Wild Birds Protection Act 1881
WHEREAS under section three of the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880, a person who within the period therein mentioned exposes or offers for sale, or has in his control or possession any wild bird recently killed or taken is liable to certain penalties therein mentioned, subject to the following exception, "unless such person shall prove that the said wild bird was either killed or taken or bought or received during the period in which such wild bird could be legally killed or taken, or from so...