Poaching

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Violent poacher, cycling offence and rural justice Gloucestershire – 1931

Tewkesbury Register – Saturday 31 October 1931 PETTY SESSIONS Monday. — Before Colonel A. Dugdale (chairman), Mrs. Brooks, Mrs. Clarke, Major R. C. Freer, and Mr. J. Watton. Armistice Dinner. — Permission was given to the British Legion Club to keep open until 12 p.m. on November 11th on the occasion of […]

Norfolk’s Assize Trials – 1876

Lynn Advertiser – Saturday 02 December 1876 WINTER ASSIZE AT NORWICH. Mr. Justice Lush, the Judge appointed to try prisoners for offences committed within the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge and Hunts (which by an Act of Parliament last Session were associated together for the purpose of a general gaol […]

The Hexham Murder – 1898

North Cumberland Reformer – Saturday 24 December 1898 THE HEXHAM MURDER.THE ACCUSED MAN ACQUITTED. At the Hexham Police Court on Monday, George Dodd was brought up on remand charged with causing the death of George Schollick, gamekeeper, whose dead body was found in Yarridge Lane on Thursday, the 8th inst. Mr W. […]

Victorian Crime in Bedfordshire – 1896

Bedfordshire Mercury – Saturday 29 August 1896 ASSAULTING A WIFE. George Smith, labourer, Aspley Guise, was charged by Susan Smith, his wife, with having assaulted her at Aspley Guise, on the 17th inst. — Defendant pleaded guilty; he said he was sorry, but he had taken too much beer. — Complainant stated […]