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Partridge.
offenders with good Sureties, that for the space of two years, they
shall not
take or destroy any Partridges or Feasants contrary to that Statute. |
Chap. 68. |
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1. By the Statute made 1 Jac. every
person which shall shoot at, kill
or destroy (with any Gun or Bow) any Partridge, Feasant, House-Dove, or
Pidgeon, Hearn, Mallard, Duck, Teal, Widgeon, Heathcock, or any House-dove,
or any such Fowl, or any Hare. |
1 Jac. 27.
P. Feasants.
6, 7.
21 Jac. 28.
3 Car. 4. |
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2. Or shall take, kill, or destroy any Partridge,
Feasant, House-dove, or
Pidgeon with Setting dogs and Nets, or with any manner of Nets, Snare,
Engines,
or Instruments. |
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3. Or shall take out of their Nests, or willingly
destroy, or break in the
Nest, the Eggs of any Feasant, Partridge, or Swan. |
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4. Or shall trace or course a Hare in the
Snow. |
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5. Or shall at any time take, or destroy any
Hare with Hare-pipes, Cords,
or any such Instruments, or other Engines. |
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6. Or shall have or keep any Greyhound for
Deer, or Hare: or Setting
dog or Net, to take Feasants or Partridges, except they have Land, &c.
of Inheritance, of the clear yearly value of 10 l. or 30 l.
per annum for life
or Goods worth 200 l. Or be the Son of a Knight, or Baron
of Parliament,
or of some person of higher degree, or the Son and Heir Apparent of an
Esquire. |
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The said Offences being proved by the confession
of the party, or by
the Oath of two sufficient Witnesses, before any two Justices of Peace,
(of
the County where the offence shall be committed, or the offenders apprehended)
every of the offenders shall be the said Justices (for every such
offence) be committed to the Common Gaol for three Months without
Bail, unless the said offenders shall forthwith, upon the said Conviction,
pay to the Church wardens for the use of the poor there, 20 s. for
every
Hare, Fowl, and Egg, so taken or destroyed; and 40 s. for having
such
Greyhound, Setting dog, or Net. |
1 Jac. 27. |
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Or after one Month after his commitment, become
bound by Recognisance
with two sufficient Sureties in 20 l. apiece, with condition not
to offend
hereafter, in any the particulars aforesaid. Which said Recognisance
shall be taken by two Justices of Peace of the County where the offender
is imprisoned, and by them shall be returned to their next Quarter Sessions.
This Clause relates only to killing of Hare, Fowl, or Egg, and not to
Setting
dog, and Nets. |
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If any shall sell or buy to sell again, any Deer,
Hare, Partridge, or Feasant,
except Partridges and Feasants brought up in Houses, or brought from
Beyond Seas, he shall forfeit for every Deer 40 s. for every Hare
10 s.
Partridge 10 s. Feasant 20 s. The one moiety to
the prosecutor, the other to
the poor. 1 Jac. 27. |
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Also it may seem by the general words of the Statute,
that any two
Justices of Peace may in like manner proceed to examine and punish the
offences of selling, or buying to sell again, any Deer, Hare, Partridge,
or
Feasant, contrary to this Statute; for the words of the Statute be, That
any two Justices of Peace, or more together, out of any Sessions, may examine,
hear, and determine all offences against this Statute made 1 Jac.
Regis, and may perform every other thing requisite for the due execution
thereof. |
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By the Statute made 7 Jac. Regis, every person
which shall take, kill,
or destroy any Feasant or Partridge, with Seting dogs and Nets, or with
any manner of Nets, Snares, or Engines, (it being proved by the confession
of the party, or by the Oath of one sufficient witness before any two Justices
of Peace) shall by the said Justices be committed for three Months |
7 Jac. 11.
21 Jac. 28. |
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