Rossendale Free Press 17 Aug 1889
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Narrow Escape From Drowning - Last night week, a little boy named Tattersall, son of John Thomas Tattersall, of Victoria-street, Cloughfold, was playing on the boundary wall of the river Irwell at Union terrace, Cloughfold, when he fell over into the river, which at this place was out of his depth. Happily however, Mrs Platt, who lives opposite, saw the accident from her house window and raised an alarm. By means of a ladder and ropes, the boy was soon got safely out, apparently none the worse for his adventure.
A Disorderly Couple - On Monday evening, at the Rawtenstall Police Court, before Mr T.H. Whitehead, James Mellowdew, collier, Rings-row, Crawshawbooth, and Sarah Spencer, a woman of low character, having no settled residence, were charged at the instance of PC Adamson with being guilty of improper behaviour in Newchurch Old Road at 3-50 pm that day. Mellowdew was fined 10 s and Spencer was sent to gaol for 14 days.
A Cloughfold Poacher on Lord Derby's Lands - On Monday at the Bury County Police Court, before Messrs. Jonathan Mellor and R Walker, William Guess, mule spinner, Cloughfold, pleaded guilty to a charge of poaching on land belonging to Lord Derby at Facit, Shuttleworth, on the 9th inst. Shortly after ten o'clock on Friday night prisoner was seen on land belonging to Lord Derby at Facit by a keeper named Jackson. Guess was in company with another man. The watcher went towards them, and theme ran away, but the prisoner was caught. Nothing was on him, but when he was taken back to the place where he was first seen several nets were found. the place was a favourite one for hares, rabbits, grouse and partidges. Walter Jackson, the keeper, said he was with a man named Hill when he saw two men on his land. They watched them for a quarter of an hour, during which time prisoner and his companion were setting nets. William Hill, quarryman, Shuttle worth, deposed to the prisoner holding a fox terrier dog while the naan who got away set the nets. Mr R. Walker: was the prisoner a stranger? - Witness: 'Yes". I think so". Mr R Walker: Oh he was merely looking after the 12th of August - Prisoner: " Had nothing to do with the nets, I was a stranger there. The Bench committed prisoner to gaol for seven days with hard labour.
Rishton 42 all out, Rawtenstall 184-5 (Greenwood 68, Nelson 7 wickets)
Narrow Escape From Drowning - Last night week, a little boy named Tattersall, son of John Thomas Tattersall, of Victoria-street, Cloughfold, was playing on the boundary wall of the river Irwell at Union terrace, Cloughfold, when he fell over into the river, which at this place was out of his depth. Happily however, Mrs Platt, who lives opposite, saw the accident from her house window and raised an alarm. By means of a ladder and ropes, the boy was soon got safely out, apparently none the worse for his adventure.
A Disorderly Couple - On Monday evening, at the Rawtenstall Police Court, before Mr T.H. Whitehead, James Mellowdew, collier, Rings-row, Crawshawbooth, and Sarah Spencer, a woman of low character, having no settled residence, were charged at the instance of PC Adamson with being guilty of improper behaviour in Newchurch Old Road at 3-50 pm that day. Mellowdew was fined 10 s and Spencer was sent to gaol for 14 days.
A Cloughfold Poacher on Lord Derby's Lands - On Monday at the Bury County Police Court, before Messrs. Jonathan Mellor and R Walker, William Guess, mule spinner, Cloughfold, pleaded guilty to a charge of poaching on land belonging to Lord Derby at Facit, Shuttleworth, on the 9th inst. Shortly after ten o'clock on Friday night prisoner was seen on land belonging to Lord Derby at Facit by a keeper named Jackson. Guess was in company with another man. The watcher went towards them, and theme ran away, but the prisoner was caught. Nothing was on him, but when he was taken back to the place where he was first seen several nets were found. the place was a favourite one for hares, rabbits, grouse and partidges. Walter Jackson, the keeper, said he was with a man named Hill when he saw two men on his land. They watched them for a quarter of an hour, during which time prisoner and his companion were setting nets. William Hill, quarryman, Shuttle worth, deposed to the prisoner holding a fox terrier dog while the naan who got away set the nets. Mr R. Walker: was the prisoner a stranger? - Witness: 'Yes". I think so". Mr R Walker: Oh he was merely looking after the 12th of August - Prisoner: " Had nothing to do with the nets, I was a stranger there. The Bench committed prisoner to gaol for seven days with hard labour.
Rishton 42 all out, Rawtenstall 184-5 (Greenwood 68, Nelson 7 wickets)
