The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-23 00:00:00

?8E WOMERSLEY POACHING CASE.

All doubts about the real delinquents in this case
have been set at rest by one of the parties in custody
turning approver. At the re-examination of the pri-
soners at Pontefract yesterday (Wednesday), George
Kemp, one of the prisoners, gave the following tes-
timony :
"I have been living in Doncaster three or four
months. For the last six or seven weeks I have been
lodging with William Andrews, one of the prisoners.
I remember the night (Nov. 24) when Mitchell was shot
on Lord Hawke's estate at Womersley. I left Don-
caster that night between seven and eight o'clock. Be-
fore I left, Norfolk Bob (the prisoner Drew) and two
other men (whose names it is not deemed prudent to
publish at present, as they are at large) came to
Andrews' house. Drew and these two persons went
out first. I and Andrews followed shortly after. We
overtook them between Bentley and Owston. I had a
single-barrelled gun. Drew and Andrews had double-
barrelled guns. One of the others had a single-barrelled
gun. We also had an air-gun amongst us, but I don't
know who carried it. We all proceeded together
through Askern to a wood of Lord Hawke's at Womers-
ley. Before we got into the wood we picked up some
stones from the turnpike road. When we got into the
wood, Norfolk Bob (Drew) tried the air-gun at some
pheasants as they sat on the trees. He tried about half
a dozen times, but, though the gun went off, he could
not shoot anything with it. We all began then to shoot
with the other guns. We shot at the pheasants in the
trees. We had been in the wood about two hours when,
just as Drew was going further into the wood to shoot,
we heard somebody coming. One of our party said,
"We must meet them, I reckon ;" and we then
turned round and met them. Mitchell came up first,
and he said to his men, " Come up, lads." One of the
keepers said, " Now, my lads, be men and don't shoot."
Somebody in the party said, " It's not a bit of use ; we
don't mean to be taken." Mitchell came running
up to me, and I threw several stones at him.
I heard one rattle against his gun, and another
against a peculiar sort of cap he wore. Mitchell raised
his gun at me, and said, " I will shoot thee." I threw
another stone at him, and told him not to spoil his mind.
One of Mitchell's party came up to him, and said,
" Come back, or there'll be somebody shot." Norfolk
Bob then ran across the riding, and got behind a tree.
He cocked his gun and shot, and he afterwards told me
he saw one of the keepers put his hand to his head and
heard him say, " Oh, he's done for me." Drew fired
two barrels. Andrews shot one shot at the keepers,
but I saw no others fire at them. After this we went
one way and the keepers another. As we were going
away I said I thought we could have shaken them off
without shooting. Drew said it was their intention to
shoot. We then returned to Doncaster by way of
Askern, and got home between four and five o'clock in
the morning.
After the above evidence had been given, Mr. Collin-
son, for the prosecution, said that Kemp's statement
had given such a new complexion to the case that he
must ask for a further remand of the prisoners, D-few
and Andrews, for one week.
The prisoners were remanded accordingly.
A man named Marshall who had been apprehended
since the last hearing of the case was discharged.
It may be stated that but for the unexnected disclo-
sures of Kemp (who has been prevailed upon by his
parents to make them) all the prisoners would have
been discharged.

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