CAUGHT IN HIS OWN SNARE.
The first prosecution under Sir W. Harcourt’s Ground Game Act has taken place at Thornburj, iu Gloucestershire, and was of a singular character. A couple of policemen on their rounds one night lost month heard a rabbit cry, Following the sound, they came upon a rabbit in a trap near a burtow on the farm of John Payne, of Milbury Heath. They took the rabbit and trap to Payne, explain and apologise. Payne who pleaded that he had permission from his landlord to trap rabbits, demanded a sotereign as compensation. The constables could only muster 17s fid. which they offered but the farmer preferred to put the matter in the hands of his lawyer who wrote demanding the sovereign and his costs. Next day the wife of cne of the constables read in a newspaper that it was illegal to trap rabbits at night under the new act, and the police then took out a summons against Payne, who was fined by the Thornbury magistrates the full penalty of 40s, with 10s 6d costs.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TEML18810322.2.13
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Temuka Leader, Issue 366, 22 March 1881, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
179CAUGHT IN HIS OWN SNARE. Temuka Leader, Issue 366, 22 March 1881, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in