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An Abridgment of the Laws of
VI. The 2d offence of stealing
above the value of 12 d.
shall not be tryed and determined in the County Court,
but the Party shall be proceeded against in the Provincial
Court as a Felon, according to the Laws of England,
and the transcript of his former Conviction. And
the presentment transmitted from the County Court, &c.
under the penalty of 1000 l. of Tobacco.
VII. No Person shall range in Woods or
Forests after
wild neat Cattel or Horses, without Licence from the
Governor in chief, under Penalty of 5000 l. of Tobacco
for every such wild Creature killed, taken or conveyed
away alive or dead, one moiety to the King, the other to
the Informer, or he that will sue for the same.
VIII. He that shall kill any unmarkt Swine
above 3
months old, not upon his own Land, or in company
with his own Stock, is hereby adjudged a Hog-stealer,
and shall restore 4 fold, and suffer Corporal Pains as in
this Act above mentioned.
IX. He that shall kill unmarkt Swine in
the Woods,
or others that are markt, and cut off the Ear to conceal
the mark, or whether it were markt or not, shall be adjudged
a Hog-stealer, and suffer accordingly.
X. If any person that hath been Convicted
of any of
the Crimes aforesaid, or of other Crimes, or of evil fame,
shall Shoot, Kill or Hunt upon any Land, where there
is a seated Plantation, without the Owners leave, having
once before been warned, he shall forfeit and pay
1000 l. of Tobacco, one half to the King, the other
to the Party grieved, or those who will sue for the
same.
XI. This Act shall be publickly read 4
times a year
in every Parish Church, under penalty of 1000 l.
Tobacco to the King for the use of such Parish, to be
paid or recovered of the Clerk or Reader so neglecting.
XII. Every Clerk of the several County
Courts, shall
ex officio, deliver up to the several Parish Clerks within
their respective Counties a fair Copy of this Act for publishing
as aforesaid.
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