Middlesbrough & Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1873-09-04 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE POLICEMAN AND EIS BITADI.Fo'-4.n amn•lng affair happened on Sunday morning, fit a place , situate betweenLougnewton and Yarm, in which an active PolloSilan and a juvenile crab-apple fancier were thfleSAing imirforthets:' ,It seems that the 'squire of th`ti Vit6& IR much 'annoyed by juveniles trespassing and hinaking down fencee. When in search of "ISM 'fruit. His gamekeeper has ineffectnally tried to combat the evil, and at length *ought the assistance of Mr Constable. Sunday Morning was the eventthl time for the grand capture* and the plath* Protectors of palate and et game were on tliii alert by the 'wood side, and at ,length they spied fl lids at the foot of a tree. Our friend in blue ?emoted his helmet and coat, substituting/ ItIMMS tiam a bundle in his head, provided for tlinciecarden. The pair then gad chase to the lade, kutait the bandit incommoded locomotion, the guard= of the Peace deposited it at the foot of a tree, and renewed his chase, which resulted tat in the capture of five 'acts by the two iinkeitere. Unfortunately for the ' *Oat and li ' *young rascal was ensconced in the tree at * which the bundle w.ea depositekithil no 4ii ciao the officer gone, than be came dawn the , nicked up the bun-ale,, and bolted off* the opposite direction, never stopping until the handkerchief containing : coat and helmet was caught and torn in a hedge. The juvenile, seeing the policeman's coat and helmet, became somewhat nervous, so he left the articles of clothing lying on the ground, and , bolted off home to 3—, where he caused some alarm, by stating ,that *policeman had been murdered at L---- and that his clothes were lying upon a hedge in the ignite% plantation 'The policeman and gamekeeper, ,hiiihng caught the five lads marched them to the place where the handle had been originally deposited, mid, were astounded to find that the articles were gong. Others, in the village, hearing what was going, oti, circulated stories that to anti so was going mad, as stag evidenced by his „comical uniform. ,fittr policeman, however, visited the heed quarters of his division, and sought instruction as to ,the ways and means of recovering his uniform. Finally, the father of the lad who took the biodle got to know the real position of , matters, and 'his son, under pressure, Was able to give that information received" which enabled Mr Policeman to procure his owe. The story has got freely circulated in the locality indicatedi and we hear that the laughable circumstances attending the affair, having come to the knowledge of the squire, that gentleman will not on this occasion proceed against the offenders. Caleitel.---hin T. HENDERSON'S ELEVEN v MR W. L. Hatt greet tuntrl.—A game at cricket was Played' n the Albert Park on Saturday afternoon last, between the above teams, and resulted in 1 favour of the latter: The following is the score ' rah t. astontasoir's mamas. let inning'. 2nd innings. B. Barker, bW. L. tatker.... 0 at Gibbons, b W L. Barker 1 J. Joy. b W. L. Barker ....-. . . . 5 :an out H. E. O'Dwyer, b Stainthorpe 0 b Vf.L‘Barker ll.'fimitb, 0 Brown, b W. L. -. Barker 4-: '' .. g b Thoinspon.....l3 J. Wright, e King, b Stain' thorpe . ... . . ..,......-.... a rim 0ut......... 4 T. Henderson, not out .. ........7 o W. L. Barker b Stainthorpe 18 J: Humphries, c and b W. L. Barker T: Brentnall, bW. L. Barker 0-c 1/414: %siker • W. France, at Gibbons, b NV. r.:•,-1 , L. Barker .. 3:White, e Boardman, b W L. Barker ' ' 4MR but .. 7 3. Thirkell, run out ... .....1 not cut..... ..... 0 Extras Total ' - " 44' Total. -.66 ma W. a. maxsa's maven. • let innings. 2nd innings. J. Onbridge, b O'Dwyer 0 b Prance T. Boardman, b It. Barker . , 0 .W. M. Kihg, et Henderson, b O'Dwyer . J. Gibbons, h O'Dwyer ........ti b O'Dwyer T. W. Stainthorpe, nip out .. 3li O'Dwyer NV. L. Bark*, b O'Dwyer ..-... 2 b *seem ... T. Phillips, at Wright, b Hen- at Henderson, b ` demon R. Taylor, rue out ...... ll b France B. Thomson, r Joy; h Henderson D. Brown, b