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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-YORK, MARCH 14
CROWN COURT.

Robert Drew, aged 28, and William Andrews, aged 28,
were indicted for having, together with one George
Kemp and others, on the 25th of November last, in the
night time, at Wormesley, in the West Riding, felo-
niously shot at John Mitchell, George Hepworth,
George Sawyer, and others, gamekeepers and watchers
in the service of Lord Hawkes, with intent to murder
or to do them some grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Hall, Mr. Dearsley, and Mr. Johnstone appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr. Overend defended the pri-
soners.
It appeared that Lord Hawkes' preserves are situate
at Womersley, two miles from Doncaster. About mid-
night on the 24th November, the keepers were in his
lordship's preserves, when they heard some guns firing
in the woods, upon which John Mitchell, -who was head
gamekeeper, an assistant named Hepworth, and five
others, proceeded towards the place where they heard
the firing, in order to capture the poachers, and on ar-
riving at a wood called Bird Spring Wood, they came up
with five perions, armed with two double-barrelled guns,
two single-barrelled-guns; and an air gun. On coming
towards the poachers the latter faced about, and ad-
vanced towards the keepers in a line, with their guns
presented ; upon which the keeper Mitchell, called out
to them, telling them to act like men, and not to use
their guns ; but the poachers continued to advance, and
to throw-stones at the keepers, who then made some
show of attempting to take them, but it then became
evident that the poachers would resist to the last ex-
tremity ; upon which Mitchell, the head keeper, who
had been told that hi's men held back, cried out to the
poachers,:":Tow we can't Jake you, go 'sway like
men," but they kept on crying out, " Shoot, shoot,"
upon which Mitchell said, "Don't shoot, we have got
guns as well as you ; if you shoot, we shall shoot."
The poachers then took stones from their pockets,
!which they threw at Mitchell, who protected his face
with his gun stock. The keepers then retreated, and in
going through a gate leading into a field into which they
had gone Mitchell turned his head round and received a
shot from a gun which was fired at about 15 yards from
him, and which took effect upon his neck and face, and
shot one of his eyes out. He cried out, "I am killed,"
and staggered, and fell insensible. Hepworth, the
assistant keeper, then received a shot on his right arm.
and back, which brought his arm in which he carried
his gun to his side, and as he was putting his gun into
his left arm, it went off. The two shots were fired by
the prisoner Drew. Hepworth's gun had scarcely gone
off when he received another shot in his hand, which
was fired by the prisoner Andrews. The keepers were
positive as to Drew's identity, and spoke distinctly to
seeing him fire the two shots from behind a tree.
With regard to the prisoner Andrews, George Kemp,
who was one of the poachers, was called as an approver,
to give evidence for the rown under the offer of a
reward of 100/. and a free pardon. He stated that he
and the two prisoners and two other men, not in cus-
tody, left Doncaster on the night in question, in two
parties, and joined each other when near Lord Hawkes'
preserves. That on their way they passed a miller in
his cart, who spoke to them ; and saw that one of them,
which was Andrews, was dressed in a white fustain
shooting coat. They then shot about 29 pheasants in
the wood ; soon after which the keepers came up, when
Drew threw himself behind the stump of a tree. They
cried out to the keeper, "It's no use, we're not going
to be taken ;" and Drew immediately fired, and attempted
to fire again, but the gun missed fire. He then put on
another cap, and on Hepworth turning round he fired a
second shot at him. Hepworth then fired, and Andrews
fired the next shot. They then returned to Doncaster,
and left their game with a ferryman named Harrop, and
their jackets and guns at another place.
This was confirmed by the ferryman, and by the find-
ing of the jackets and the guns, which were proved to
belong to the prisoners.
The prosecutor (Mitchell) on presenting himself in the
witness-box appeared to be a stout, hale man, in the
prime of life, but he was perfectly blind, and was led
into the box, one of his eyes having been shot out. Hop-
worth, the under-keeper, was also badly wounded, 70
shots having been extracted from his body.
Mr. Overend addressed the jury for the prisoner, con-
tending that there was no sufficient corroboration of the
evidence of the approver so as to. ,fixtthe two prisoners.
The evidence of the approver could not be relied on, as
he had been influenced by the reward of 1001. and the
offer of a free pardon. The keepers' evidence as to the
identity of the prisoners ought not to be relied on, con-
sidering the state of excitement which they must natu-
rally have laboured under in their attempt to take the
poachers. At the conclusion of his address the learned
counsel called the Mayor of Doncaster, in whose service
Drew had been a railway contractor, and several other
witnesses, who gave both prisoners an excellent chse

SOUTTIN
cient Britons
instance of D,
fully excludii
said society.
, The comp]
the "Ancien,
nearly 20 yea,
indisposition,
had the usual
allowance, ho
ult., although
mately expellf

of_ e-

The back and front tes were also fracturelrild the
bin much-injured. He gave it as-his opiniont- that
these injuries could not have been produced by a fill in
the act of parturition—a fall would not have produced so
many fractures. • He stated, hOwever, that women in
acrony of labour often clutched violently at the child to
relieve tnemselves. At the same time, he did not think
the injuries to the child he examined could have been
produced in that manner.
Mr. Carter contended that the child had met the in-
juries which were found on its head either by the pri-
soner's efforts to deliver herself unassisted, or the fall of
the child during parturition.

Mr. Justice Crompton having summed up, the jury
acquitted the prisoner.

he infringed a
in'his house. He added that he dispute their autho-
rity to act as they had done, and accordingly summoned
them to show cause why they had excluded a member
who had been paying money into the society for so many
years.

William Lloyd was then sworn, and he stated that he
was a member of the same society, and that on the 17th
ult. he called on the complainant, and found him in the
act of sawing some wood, intended for firewood, a quan-
tity of which he had for sale in his shop. He (witness)
told complainant that he should report him to the trus-
tees, in order that his sick money should be stopped,
and the reply'was that he had not infringed the rules of
the society.
. - -

The complainant stated that he was wholly incapable
of doing work at the time mentioned, and that he was
only showing his wife the way to cut up some wood to
light their own firs, .when the last witness entered the
house and- saw him do it.

The witness said that there were several blocks of
wood by the side of the complainant, ready to be cut up,
and that a considerable quantity was in the same place,
and also in the shop, tied up in bundles as firewood. He
added that it was absurd to suppose that the complainant
was only showing his wife how to cut the wood, for, in
fact, he was at work himself, and the rules specified that
if any sick member was discovered "at work, or em-
ployed in any pecuniary way," he forfeited all benefit
from the society.
.

Mr. Combe said, that under these circumstances he
could make no order on the society, and therefore dis-
missed the summons.

HAMMERSMITH.—A tall fellow, named John,
Baker, was charged with burglariously entering the
dwelling-house of Miss Frances Maria Kelly, late of the
Soho Theatre, at No. 30, Moscow-road, Paddington.
It appeared from the evidence of Miss Kelly and
several other witnesses that on Tuesday night the pre-
mises were secured in the usual manner by a young
lady named Mary Grevill, the prosecutrix's companion,
and they retired to rest about 12 o'clock. They both
slept in one bed, and about half-past two o'clock that
morning Miss Kelly was suddenly awoke by the barking
of her dog, which was in the• habit of sleeping upon the
landing outside her bedroom door. She also heard a
scuffling noise, as if some person had dropped some
things upon the'ftoor near her door. She immediately
awoke her companion, who got out of bed, and lighted
a candle from the night lamp upon the toilet. After
hastily dressing herself, Miss Grevill proceeded to a
small dressing-room adjoining their apartment, and was
alarmed by seeing the figure of a man, resembling the
prisoner, standing in the dressing-room. She exclaimed
" A man, a man," and made an involuntary movement
with her arm, which caused the candle to fall out of the
stick, and the• light was then extinguished. She ran
back to Miss Kelly's bedroom and fastened the door.
They each opened a window and screamed loudly for
assistance.

Pain, No. 235 C, who was on duty in the Moscow-
road, heard the cries and hastened to the rear of Miss
Kelly's house. He got upon a wall and' saw the pri-
soner come from the direction of the back door of Miss
Kelly's house and climb over a high wall adjoining a
field leading to Westbourne-grove. The prisoner ran
across the field, and lie was next seen by pohce-constable
No. 271 C, who heard Pain say " Look out." The
second officer then apprehended the prisoner. The
house was found to be in great confusion, and the pri-
soner had burned a number of papers of a documentary
character, and only valuable to the owner, for no other
reason, as it appeared, than to obtain a light during his
operations.
Remanded.

POLICE INTEL E.
'PARK.—Three of the trus>• "An-
is Benefit Society" were summi.'e
David Lloyd, one of the members,.fo •
ing him, in the time of sickness, fro.. •
.„
dainant stated that he had been a membero "-
3t Britons _Benefit Society" for a period of
,ars ; that a few weeks ago, owing to serious
he made application to the steward, and
1 allowance granted to sick members. His
owever, was suddenly stopped on the 17th
h he was not convalescent, and he was ulti-
led, and the reason assigned fur it was, that
a clause in their rules, by doing some work