Synopsis
The Laws Concerning Game:. Also Of Setting Dogs. Guns by William Nelson. This volume is a historical legal compendium and practical guide to English game and forest law, tracing the regulation of hunting, hawking, fishing and fowling from the earliest times through the 18th century. It covers Foreft Laws, the governance of forests, chases, parks, warrens and the rights and duties of officers—Verderers, Regarders, Woodwards, and Foresters—together with a treasury of statutes, precedents, and procedural forms. The work presents the structure of enforcement, including the courts of Swainmote and Attachments, Eyre, Leet, and Quarter Sessions, and the procedures for indictments, warrants, and proclamations. It compiles penalties ranging from fines and forfeitures to imprisonment or transportation for deer-stealing and related offenses, and describes mechanisms to seize, forfeit, or secure game and weapons, with detailed examples of hunts and the regulation of gamekeepers. The Preface situates the evolution of English forest law from Canute to later statutes and emphasizes balancing royal prerogative with the liberties of the subject. This is a detailed resource for lawyers, magistrates, gamekeepers, and historians interested in British game governance.
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