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with one sufficient surety to try the appeal and 
abide the order of the court. 13 Geo. III. c. 55, 
s. I, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10. 
Every person using gun, dog, etc., to destroy 
the game, must take out a certificate from the 
clerk of the peace, for which he shall pay a duty 
of 3/. 3s. P. 20I. R. J. I, W. I. distress, or in 
default, commitment three calendar months, or 
till paid. A. half to the informer, half to the 
King. But if not prosecuted within six calendar 
months, the whole to the King. Ap. sessions. 
Justice may mitigate, not to less than half and 
costs. Gamekeeper to take out a certificate, for 
which he shall pay il. is .; under the same regu¬ 
lations and penalties, 25 Geo. III. c. 5. 31 Geo. 
III. c. 21. 
Killing, or attempting to kill, any deer, in 
any forest, chase, or park, without consent of 
the owner, P. 20/.; and for every deer killed or 
carried away, 30/.; and if the offender be a 
keeper, double. R. sessions. Conviction, J. i, 
who shall transmit the conviction to the sessions. 
16 Geo. III. c. 30, s. I, 3. Justice, on oath W. i, 
may issue his warrant to search for any deer 
skin, head, etc., or any net, and cause the person 
on whose premises they are found to be brought 
before him, and if he does not give a satisfac¬ 
tory account how he came by them, P. from 10/. 
to 30I. Ibid. s. 4. Persons through whose hands 
the deer, etc., have passed, not giving a good 
account, liable to the same penalties. Ibid. s. 5. 
Keepers and their assistants may apprehend of¬ 
fenders they find in the act, and take them be¬ 
fore a justice. Ibid. c. 15. R. distress, and for 
want of distress, commitment for six months, or 
till paid, with costs. J. i. W. i. A. half to the 
King, half to the informer. Ibid. s. ii. 
Burning furze, fern, etc., on any forest or 
chase without consent of the owner, keeper, etc., 
P. 40J. to 5/. R. distress, or in default, com¬ 
mitment from one to three months. J. i. W. i. 
A. half to the informer, half to the poor. 28 
George II. c. 19. 
Unlawfully entering into any ground (in¬ 
closed or not), and hunting or killing rabbits, 
P. treble damages to the party aggrieved and 
costs, or commitment for three months, and till 
he find sureties for his good behavior. J. i. W. 
I. 22, 23 Charles II. c. 25, s. 4. 
Killing or taking house dove or pigeon, P. 
20s. or commitment from one to three calendar 
months, or till paid. R. J. i. W. i. A. to the 
prosecutor, 2 George III. c. 29. 
Driving, or taking by nets, tunnels, etc., any 
waterfowl in the moulting season. P. 5^. for each 
fowl, and nets to be seized and destroyed. R. 
distress, and in default commitment from four¬ 
teen days to one month. J. i. W. i. A. half to 
the informer, half to the poor. 9 Anne, c. 25. s. 4. 
Game, are deer, hares, pheasants, partridges, 
moor game, and, by the act now passing, snipes 
and woodcocks are made game. 
It is not to be inferred that these statutes 
actually impower qualified persons to hunt or 
shoot anywhere. They cannot enter another 
man’s land in pursuit of game without his leave, 
but at the same time, if he has not warned the 
sportsman against coming upon his land, he will 
not recover more than 40^. costs in an action of 
trespass. 
Sporting Seasons.—The time for sporting, 
in the day, is from one hour before sun rising, 
until one hour after sun setting. 10 George III. 
c. 19. For bustards, the sporting is from Dec. i 
to March i. For grouse, or red grouse, from 
Au.g. II to Dec. 10. Hares may be killed all the 
year, under the restrictions in 10 George III. c. 
19. Heathfowl, or black game, from Aug. 20 to 
Dec. 20. Partridges, from Sept, i to Feb. 12. 
Pheasants, from Oct. i to Feb. i. Widgeons, 
wild ducks, wild geese, wild fowls, at any time, 
but in June, July, August and September. 
Pennsylvania Divided on Blackbirds. 
The ordinary blackbird, known locally as 
the cowbird or the purple grackle, bids fair to 
be a theme of discussion in the sessions of the 
Pennsylvania Legislature during the winter. 
Letters are being received by the State Game 
Commission, shys the Philadelphia Record, ask¬ 
ing that the State authorities back a bill to 
protect the blackbird all the year round be¬ 
cause of the bugs of which the blackbirds re¬ 
lieve the farmers. And just as vigorously as 
the blackbirds is being championed others are 
writing demanding that the bird be put on the 
outlaw list, owing to its habits of destroying 
the nests and eating the young of other birds. 
The commission will recommend that the 
turtle dove and kildeer, which belongs to the 
plover family, be protected because of their 
destruction of insects. These birds are com¬ 
mon all over the State, and in many sections 
are virtually protected because of their useful¬ 
ness. The blackbird’s reputation is not as good 
as those of the dove and the kildeer. 
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