" And Morley turning the paper read
another paragraph:--
"At a Petty Sessions holden at the Green Dragon Inn, Marney,
Friday, October--, 1837.
"Magistrates present: The Earl of Marney, the Rev. Felix
Flimsey, and Captain Grouse.
"Information against Robert Hind for a trespass in pursuit of
game in Blackrock Wood, the property of Sir Vavasour
Firebrace, Bart. The case was distinctly proved; several
wires being found in the pocket of the defendant. Defendant
was fined in the full penalty of forty shillings and costs
twenty-seven; the Bench being of opinion there was no excuse
for him, Hind being in regular employ as a farm labourer and
gaining his seven shillings a-week. Defendant being unable to
pay the penalty, was sent for two months to Marham Gaol."
"What a pity," said Morley, "that Robert Hind, instead of
meditating the snaring of a hare, had not been fortunate
enough to pick up a maimed one crawling about the fields the
day after the battue. It would certainly have been better for
himself; and if he has a wife and family, better for the
parish."
"Oh!" said Gerard, "I doubt not they were all picked up by the
poulterer who has the contract: even the Normans did not sell
their game.
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