Information for keeping and using Dogs to destroy Game, not being qualified. to wit. Be it remembered, That on the day of in the 57th year of the reign of His present Majesty King George the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, at in the said county, A. B. of -- in the said county, yeoman, in his proper person cometh before me S. P. Esq. one of the justices of our said Lord the King, assigned to keep the peace of our said Lord the King in and for the said county, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors done and committed in the said county, and now giveth me the said justice to understand and be informed that one C. D. of — in the parish of in the said county, [labourer,] on the day of, in the said 57th year of the reign of our said Sovereign Lord the King, did keep and use a certain dog called a greyhound to kill and destroy the game, being a person not then having lands or tenements, or any other estate of inheritance in his own right, or in his wife's right, of the clear yearly value of £100. or for term of life; nor then having lease or leases of ninety-nine years, or for any longer term, of the clear yearly value of £150. nor then being the son and heir apparent of an Esquire or other person of higher degree; nor then being the owner or keeper of any forest, park, chase, or warren being stocked with deer or conies for his necessary use in respect of such forest, park, chase, or warren; nor then being lord of any manor, lordship, or royalty; nor then being game-keeper of any lord or lady of any lordship, manor, or royalty, duly made, constituted, or appointed by writing under his or her hand and seal to take, kill, or destroy the game or any sort of game whatsoever in or upon any lordship, manor, or royalty; nor then being truly and properly a servant of or to any lord or lady of any lordship, manor, or royalty; nor then being immediately employed or appointed to take, kill, or destroy the game or any kind of game whatsoever for the sole use or immediate benefit of any lord or lady of any lordship, manor, or royalty; nor then being a person in any manner whatsoever qualified or authorized to kill game, or keep any greyhound for the destruction of the game of this kingdom; whereby he hath forfeited the sum of £5. and thereupon he the said A. B. prayeth the judgment of me the said justice in the premises, and that he may have one moiety of the said forfeiture, according to the form of the statute in that case made, and that the said C. D. may be summoned to answer the premises before me the justice aforesaid. A. B. Taken before me, S. P. Summons thereon. To the Constable of - in the county of Majesty's justices to wit. Whereas information and complaint hath been made before me S. P. Esq. one of His of the peace for the said county, That on the in the year of our Lord 1817, one C. D. of aforesaid, [labourer,] being a person not then having lands or tenements, or any other estate of inheritance in his own right or in his wife's right, of the clear yearly value of £100. or for term of life; nor then having lease or leases of 99 years, or for any longer term of the clear yearly value of £150. nor then being the son and heir apparent of an Esquire or other person of higher degree; nor then being the owner or keeper of any forest, park, chase, or warren being stocked with deer or conies for his necessary use in respect of such forest, park, chase, or warren; nor then being lord of any manor, lordship, or royalty; nor then being game-keeper of any lord or lady of any lordship, manor, or royalty, duly made, constituted, or appointed by writing under his or her hand and seal to take, kill, or destroy the game or any sort of game whatsoever in or upon any lordship, manor, or royalty; nor then being truly or properly a ser vant of or to any lord or lady of any lordship, manor, or royalty; nor then being immediately employed or appointed to take, kill, or destroy the game or any kind of game whatsoever for the sole use or immediate benefit of any lord or lady of any lordship, manor, or royalty; nor then being a person in any manner whatsoever qualified or authorised to kill game; unlawfully did keep and use a certain dog called a greyhound to kill and destroy the game, contrary to the form of the statute in that case made and provided; whereby he hath forfeited the sum of £5. to be applied as the act directs. These are therefore to require you forthwith to summon the said C. D. to appear before me at in the said county, on day of -, at the hour of the in the forenoon, to answer the said information and complaint, and to be further dealt with according to law: And be you then there to certify what you shall have done in the execution hereof.— Herein fail not. Given under my hand and seal this of our Lord 1817. the year day of Conviction thereon. in day of in the to wit. Be it remembered, That on the , in the 57th year of the reign of &c. at county of, A. B. of in the said county, yeoman, in his own proper person cometh before us W. S. J. C. and S. P. Esquires, three of the justices of our said Lord the King, assigned to keep the peace and also to hear &c. and now here giveth us the said justices to understand and be informed that one C. D. of, [labourer,] within three months now last past, to wit on the day of, in the said 57th year of the reign of our said Sovereign Lord the King, the said C. D. not having lands or tenements or any other estate or inheritance of the clear yearly value of £100. or for term of life; nor any lease or leases for ninety-nine years or any longer term of the clear yearly value of £150. nor then being the son and heir apparent of an Esquire or other person of higher degree; nor then being the lord of any manor or royalty; nor then being the owner or keeper of any forest, park, chase, or warren; nor then being game-keeper of any lord or lady of any lordship or manor; nor then being truly and properly a servant of or to any lord or lady of any lordship or manor; nor then being immediately employed and appointed to take and kill the game for the sole use and immediate benefit of such lord or lady; nor being in any other manner qualified, empowered, licensed, or authorized by the laws of this realm, either to take, kill, or destroy any sort of game whatsoever, or to keep or use any greyhound for that purpose; did at the parish of in the county of aforesaid, keep and use a certain dog called a greyhound to kill and destroy the game, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided; whereupon the said C. D. afterwards, to wit on the of in the year aforesaid, at day aforesaid, had potice of the said information and of the offence therein charged upon him as aforesaid, and was then and there by us, the said Justices, in due manner summoned to appear before us the said justices at aforesaid in the county of aforesaid, on the day of, in the 57th year aforesaid, to make his defence against the said charge contained in the information aforesaid. And thereupon afterwards, that is to say on the said day of — in the 57th year of the reign of our said Sovereign Lord the King, at --- in the county of - aforesaid, he the said C. D. being duly summoned as aforesaid in this behalf, before us, the justices aforesaid, appeareth, and is present in order to make his defence against the said charge contained in the said information; and having heard the same, he the said C. D. is asked by us the said justices if he can say any thing for himself why he the said C.D. should not be convicted of the premises above charged upon him in form aforesaid; who pleadeth and saith, that he admits he was not qualified to kill game, and that he was out in a certain field in the said parish of on the said day of with one greyhound dog and one spaniel dog, but that the said dogs were not his property; but doth not shew to us the said justices any sufficient cause why he should not be convicted of the offence in the said information above contained against him; and further, at the same time and place, to wit on the day of in the year aforesaid, at aforesaid within the said county, one credible witness, to wit S. M. of county of , yeoman, cometh before us the justices aforesaid, and before us the same justices, in the presence of the said C. D. upon his oath on the holy Gospel of God then and there to him by us administered (we the said justices being duly authorized and empowered to administer the said oath to the said A. B. in this behalf), deposeth, sweareth, and on his oath affirmeth and saith, in the presence and hearing of the said C. D. that the said C. D. on the day of — aforesaid in the year aforesaid, at the parish of aforesaid in the county aforesaid, did keep and use a greyhound to kill and destroy the game, and that he then and there saw the said C. D. walk across a certain field, the same being a place where hares usually lie, with the said greyhound dog and a spaniel in the day of dog, with a stick in his hand; And the said C. D. then, to wit on the aforesaid, had not any lands or tenements [negativing all the qualifications precisely as in the information], nor in any other manner qualified, empowered, licensed, or authorized by the laws of this realm to take, kill, or destroy any sort of game, or to keep or use any greyhounds for that purpose; whereupon and upon hearing and duly examining the whole matter aforesaid, it manifestly appears to us the said justices that the said C. D. was not on the day of aforesaid, in any manner qualified, empowered, licensed, or authorized by or according to the laws of this realm to keep or use any greyhound to kill and destroy the game, and that the said C. D. is guilty of the premises above charged upon him by the information aforesaid; Therefore the said C. D. on the said day of in the year aforesaid, before us the justices aforesaid, by the testimony of the said S. M. a credible witness as aforesaid, according to the form of the statute aforesaid, is convicted of the offence aforesaid, and hath forfeited the sum of £5. of lawful money of Great Britain, to be distributed as the statute aforesaid doth direct. In witness whereof we the said justices to this present record of conviction have set our hands and seals, at county aforesaid, the said our Lord 1817. day of, aforesaid in the in the year of W. S. J. C. S. P. Distress Warrant thereon. To the Constable of in the county of in the said county, to wit. Whereas C. D. of [labourer], is this day convicted before me, S. P. Esq. one of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, upon the oath of S. M, a credible witness, for that he the said C. D. being a person not qualified by the laws of this realm so to do, on the day of, in the 57th year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, at in the said county, did use a certain dog called a greyhound to kill and destroy the game, by reason whereof he the said C. D. hath forfeited the sum of £5. to be distributed as herein after men |