A Treatise on the Game Laws: in which it is Fully Proved, That, Except in Particular Cases, Game is Now, and Has Always Been, by the Law of England, the Property of the Occupier of the Land Upon which it is Found and Taken: With Alterations Suggested for the Improvement of the SystemR. Watts, 1817 - 312 pages |
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... charged as such , and entered as a game - keeper , there shall be charged the annual sum of one pound one shilling ; and every other game - keeper not a servant , and every other person , then shall be charged three pounds three ...
... charged as such , and entered as a game - keeper , there shall be charged the annual sum of one pound one shilling ; and every other game - keeper not a servant , and every other person , then shall be charged three pounds three ...
Page 175
... charges , to be ascertained upon their oaths ; and that in default thereof , it shall be lawful for the said justice or justices of the peace , or others , to proceed for the due execution of such ... charged ON THE GAME LAWS . 175.
... charges , to be ascertained upon their oaths ; and that in default thereof , it shall be lawful for the said justice or justices of the peace , or others , to proceed for the due execution of such ... charged ON THE GAME LAWS . 175.
Page 176
... charged of the pains and penalty hereby enacted , for killing or selling such Game as aforesaid ; and he shall receive the same benefit or advantage as any other informer shall be entitled to , by virtue of this Act , for such discovery ...
... charged of the pains and penalty hereby enacted , for killing or selling such Game as aforesaid ; and he shall receive the same benefit or advantage as any other informer shall be entitled to , by virtue of this Act , for such discovery ...
Page 187
... charged in the information ; therefore , if the offence be not brought by the information within the Act of Parliament upon which the conviction is founded , the defendant's confession will not make the conviction good . - Rex v ...
... charged in the information ; therefore , if the offence be not brought by the information within the Act of Parliament upon which the conviction is founded , the defendant's confession will not make the conviction good . - Rex v ...
Page 198
... charges of taking , keeping , and selling such distress , and also the penalty , out of the goods distrained . And by the 33 Geo . III . c . 55. s . 3. if the offender has goods out of the jurisdiction of the magistrate , if sufficient ...
... charges of taking , keeping , and selling such distress , and also the penalty , out of the goods distrained . And by the 33 Geo . III . c . 55. s . 3. if the offender has goods out of the jurisdiction of the magistrate , if sufficient ...
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Act of Parliament action of trespass aforesaid anno another's authority belong certificate certiorari CHAP committed Common Law conies conviction costs Court of King's damages declared deer defendant destroy the Game destruction of Game enacted engine esquire evidence forest forfeit fowl free-warren freehold Game Laws game-keeper grant greyhound ground grouse guilty hare hath hawking heath-game hunting injury Judge judgment jury keep keeper kill Game King King's Bench land Law of England Lord Coke Lord Ellenborough Lord Kenyon Lord Mansfield lurcher magistrate offence offender or offenders owner parish Parliament partridge peace penalty person or persons pheasant pheasants and partridges plaintiff possession pounds prosecution punishment Qualification Act qualified to kill rabbits recover repealed respect sell servant setting-dogs shooting Sir William Blackstone soil statute stealing swans taking or killing thereof unqualified person verdict warren wild animals witnesses words
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Page 295 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 295 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 15 - An act for the amendment of the law and the better advancement of justice, as relates to witnesses to nuncupative wills ; and also so much of an act passed in the fourteenth year of the reign of King George the Second, intituled An act to amend...
Page 246 - ... issue his or their warrant or warrants, under his or their hand and...
Page 213 - Westminster, by action of debt or on the case, or by bill, plaint, suit, or information, wherein no essoign, protection, wager of law, or more than one imparlance shall be allowed...
Page 18 - 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...
Page 49 - real property"? What does the term include so far as the action of ejectment is concerned? The answer to these questions is found in the ancient principle of law : Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum et ad inferos.
Page 26 - That the finder of a jewel, though he does not by such finding acquire an absolute property or ownership, yet he has such a property as will enable him to keep it against all but the rightful owner, and consequently may maintain trover.
Page 26 - As to the value of the jewel, several of the trade were examined to prove what a jewel of the finest water that would fit the socket would be worth ; and the Chief Justice...
Page 262 - The question is, Whether the plaintiff's dog incurred the penalty of death for running after a hare in another's ground ? And if there be any precedent of that sort, which outrages all reason and sense, it is of no authority to govern other cases.