pursuit of any Deer, Hare, or Fox, already started; nor to any Person exercising any Right, or reputed Right, of Free Warren, or Free Chase; nor to any Gamekeeper within the limits of a Free Warren or Free Chase; nor the Lord, or Steward of the Crown, of any Manor, or reputed Manor.

GAME MAY BE TAKEN FROM TRESPASSERS.

Sec. 36. Game may be taken from trespassers who shall not deliver up the same when demanded.

Sec. 37.

MODE OF PAYMENT FOR PENALTIES.

Penalty to be paid to some one of the Overseers of the Parish, or Place, where the Offence shall be committed, for the use of the General Rate of the County.

ALTERED- See Appendix to New Game Laws.

IMPRISONMENT ON FAILURE OF PAYMENT.

Sec. 38. Penalties to be paid immediately on Conviction; or within such period as the Justice, or Justices, shall think fit; and, in default, the Person convicted shall be imprisoned (with or without hard labour) for a Term not exceeding Two Calendar Months, where the Penalty, exclusive of Costs, shall NOT amount to 5l.; and not exceeding Three Calendar Months in any other case.

Sec. 39. The Thirty-Ninth Clause contains the Form of Conviction as follows:

'to wit.

'of

} Be it remembered, That on the

in the Year of our Lord

at

Day of in the County For Riding, Division, Franchise, Liberty, City, &c. as the case may be.] 'A. O. is convicted before me J. P. One [or us J. P. and J. J. P. Two, as the Case may require,] of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said County [or Riding, '&c.], for that he the said A. O. did, on kill [or

at

take] Game, [or did use a dog, &c. for the purpose of killing Game], he the said A. O. not being authorised so to do for Want of a Game Certificate, contrary to the 'Statute in such Case made and provided [or did here specify any other Offence, and the • Time and Place when and where the same was committed, as the Case may be]; and I [or we] do adjudge that the said A. O. shall for the said Offence forfeit the Sum of [or we do adjudge that the said A. O. shall for the said Offence forfeit 'the Sum of being after the Rate of for every Head of Game so, &c. or for every Egg so, &c.], and shall forthwith pay the said Sum, together with the Sum of for Costs; and that in default of immediate Payment of the said Sums, he the said A. O. shall be imprisoned [or imprisoned and kept to hard

6

L L

'Labour] in the

of

for the Space of

Day of

unless the said 'Sums shall be sooner paid; [or and I] [or we] order that the said Sums shall be paid 'by the said A. O. on or before the and in default of Payment on or before that Day, I [or we] adjudge the said A. O. to be imprisoned "[or imprisoned and kept to hard Labour in the of

'Space of

for the [unless the said Sums shall be sooner paid]; and I [or we] direct (i. e. the Penalty) shall be paid to

'that the said Sum of being one of the Overseers of the Poor of, &c. to be by him applied according to the Direc'tions of the Statute in such Case made and provided; and I [or we] order that the 'said Sum of for Costs shall be paid to (the Complainant). 'Given under my Hand [or our Hands] the Day and Year first above mentioned. 'J. P. "[or J. P. and J. J. P.]'

Sec. 40. The Justices to have power to summon Witnesses; and Persons refusing to attend, or to be examined, to forfeit a Sum not exceeding 51.

TIME FOR PROSECUTIONS, FOR PENALTIES, &c.

Sec. 41. Prosecutions to be commenced within Three Calendar Months after commission of the Offence.

Sec. 42. The Prosecutor is not obliged to negative, by evidence, any Certificate, License, &c.; but the Party seeking to avail himself of such Defence to be bound to prove it.

Sec. 43, 44. Convictions to be returned to the Sessions, to which Persons convicted are entitled to Appeal.

NO EVASION, FOR WANT OF FORM, TO BE ALLOWED.

Sec. 45. No summary Conviction, or Adjudication, or Appeal, shall be quashed for want of form, or removed by Certiorari, or otherwise; and no Warrant of Commitment shall be held void for any defect, provided it be alleged that it is founded on a Conviction, and there shall be a good and valid Conviction to sustain it.

OPTION FOR PROSECUTOR TO PROCEED BY THE OLD ACTION, OR THE NEW PENALTY, FOR TRESPASS.

Sec. 46. This Act not to preclude Actions for Trespass; but NO ACTION, at Law, shall be maintained for the SAME TRESPASS, by any Person, at whose Instance, or with whose Concurrence, or Assent, Proceedings shall have been instituted under THIS ACT.

ACTIONS AGAINST MAGISTRATES, AND OTHERS, FOR ANYTHING DONE IN PURSUANCE OF

THIS ACT.*

Sec. 47. All Actions for anything done in Pursuance of this Act, shall be laid and tried in the County where the Fact was committed; and shall be commenced within Six Calendar Months, after the Fact committed; and One Calendar Month's Notice in Writing, given to the Defendant of such Action, and the Cause thereof; and the Defendant may plead the General Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence; and no Plaintiff shall recover in such Action, if Tender of sufficient Amends shall be made before the Action be brought, or a sufficient Sum be paid into Court after such Action is brought.

Sec. 48. THIS ACT NOT TO EXTEND TO SCOTLAND OR IRELAND.

SCHEDULE (A.)

FORM OF LICENSE.

[or

At a Special Session of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Riding, &c., as the Case may be] acting for the Division of [or otherwise, as the Cuse may be], in the said County, holden at

Day of being

in the said

in the Year
Justices acting for the said

We

on the

assembled at the said Special Session, do hereby authorise and empower A. B. of [here insert the Name, Description, and Place of Residence, and if more than one in Partnership, say C. D. of &c. and E. F. of, &c., being Partners,] being a Householder [or Householders], [or Keeper (or Keepers) of a Shop or Stall, as the Case may be], to buy Game from any Person authorised to sell Game by virtue of an Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of King William the Fourth, inti. tuled "An Act to amend the Laws in England relative to Game;" and we do also authorise and empower the said A. B. [or C. D. and E. F. being Partners] to sell at his [or their] House [Shop or Stall] any Game so bought, provided that the said A. B. [or C. D. and E. F. being Partners] shall affix to some part of the Outside of the Front of his [or their] House [Shop or Stall], and shall there keep, a Board, having thereon in clear and legible Characters his Christian name and Surname [or their Christian Names and Surnames], together with the following Words, “Licensed to deal in Game."

This License will expire on
(Signed)

Justice of the Peace.
Justice of the Peace.

This clause relates to actions brought against magistrates, and other persons, for anything done by them which exceeds their power.

SCHEDULE (B.)

FORM of CERTIFICATE to be issued by Clerks of Commissioners of Assessed Taxes to every Person licensed to deal in Game.

RECEIVED from A. B. [or C. D. and E. F. being Partners], residing at [Parish Township, or Place] in the County of (in exchange for this Certificate), a Receipt under the Hand of G. H. one of the Collectors of Assessed Taxes for the said [Parish, &c.] for the sum of being the duty chargeable on the said

A. B. [or C. D. and E. F. being Partners] in respect of his [or their] License to deal in Game.

Certified this

Day of

in the Year

in Pursuance of an Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act to amend the Laws in England relative to Game."

This Certificate will expire on

(Signed)

Clerk to the Commissioners of Assessed Taxes

for the Division of

in the County of

OLD GAME LAWS NOT REPEALED.

SHOOTING CERTIFICATE.

Penalty for shooting without, 207. which, when added to the 57. in sec. 23 of the new Act, makes the penalty 251.

One shooting without a Certificate is liable ALSO to a surcharge. For particulars-see 6 and 7 Will. IV. cap. 65, sec. 8.

To be taken out annually, in the parish or place where your assessed taxes are paid; costs 31. 13s. 6d., and 1s. fee to the collector and also the 10 per cent., NOW added, making ALTOGETHER 4l. 1s. 10d.

For menial servants, hired as gamekeepers, costs 17. 5s., and the 1s. fee to the collector: and also the 10 per cent., now making ALTOGETHER 11. 8s. 6d.

When demanded by any assessor, collector, land owner, commissioner, inspector, surveyor, occupier of land; also gamekeeper, or other person; provided the two latter produce their certificates, previously to requiring yours. Penalty for refusing, 201.

If you have not your certificate to produce, your name, and place of abode, may be asked.-See penalty for refusing.

A certificate is not only required for killing game; but also for

SHOOTING Woodcocks, Snipes, Quails, Landrails, or Rabbits, though, for the latter, open to certain exceptions.

As the clause is so short, I will quote from it precisely — “Every person using any dog, gun, net, or other engine, for the purpose of taking, or killing, game; or any woodcock, snipe, quail, landrail, or any conies, in Great Britain," &c.

With two exceptions only

"1st, the taking woodcocks and snipes with nets and springes; and, 2ndly, the taking or destroying" (meaning shooting, or any other mode of destruction, it is presumed) "conies in warrens or in any enclosed ground; or by any person on land in his occupation, either by himself, or by his directions."

All certificates NOW expire on the 5th of July in each year.

Be careful to receive your next certificate before you recommence killing game; in order to defy all pettifogging informers.

GAMEKEEPERS

With only 25s. certificates are subject to the full penalties of unlicensed persons; and, with even a 3 guinea certificate, are subject to either the new penalty or old action for trespass, if they outstep the bounds of the manor, for which they are appointed.

DEPUTATION OF A GAMEKEEPER.

The deputation granted to a gamekeeper must be registered with the clerk of the peace, within twenty days after it is granted, and a certificate taken of the same, under penalty of 201. The deputation for one keeper holds good till another is appointed. If a new gamekeeper is appointed within the year, the game certificate of the former keeper may be transferred to him for the remainder of the year; and this must be done, free of all expense, by the clerk to the commissioners of the district.

FORM OF A GAMEKEEPER'S DEPUTATION.

(To be written on a 17. 15s. stamp.)

Know all men, by these presents, that I

in the county of

, esq. lord of the manor of

the same county, have nominated, deputed, and appointed, and by these presents do