TOWN HALL: Feb. 22. (Before W. R. Hole, junr, Esq. (chairman); and W. Creed, Esq.): Wm. Crossman, a defunct builder, was summoned by William Graddon for non-payment of £3 18s 10d for wages due. The complainant having proved his claim, an order for payment was made. Richard Scott was charged by P.C. Westcott, with trespassing on lands belonging to Mr. Thos. Pinsent, Kingsteignton, in search of coneys, on the 7th Feb. inst. Complainant deposed that he was on duty on the above day, when he heard a dog barking in a wood belonging to Mr. Pinsent, and saw it driving a cover. He also saw a man jump over the hedge and run away. He followed, but lost sight of the man for a few moments in consequence of a turn in the road. The man, on perceiving this, took advantage of it and turned round and walked towards the complainant. He, however, accused him of having been in pursuit of coneys, but he denied it. Complainant took him to Mr. Pinsent, and then let him go. Upon returning to the spot where he apprehended the defendant, he found a ferret bag and two nets. In defence, Scott said he had a spot of ground near to the wood in question, and he had been there that morning with his dog, which he had missed on the road. He was returning in search of it, when he was met by the complainant, and accused of the offence alleged above. He called his daughter-in-law to prove that he had not been from home more than twenty minutes when she saw him in the custody of the complainant. The bench considering the case proved, the defendant was fined in the mitigated penalty of 2s 6d and 7s 6d costs.
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GRO1036 Devonport: Thomas Pinsent: 1782 – 1872