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nine men, " Oh ! I was fetched down Uke a 

 dead man, did'nt you see them knock me over 

 the gate ? " said one to another. Now, as I 

 have before mentioned, Hatley behaved fairly 

 well, but he did not get a single blow through- 

 out, and Joslin was not struck at all, except 

 when the poachers threw their sticks at him 

 as he was running home to his wife, poor 

 fellow, to take care of him. 



The next day Inspector Scott found the 

 dogs I had shot in a neighbouring pond, about 

 two hundred yards from the place where I 

 shot them ; they were identified by the Bishop 

 Stortford police and others, as belonging to 

 Tom Newman, George Newman and Tom 

 Curtis. It was proved that Newman, Curtis, 

 Duckey Phillips, and Jemmy Boys were all at 

 the Clay Pond public house in Bishop Stort- 

 ford that evening, they all leaving about half- 

 past ten. 



The landlord's son came forward to give 

 evidence against them, and declared that he 

 heard them say that they would kill any man 

 who tried to take them, or, rather than be 



