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Weyhill
Turner, James
Smith, Charles
hanging
poacher
Winchester
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From WEYHILL I was shown, yesterday, THE WOOD, in which took
place the battle, in which was concerned poor TURNER, one of the
young men, who was HANGED at Winchester, in the year 1822. There
was another young man, named SMITH, who was, on account of
another game-battle, HANGED ON THE SAME GALLOWS! And this for
the preservation of the game, you will observe! ...
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hanging
Winchester
Turner, James
Smith, Charles
Baker, Robert
poacher
game keeper
Asheton Smith, Thomas
South Tidworth
Snelgrove, Robert
Palmerston, Lord
Broadlands
Romsey
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But, to return to the above-mentioned HANGING at Winchester (a
thing never to be forgotten by me), JAMES TURNER, aged 28 years,
was accused of assisting to kill ROBERT BAKER, game-keeper to
THOMAS ASHETON SMITH, Esq., in the parish of South Tidworth; and
CHARLES SMITH, aged 27 years, was accused of shooting at (not
killing) ROBERT SNELGROVE, assistant game-keeper to LORD
PALMERSTON (Secretary at War), at Broad-lands, in the parish of
Romsey. ...
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poacher
hanging
game keeper
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HAMPSHIRE. The last Lent Assizes for this county concluded on
Saturday morning. The Criminal Calendar contained 58 prisoners
for trial, 16 of whom have been sentenced to suffer death, but
two only of that number (poachers) were left by the Judges for
execution ... The Judge (Burrough) observed, it became necessary
to these cases, that the extreme sentence of the law should be
inflicted, to deter others, as resistance to game-keepers was now
arrived at an alarming height, and many lives had been lost.' ...
The putting of these men to death has excited a very deep feeling
throughout the County of Hants; a feeling, very honourable to the
people of that County, and very natural to the breast of every
human being.
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