ThesewerethemainActsforpunishingpoachersthatwerepassedduring
thelastphaseoftheancientré;gime。Howlargeaparttheyplayed
inEnglishlifemaybeimaginedfromafactmentionedbythedukeofRichmond
in1831。41*Inthethreeyearsbetween1827and1830oneinsevenofall
thecriminalconvictionsinthecountrywereconvictionsundertheGameCode。