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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
lot of chitterlings ? ” “ Raily, sir, you 
makes me laugh, but I dunna know 
where you’d get a tub from big enough 
to waish ’urn in.” This was very satis- 
factory, and it set me laughing. — A br.4.- 
HAM Edmunds, The Tijthing, Worcester ; 
April 22, 1861. 
EXCHANGE. 
Exchange. — I have a few larvae of 
No. 138 (as numbered in the Appendix 
to the ‘Manual’), and should be glad to 
exchange them for either larvae or pupae 
of any of the following: — 136, 142, 163, 
166, 181, 182, 186, 188. Better write 
first, as I have not an unlimited supply. 
— W. Johnson, 7, Molyneux Street, 
Bootle, Liverpool ; April 23, 1861. 
THE PERIL OP PURSUING ENTO- 
MOLOGICAL STUDIES AT NIGHT. 
Croydon Petty Sessions, April 20. 
— Present, T. Byron, Esq. (Chairman), 
J. W. Sutherland, E. R. Adams and 
W. R. White, Esqrs. 
'■'■Mark Richards was summoned on 
the charge of assaulting David Thomas 
Button, at Addington, on the 14th inst. 
Mr. Charles Richards appeared for the 
defence. 
“ The complainant, who described him- 
self as a decorative painter at Peckham 
Rye, and also an entomologist, stated 
that he was passing through Addington 
Wood, near this town, on the opposite 
side of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 
estate, on the evening of the 14th of 
April. He had a lantern in one hand 
and a stick in the other, being in search 
of insects, when the defendant rushed out 
from behind a bush, seized him by the 
collar, and told him he had no business 
there. Complainant did not recognise 
Mr. Riehards’ authority, but immediately 
walked off into the path, when he said to 
defendant that he thought he had broken 
his arm. The defendant then seized him 
by the collar and threw him into the 
Archbishop’s land, calling out “ Dick ! he 
is on your side now.” 
“Cross-examined — He had a white 
handkerchief on the top of a stick he was 
carrying that evening, for the purpose of 
catching insects flying in the air, a very 
common practice. 
“Alfred Harper, an ivory turner, at 
Mansfield Street, Kingsland Road, stated 
that he was with the complainant, when 
he saw Mr. Richards come towards Mr. 
Button and strike him a heavy blow on 
arm. The defendant swore at him at 
the same lime. 
“Cross-examined — This was about 
nine o’cloek in the evening. Mr. Richards 
did not speak to Mr. Button before he 
struck him. 
“ William Shrosbree, a naturalist, living 
in Essex Street, Kingsland Road, cor- 
roborated. 
“Mr. Richards, for the defence, said 
his client was keeper in the service of 
Mr. Lewis Lloyd, and seeing these people 
wandering about that gentleman’s wood 
at night, he first told them they had no 
business there and ordered them away. 
Seeing that Mr. Button was holding a 
stick up, and thinking he was going to 
strike him, he certainly did make a blow 
at the man, and he (Mr. Richards) sub- 
mitted that the defendant’s conduct was 
excusable, seeing that the complainant 
was trespassing and had no business on 
Mr. Lloyd’s property. He should call a 
witness to prove that the defendant really 
had spoken to Mr. Button, in the first 
instance, and if he established that, he 
hoped the magistrates would say that the 
defendant had not exceeded his duty on 
that occasion. 
“William Turner, labourer, in the 
employ of L. Lloyd, Esq., at Addington, 
who was present on the evening in 
