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White's Mill
replied on: 3/3/2008 2:37:55 PM

Ripley Advertiser 1864
September 24th 1864
Trespassing in Pursuit of Game: James Christopher Royston, farmer, and Henry Brown, both of the township of Codnor and Loscoe, were charged by Francis Wilson, gamekeeper, with having on Saturday, the 10th inst, trespassing on land in possession of Samuel White.
Francis Wilson said that he was gamekeeper to Mr William Jessop of Butterley Hall. On the 10th inst, between three and four o’clock in the afternoon, he and Mr John Jessop were shooting at Loscoe on a farm belonging to Mr Samuel White. They saw a man beating a stubble field three or four minutes with a dog, and then go into a grass field. He and Mr Jessop sent markers after him to see who he was, he and Mr Jessop following. The markers found he was Mr Royston’s gamekeeper, and when he, in company with Mr Jessop, came up to them and him he told the latter he should summons him, but made no remark, Mr Smith solicitor, Derby, who appeared for the defendant, cross-examined the witness, who said that Brown got into Mr George Wolley’s field, where Mr Royston was, after he came out of that of Mr White’s. Mr Woolley’s land adjoined that of Mr White’s, by the bench neither Mr Royston nor his servant had a right to be on Mr White’s land. It was his land he saw Brown, but not Mr Royston. George Prince said he was a collier, and worked under the Butterley Company, he was assisting Mr Jessop between three and four o’clock on the 10th of this month. He saw Mr Royston standing gun in hand, with his back against a tree in Mr White’s field, and he also saw Brown beating the stubble of the same field with a dog for about ten minutes. The former could see the latter. He (witness) asked Mr Royston what he was doing there and he replied he was hunting a wounded bird, Francis Thorpe said he was on Mr White’s farm watching the game, accompanied by Wilson and Mr Jessop. They saw Mr Royston’s keeper beating with a dog in Mr. White’s stubble field for five minutes he and Prince saw Royston with a gun in a shooting position. Cross-examined He never saw Mr Royston in the stubble field, but he saw his man beating, William White said he was the son of Samuel White, the owner of the stubble field, and was with Mr Jessop inst Saturday week. He saw Mr Royston’s man beating the field with a dog. Mr Smith then called for the defence Mr George Woolley who said he was in company with Mr Royston on the day in question from twelve till two o’clock, when he went to dinner. He did not see Mr Royston in Mr White’s land, but saw him standing under a tree in his (witness’s) Mr Royston had the right of shooting over witness’s land. If he had been in Mr White’s field he (witness) should have seen about twelve o’clock Mr Royston shot at nine birds, seven went down on his ground one towards Mr Whites stubble field, and one was picked up by him. He supposed that the bird that went in the direction of the stubble field was wounded. After his dinner he heard the crying of this bird, and also heard Mr Royston tell Brown to go into the field, and look for the bird. Brown did so, and took a spaniel dog with him. Witness was close to Mr Royston when he told Brown to go for the bird. There were no other witnesses called, and the magistrates after a short consultation, dismissed the case.

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