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Trespass of persons.
Trespass on fields, &c.
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8. Any person who shall commit any of the next following offences shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings, and in default of payment thereof at such time as the justices shall fix shall be liable to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding one week:
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1. Any person who shall wilfully trespass in any field, garden, pleasure ground, wood, plantation, or other place, and shall neglect or refuse to leave any such place after he shall have been warned to do so by the owner, or by the caretaker or servant of the owner, or by any person authorized in that behalf by the owner:
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Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to any case where the party trespassing acted under a fair and reasonable supposition that he had a right to go into or upon any such place, nor to any trespass (not being wilful or malicious) committed in hunting, fishing, or the pursuit of game; but nothing herein contained shall prevent any person from maintaining any civil action or suit for any such trespass, instead of proceeding under this Act.
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