| Description | Summary conviction of John Bowman of Thrintoft razor grinder for using a gun to kill game; on the information of John Johnson butler to and residing with Francis Redfearn of Langton Lodge esquire
Includes the information of George Close gamekeeper to and residing with Francis Redfearn of Langton Lodge esquire that he saw Bowman walking across a close called Fossick Close occupied by David Smurthwaite with a gun looking for game, and that he saw partridges in an adjoining close, and that Bowman ran away when he [Close] pursued him
Offence committed at the township of Thrintoft in the parish of Ainderby Steeple on 26 December 1808
Case heard at the house of Messrs Edwin and Francis Hirst in Northallerton |