Oke's Handy Book of the Game Laws: Containing the Whole Law as to Game Licenses and Certificates, Gun Licenses, Poaching Prevention, Trespass, Rabbits, Deer, Dogs, Birds, Poisoned Grain, Sea Birds, Wild Birds, and Wild Fowls, and the Rating of Game, Throughout the United Kingdom: Systematically Arranged, with the Acts, Decisions, Notes, and Forms |
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Page 28
... defendant , a servant of the Marquis of Exeter , for taking out of his possession ninety dead rabbits , which the plaintiff had received from persons who had netted them on the marquis's land the previous night , having trespassed there ...
... defendant , a servant of the Marquis of Exeter , for taking out of his possession ninety dead rabbits , which the plaintiff had received from persons who had netted them on the marquis's land the previous night , having trespassed there ...
Page 81
... defendant ; -as with gun or dog walking about and apparently looking for game , or acting as a sportsman , is evidence of the user ( o ) , although no shots were heard ( p ) , or where shots were heard and birds were flying away ( q ) ...
... defendant ; -as with gun or dog walking about and apparently looking for game , or acting as a sportsman , is evidence of the user ( o ) , although no shots were heard ( p ) , or where shots were heard and birds were flying away ( q ) ...
Page 109
... defendant used or carried a gun without having a licence in force under this act , and it shall lie upon the defendant to prove that he is a person not incurring the penalty by virtue of the proviso contained in this section . " 33 & 34 ...
... defendant used or carried a gun without having a licence in force under this act , and it shall lie upon the defendant to prove that he is a person not incurring the penalty by virtue of the proviso contained in this section . " 33 & 34 ...
Page 142
... defendant for a term of seven years ; and the defendant covenanted ( amongst other things ) that he would at the end of the term leave the estate as well stocked with game in all respects as the same then was . C. assigned his reversion ...
... defendant for a term of seven years ; and the defendant covenanted ( amongst other things ) that he would at the end of the term leave the estate as well stocked with game in all respects as the same then was . C. assigned his reversion ...
Page 146
... defendant offering the estate for sale for building purposes , or otherwise dealing with the estate so as to interfere with or prejudice the due exercise and enjoyment by the plaintiff of his right of shooting ; but this the Master of ...
... defendant offering the estate for sale for building purposes , or otherwise dealing with the estate so as to interfere with or prejudice the due exercise and enjoyment by the plaintiff of his right of shooting ; but this the Master of ...
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Page 388 - ... the court at such sessions shall hear and determine the matter of the appeal, and shall make such order therein, with or without costs to either party, as to the court shall seem meet ; and in case of the dismissal of the appeal or the affirmance of the conviction shall order and adjudge the offender to be punished according to the conviction, and to pay such costs as shall be awarded, and shall, if necessary, issue process for enforcing such judgment.
Page 280 - ... conditioned personally to appear at the said sessions, and to try such appeal and to abide the judgment of the court thereupon, and to pay such costs as shall be by the court awarded...
Page 256 - B., &c., (stating the offence and the time and place when and where committed), and I adjudge the said AB, for his said offence, to forfeit and pay the sum of (stating the penalty, and also the compensation, if any), to be paid and applied according to law...
Page 263 - ... seven years, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the common gaol or house of correction for any term not exceeding two years ; and in Scotland, whenever any person shall so offend, he shall be liable to be punished in like manner.
Page 273 - ... seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years nor less than seven years, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for any term not exceeding three years ; and in Scotland any person so offending shall be liable to be punished in like manner.
Page 62 - Any notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post...
Page 73 - Game within the same for his own use or for the use of any other person or persons...
Page 139 - Ireland, to be taken out by every person who shall use any dog, gun, net or other engine for the purpose of taking or killing any game whatever, or any woodcock, snipe, quail or landrail, or any conies, or any deer, or shall take or kill by any means whatever, or shall assist in any manner in the taking or killing by any means whatever, of any game...
Page 281 - Majesty's superior Courts of Record ; and no Warrant of Commitment shall be held void by reason of any Defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the Party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid Conviction to sustain the same.
Page 439 - And be it enacted, That if any Person shall unlawfully and wilfully kill, wound, or take any House Dove or Pigeon, under such Circumstances as shall not amount to Larceny at Common Law, every such Offender, being convicted thereof before a Justice of the Peace, shall forfeit and pay, over and above the Value of the Bird, any Sum not exceeding Two Pounds.