An act to prevent the killing of deer.
         England and Wales. Parliament.
      
       
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             An act to prevent the killing of deer.
             England and Wales. Parliament.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament of England,
             London :
             1651.
          
           
             Order to print dated: Thursday, the 24th of July, 1651. Signed: Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.
             With engraving of Parliamentary seal at head of text.
             Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Game laws -- England -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           AN
           ACT
           To
           prevent
           The
           killing
           of
           Deer
           .
        
         
           Be
           it
           Enacted
           by
           this
           present
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           Authority
           thereof
           ,
           And
           it
           is
           hereby
           Enacted
           and
           Ordained
           ,
           That
           if
           any
           person
           or
           persons
           shall
           from
           and
           after
           the
           First
           day
           of
           
             August
             ,
          
           1651.
           kill
           ,
           hurt
           ,
           or
           take
           away
           any
           Red
           or
           Fallow-Deer
           ,
           in
           any
           Forrest
           ,
           Chase
           or
           Park
           ,
           or
           other
           Inclosed
           Ground
           ,
           within
           this
           Commonwealth
           ,
           without
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           Owner
           or
           person
           chiefly
           intrusted
           with
           the
           custody
           thereof
           ;
           or
           shall
           be
           ayding
           or
           assisting
           therein
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           convicted
           thereof
           by
           confession
           of
           the
           Party
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Oath
           of
           one
           or
           more
           credible
           Witnesses
           (
           before
           one
           or
           more
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           who
           are
           hereby
           Impowered
           to
           Administer
           an
           Oath
           to
           that
           purpose
           )
           such
           person
           being
           prosecuted
           for
           such
           Offence
           ,
           within
           three
           Moneths
           after
           such
           Offence
           done
           ,
           That
           then
           every
           person
           so
           offending
           ,
           shall
           forfeit
           for
           every
           such
           Offence
           the
           Sum
           of
           Fifteen
           pounds
           ,
           to
           be
           levied
           by
           way
           of
           Distress
           upon
           the
           Goods
           and
           Chattels
           of
           every
           such
           Offender
           ,
           by
           Warrant
           under
           the
           Iustices
           Hand
           before
           whom
           such
           Conviction
           shall
           be
           made
           ;
           the
           one
           moyety
           of
           the
           said
           Fifteen
           pounds
           to
           be
           given
           to
           the
           Informer
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           moyety
           to
           the
           Poor
           of
           the
           Parish
           where
           such
           Offence
           shall
           be
           committed
           ;
           and
           for
           want
           of
           Distress
           ,
           the
           Offender
           shall
           be
           committed
           to
           Prison
           for
           Twelve
           moneths
           ,
           without
           Bail
           or
           Mainprize
           .
           Provided
           ,
           That
           where
           any
           Offender
           shall
           be
           punishable
           by
           force
           of
           this
           Act
           ,
           that
           he
           shall
           not
           be
           prosecuted
           ,
           nor
           incur
           the
           penalty
           of
           any
           other
           Law
           or
           Statute
           for
           the
           same
           Offence
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
               Thursday
               ,
               the
               24th
               of
               July
               ,
               1651.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Ordered
             by
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             That
             this
             Act
             be
             forthwith
             Printed
             and
             Published
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hen
             :
             Scobell
             ,
             Cleric
             .
             Parliamenti
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             John
             Field
             ,
          
           Printer
           to
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           1651.