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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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The new Game Bill repeals prior acts and grants owners and occupiers of land the right to hunt hares, pheasants, and partridges on their grounds. It punishes game-keepers for stealing game and imposes stricter penalties on poachers, including jail for first offense and hard labor for second.
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The following is the substance of the principal clauses of the new Game Bill.
After stating the acts to be repealed, it enacts, that every owner and occupier of land shall have liberty to hunt, course, and kill hares, pheasants, and partridges, found, sprung or started, on the grounds by him so occupied.
Game-keepers, however duly authorized, are to be punished if convicted of stealing the game.
The punishment of poachers is to be inflicted, and with some new severity. For the first offence, the punishment is commitment to the county gaol, for space of . For the second offence, the house of correction, and hard labor for a space to be agreed upon.
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punishment for first poaching offense: commitment to county gaol for a space of time. second offense: house of correction with hard labor for a space to be agreed upon.
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The new Game Bill repeals prior acts and allows owners and occupiers of land to hunt, course, and kill hares, pheasants, and partridges on their occupied grounds. Game-keepers are punished for stealing game. Poachers face increased severity in punishments.