Game Act 1831

XXXII Penalty on Persons found armed using Violence, &c.

And be it enacted, That where any Persons, to the Number of Five or more together, shall be found on any Land, or in any of His Majesty's Forests, Parks, Chases, or Warrens, in the Day-time, in search or pursuit of Game, or Woodcocks, Snipes, Quails, Landrails, or Conies, any of such Persons being then and there armed with a Gun, and such Persons or any of them shall then and there, by Violence, Intimidation, or Menace, prevent or endeavour to prevent any Person authorized as herein-before mentioned from approaching such Persons so found, or any of them, for the Purpose of requiring them or any of them to quit the Land whereon they shall be so found, or to tell their or his Christian Name, Surname, or Place of Abode respectively, as herein-before mentioned, every Person so offending by such Violence, Intimidation, or Menace as aforesaid, and every Person then and there aiding or abetting such Offender, shall, upon being convicted thereof before Two Justices of the Peace, forfeit and pay for every such Offence such Penalty, not exceeding Five Pounds, as to the convicting Justices shall seem meet, together with the Costs of the Conviction ; which said Penalty shall be in addition to and independent of any other Penalty to which any such Person may be liable for any other Offence against this Act.