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Pasture Lands.
without Bail; unless the said offender, shall forthwith pay to the use
of
the poor there, 20 s. for every such Fesant or Partridge.
And further, to become
bound by Recognizance in the sum of 20 l. before any one Justice
of
Peace, never to take, kill or destroy any Fesant or Partridge any more:
Which Recognizance shall be taken by any one Justice of Peace of the
County where the offence shall be committed, and shall be returned to the
next Quarter Sessions. But the preamble of that Clause speaking
of persons
of meaner and bad condition, making a trade and living of spoiling and
destroying those Games, and not sufficient to pay the penalty, shall not
extend
to persons of sufficiency; and that by a former Clause is qualified to
take or
kill them. See here 9. ult. |
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7 Jac. 11.
21 Jac. 8. |
Every person which shall hawk at, kill, or destroy
any Fesant or
Partridge, with any kind of Hawk, or Dog, (by colour of Hawking) between
the first of July, and the last day of August, (the same
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 was
committed, or the offender apprehended) shall by the said Justices be committed
to the Common Gaol, there to remain for one Month without
Bail; unless the said officer shall forthwith upon the said conviction,
pay
to the use of the poor there (where the offence shall be committed, or
the
party apprehended) 40 s. for every such Hawking at Feasant or Partridge,
and 20 s. for every Feasant or Partridge, which any, and every such
offender
by himself, his Hawk or Dog, shall take, kill or destroy contrary to
the intent of this Statute. |
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| 7 Jac. 11. |
But no offender punished by virtue of this Law,
shall be punished by
vertue of any other Law, for the same offence. Also such offences
must be
complained of to the Justice of Peace, within six Months after the offence. |
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| 7 Jac. 11. |
Any two Justices of Peace may make their Warrant
under their Hands,
to any Constable, or Head-borough; to enter into, and search the Houses
of any person (other than such as have free Warren, or are Lords of any
Mannor, or have Freehold of 40 l. by the year, or more, of some
estate of
Inheritance: or have 80 l. by the year for term of life, or
be worth in
Goods 400 l.) being suspected to have any Setting-dogs, or any manner
of
Nets, for the taking of Feasants and Patridges: And wheresoever they
shall find any such Dog or Nets, the same to take, carry away, detain,
kill, destroy, and cut in pieces, As things Prohibited and forfeited
to such
Officer as shall find them. |
§. 6. |
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By the same Statute 7 Jac. c. 11. every such
person as hath Free Warren,
or is Lord of a Mannor, or hath other Estate of Inheritance to 40 l.
per annum, or for life to 80 l. per annum or in Goods 400 l.
is allowed
(on their own Free Warren, Mannor, or Freehold) to take Feasants and
Patridges in the day time only, and between Michaelmas and Christmas.
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2 & 3 P &
M. 9 c. 3. |
CHAP. LXIX.
Pasture Lands.
HE that shall keep or feed above 120 Shear-sheep,
for the most part of
the year, upon his several Pastures, Lands, Feedings, or Farms, apt
for Milch Kine, wherein no other hath Common, shall so long as he shall
keep these 120 Sheep for every 60 Sheep, keep a Mulch Cow;
and for every
120 Sheep, rear up one Calf, or forfeit 20 s. for every Months
not keeping
a Cow, and 20 s. for not rearing a Calf. |
§. 1.
Kine. |
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