Bovey Tracey: Newton Police Court: The Magistrates present yesterday were Mr. M. Fortescue (chairman) Colonel Walcott, Admiral Cornish-Bowden, Messrs. J. Vicary, F.H. Plumtre, W.J. Watts, W.R. Hole and H.E. Brown: Trespassing: William and Walter Baker were summoned for unlawfully trespassing in search of game on land called Cocklespark, Bovey Tracey, belonging to Mr. W. Robert Hole. – John Pinsent, gamekeeper, proved seeing both defendants under the cover at Cocklespark, accompanied by two dogs. They were beating the bushes with sticks, and evidently were in search of rabbits. The witness asked what they were doing, whereupon the defendants ran away. Defendants admitted they were trespassing, but not for game. They were on the land to fetch their little dog. The Bench took a lenient view of the case, as it was their first offence, and fined each defendant 15s or seven days’ imprisonment with hard labour. The money was paid.
[see also Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Thursday 24th December 1891]
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