Caf. iS. the Forest Laws.
passers in the Forests,Varkr,snd Chsfes ok divers kUd-ietts of this Neslm that thex Were owners of, snd notto theLings Forests. Wut xet we Ke bx Oailp experi-ence, tyAt the learned Judges and Justices of Assife inrherx Count?, do hold the Law clear, that this Ktstutedoth as well extend to the Lings Forests, as the Fo-rests of other men, or else the? would not assets 6msupon offenders in the Lings Forests.
Ibx the Statute of Anno i. U^j.czp.y. it was enacted,that st ederx inch time as snx inlornmion lhsll bemade os snx unlawful Puntingb? night, or with pain-ted faces in snx Forest, Park, o? Mlsrren, to anx ofthe Lings Council, o? to snx Justice ok zsesce of theCount? where Mch Hunting lhsll be, of snx perron suf=petted thereof, it lhsll be lswful to snx of the fameCouncil, o? Justice of Vesce, to whom such informati-on lhsll be made, to make a warrant to the sheriff, o?to an? Constable, Wailiss, o? other Dssicer of theCount?, to arrest and take the tome person, and tohade him before the maker of the lame warrant, or snxother of the Lings Council, o? Justice of Peace of thetame Countxrsnd the Counfeller o? Justice, beforeWhom such person lhgN be drought, hsbe>power to exa-mine him of the Punting, snd of the doers thereof-, andif he conceal the offence, or snx offender, rt is Felo-nx r snd if he confesse the truth, snd sll that he lhsll beexamined of snd knowerh in that behalf, then the of-fence of Punting bx him done Wall be against the Lingbut trefpssse tmeable, to be assessed st the next genera!Sessions bx the Justices there: snd that if snx refcous,o? diwbedience, be made to snx person hading au-th0?itx to do execution, «? Justice, bx anx such wsr-rsnt,bx snx person which lhould be srrested, so that exe-cution of the fame warrant therebx be not had, thenthe fsme refcous snd disobedience is felon?, snd the
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