1869 In Court for poaching
From Lacey Green History
From the Bucks Herald 29th August 1869. Magistrates Chambers for Poaching
."Princes Risborough. |...| Poaching - John Randall Janes was charged with using a gun... (for poaching) at Princes Risborough on the 5th August, and William Lacey was charged with aiding and abetting ...
Police-sergeant John Nobes said - He met the defendants in a public footpath at two p.m., on the 5th instant, coming from the direction of Hampden Wood. The defendant Janes had been twice convicted for poaching...
... each fined £1 and 11s. costs, and Jane’s gun was ordered to be forfeited." (The evidence was rather thin as they had no game on them when searched, and was solely on Nobes testifying that he had heard two gunshots from the woods.)