Cambridge Independent Press 12 Aug 1882: Alfred Brett and Henry Haslop witnesses
POLICE INTELLIGENCECAMBRIDGE DIVISION PETTY SESSIONS.
SATURDAY. —Before I.H. Wilkinson, S. Hurrell, and E. Smith, Esqs.
OFFENCE AGAINST THE GAME LAWS.
James Brown and Frederick Brown, both of the parish of St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge, dealers, were charged by H. (sic) W. Brett, gamekeeper, with unlawfully using a greyhound for the purpose of taking certain game, to wit, a hare, on July 25th. — Mr. Burrows appeared for the prosecution. — Brett, on being called, said: I am gamekeeper to Mr. H.W. Pemberton, of Trumpington. A few minutes past nine o’clock in the evening I was on duty on the road leading from Trumpington to Hauxton. I next saw a dog in a field chasing a hare. It was a tall greyhound. It was in a field of Mr. Pemberton’s. I saw the dog and the hare on the road, coming towards Trumpington. It came within about fifteen yards of where I was. The dog turned the hare in the direction of Hauxton. A hay cart had passed me just before I saw the dog and the hare. Henry John Haslop and young ladies were in it. I saw another trap with two ponies, one of which was in the shafts and another tied to the side. The two defendants were in it. I concealed myself. I heard the old hare shrieking out and one of the men got out of the cart. The men who got out of the cart got in again, and then they drove the cart in the direction where I was. I saw the dog running beside the cart. I got into the centre of the road and tried to stop the ponies. The men thrashed the ponies and drove past. James Brown was driving, and he thrashed the ponies, held his head down and drove past at full gallop. I called out to him by his name and said I knew him. — Cross-examined by James Brown: I did not see the dog kill the hare. I heard the hare scream when I was behind the hedge. — Cross-examined by Frederick Brown: You would be about 200 yards from the dog when I first saw the cart. I can’t swear to you positively, I have no doubt the defendants are the two men. — Henry John Haslop said: I am groom to Mr. E.B. Foster, of Trumpington, I was on the Hauxton-road on July 25th. I was going towards Hauxton. I saw a dog after a hare. It was a little after nine. I saw a pony and cart coming along the road following the dog and hare. There were two men in the cart. A grey pony was tied to the side of the cart. I heard a scream from the hare twice. Matthew Coe said: I am a publican at Hauxton. I remember the two defendants being at my house on July 25th. There was a cart standing outside with two ponies. There was also a dog. They left the house some time in the evening. I cannot say what time is was: it might be between eight and nine in the evening. Defendants represented that they were taking the dog from Harston to a person at Cambridge, to whom it had been sold, for which they were to have 5s. As they were coming along the Hauxton-road the dog started off after the hare, and they were unable to stop it. —Defendants, who had each been previously convicted on a similar charge within the last two years, were each fined 40s. and 16s. costs, in default to go to gaol for a month. — They were allowed fourteen days for payment.