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Pheasants and Tustle doves, found guilty of stealing one Pheasant. Obj: that it was not laid that the pheasant was tamed or confined, Mr. Just: Gould was inclined to think that the words “of the goods & chattels” &c was a sufficient allegation of property, but reserved the case for the opinion of the Js who all agreed that in an Ind: for stealing an Animal [ILL] nat there ought to be alleged that the animal