lord 
of a manor is certainly not an efquire by virtue of his 
manor or royalty, though in common acceptation he is 
confidcred as fuch; -and rhatjro lord of a manor under 
that rartk, can appoint a gatnekeeper, whatever his efiate 
may be, D. .uid E. i V, 44. And in Calctoft v. Gibbs,' 
M- 33 Geo. IIJ, L, Kenyon Ch. J. faid, ''Jh.vt the lord 
of a manor gannot convey to another the power of ap¬ 
pointing a gamekeepi-r, without a deed of conveyance 
of the manor itfelf. Such a power is a mere emanation 
of the manor, and it is infeparable from it. It is a mere ^ 
fiiadovv, accompanying the fubffance. D. and E, 5 V, 19, 
And the lords of rnano'i's may Impower him thereby, 
upon their own manors, to kill hare, pheafant, partridge, 
or any other game : but if the gamekeeper fhail, under 
colour thereof, kill or take the fame for the ufe of the 
lord, 
