Cap. 19. the Forest Laws. Z09

fuel) offenders within his diew,o? else that he hade espe-cial warrant and autho?it? from the Lord chief Ju-stices in Gyre ofvis M/ekies fo?ek,to arrest such offen-ders wheresoever the? Wall he foundrLhen, bx strch tpe-rial aurhoritx and warrant a forester 0? an? other per-son max arrest v? attach the bodx ok anx such trespasserok the wrest, wheresoever thex Ml be sounds? taken.

And in some cases, offenders in wrests ma? bx theirtrespassing there commit felon? in taking of a WildebeastMer that the ftme is killed: As so? example,ifanxforester of the Lings ko?est hade stain a Doer, so? theuse and service os the Ling, and leading the same in theko?ett in some certain place, while he doth go to hislodge 0? house for a ho?w and help to carrx the tameawax, offenders being then in the forest, seeing himgone, and the Deer to de left there, thex do with a fe-lonious intent take and carrx awax the same Deer;this is felon? bx the Law, and the offender in that caseis to differ and forfeit for the fame, as in other cafes offelon?. And I take the Law to be so, bx the reasons ofthese books and Cafes following.

First,it appeareth in 12. Lib. Afl; that a forester was ir. Aslifaruiindisted,for that he did felonionstx cut down and carrx pM**.atoap certain trees ; but the Justice could not arraignhim so? that act,as to? felon?; so? thex fax,that the treesgrowing there are things annexed to the freehold, ofwhich a man cannot commit felonxrWur if the tries hadbeen cut down bx the Lo?d o? owner of them, and then ' 3

the forester had carried them awax with a felonious in- '

tent; this had been felon?. And bx the fame reason,if a trefpaffer in the forest do rake a doer in the Lingsforest in his wiwenefs this is but a ttefpafs of thethe forest: But if a Doer be strk killed bx the fo?ekcr orowner of the io?ek, and then afterward bx another ta- v

ken awax with a felonious intent, then the fame is ft-

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