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D £ ^TBIUH COUNTY MAGISTRATES' j COURT. NIGHT POACHING ON THE ERIVIATT ESTATE. ERIVIATT ESTATE. A sitting oi the oount magistrates wa.s ¡ held on Wednesday, Mr W D W Griffith presiding, and tbe other magistrates present were Capt Cole and Mr T J Williams. Thomas Edward Hooks charged Joseph Matthews, of Rhos, Roabon, with U"gbt poaching on the Eriviatt Estate on the 2nd September, abcat one o'clock in the morning, in company with other men, who were there for the purpose of taking game. Mr Aneurin 0 Evans appeared on behalf of the prosecutor, Thomas E Hooks, in briefly stating the evidence, said he was a gamekeeper in the employ of Mr Joe Lumb, of Huddersfield, who held the sporting rights. He was on duty last Saturday morning about one o'clock in Eriviatc Park when he saw some men raising up a nc. Be weuc up to them, when thsy ran aw ay. He ran after them and Ultimately caught the prisoner. When searched he had in his possession a stick and in his pocket were four stones (pro- duced). The preserve was a good one, Laving turned out about oGO pheasants, and there were pheasants there that night. The other men who ran away took the net with them. Mr A 0 Evans I should like to point out that this man acmes from Ruabon for this ptupcae. Supt JoneS pointed out that there were half a dozen previous convictions against the prisoner. In answer to the Bench, HOOKS said tiia<. when he went up to the prisoner he- defended himself with the stick in his left hand, and tried to get the stones out or his pocket with the right hand. The Chairman said he had pleaded guilty to the charge of night poaching, He did not think that there was any possible defence for sue prisoner, as he had been caught in the act. They had had before them a number of previous convictions, and the prisoner did not seem to try to con- form to the law, and he did not see why any mitigation should be shown towards him. He bad gone there provided with stones, for no other purpose than to use I them in case he would Le disturbed. Only last February he had come out of gaol I where be had been sent for felony at I Wrexham. They could not see their way to lessen the sentence, and the prisoner I. would be sent to prison for three months. prisoner: Previous convictions have nothing to jo with this case. The Chairman A man's character has everything to do with the case: and you have admitted the offence. Prisonew The other side have all the say in the matter. The Chairman And when you come out sf prison you will be bound over in the sureties of E10 and another of .£10 or two of £5 not to so offend far 12 mouths. People must be protected from such as you. —.—

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