[) The Clithcroe -Advertiser & Times, November 29, 1963


POACHER FINED £25 ALREADY OWED £170 PENALTIES


\ BURNLEY man, who was fined £25 wifh £5 5s. advocate's fee at Clitheroe yesterday week, fold the magistrates that


for trespassing in pursuit of game, and £5 for killing game on a Sunday—at £1 a week.


lie already had to pay £170 in fines and costs, and was a married man with five young children, aged five and under. l ie a d d ed th a t he w as unemployed. The magistrates agreed that lie could pay the lines £20


The man. Edward Glover,


aged 28. of Sandy Gate, Burnley, admitted that at a recent Gisburn court he had been lined £125 for offences relating to salmon and trout poaching. Ho admitted other trespassing


offences (kiting track to 1949. Tlic p r e s i d i n g - magistrate. Ladv Worslej’-Tavlor told Glover


that’, he should think more of his wife and children, instead o! bringing them worry and u nhap­


piness. " I t is time you changed your


wav or life and gave over these crass actions of stupidity and selfishness,'' she added.


Glover had pleaded "Guilty"


' trespassing in pursuit of game ~ and £5 for killing game on a ••Sunday. • a man-led man separated from his wife and children, lie was ordered to pay the fines a t £2 a


•Street. Colne, who is also un­ employed was fined £20 for


to t lie offences. Cvril Alderson. of Doughty


Afterwards there was difficulty


in locating Alderson. but he was eventually seen a t Colne Police Station, s tated Mr. Robinson. When questioned he said. “ I was in a gully looking fo r damsons and crab apples. I saw two blokes being chased by a farmer. I walked to th e road and gave my name and address to a bloke who accused me of poaching." When told the facts would be


reported he replied, " You’ll have to prove it. I know you caught Eddie, but you'll have to prove th a t I was with him," Mr. Robin­


son said. Cross examined by Mr. Green­


wood, Mr. Havdbattle said lie saw Alderson's face when he saw him in the field, and he indenti- lied him as one of the persons who had shot a t the pheasant. When he was seen a t the road


he had no t got a gun witJi him. and though four o f t h e lit searched fo r the gun, they did no t find it, Alderson would be o u t of his s ight for about five


- Greenwood, he pleaded " Not -■ Guiltv.” Mr. G N. Robinson, prosecut­ in g . said th a t a t 10-20 a.m. on


week. Represented by Mr. W. D.


1 Sundav. October 6. Mr. John William Hnrdbaltle. of Lower Hall. Downham. a gamekeeper employed by Lord Clitheroe. heard shots coming from the direction of Clay House Farm. He contacted tile estate clerk.


- shots. On arrival a t the farm he saw two men. each with a gun


' shoot a t a pheasant which they missed. There was also a yellow


. Labrador dog. RAN OFF


Mr. Robinson said th a t when


iiic two men saw the gamekeeper they ran off. Mr. Hardbattle chased a l te r Glover. He tempor-


arilv lost sight of the other man. He next saw the other man.


who he identified as Alderson with Mr. Grigor. He told Mr. Grigor to take his name and address. Aklerson appeared to Mr.


Mr. Alexander Grigor. before going off in the direction of th e


were damson trees in the vicinity in which lie first saw Alderson.


minutes, he said. Mr. Grigor agreed th a t there


FOUND CARTRIDGES P.C. Jo h n Sowden said he


joined in the search, and found six cartridges a t th e bottom of a hedge, near to where Alderson had been seen by Mr. Grigor. A hare was found, but no gun. The four men looked for the


gun for about three-quarters of an hour, and though they made a thorough search they did not


find it. P.C. Robert Thompson said he


saw Alderson a t Colne when he said lie had been looking for damsons and crab apples. Alderson said he had gone to


Downham th a t morning to col­ lect fruit, which he knew- grew wild there. He had been to th a t spot since he was a child to col­ lect damsons and wild apples He had been up one of the


damson trees when he saw two men being chased by two other men. A shot w a s fired in front of him, so he clmbed down the tree and went back to th e road, where he gave his name and address. In relation to Glover, Mr.


Grigor to Ire breathless and rather excited, alleged Mr. Robinson. When lie was accused of being one of the men, he replied. " No. Not me. I t was two other blokes." Later two police officers and


Robinson, said th a t th e game- keeper saw him carrying a hare an d a gun. When Glover had been climbing back over a hedge th e gun barrel h ad stuck in the mud, and the gun h ad fired, bur­


sting th e barrel.


Mr. Grigor an d Mr. Hardbattlc made a search of th e area, find- in s six cartridges an d a hare.


a re a where Glover h ad been running.


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Lorry driver cleared


A LTERNATIVE summonses ^ against Thomas Ashworth,


of Edisford Road. Clitheroe, for driving a- lorry without due cai c and a t t e n t i o n , or without reasonable consideration, were dismissed a t Clithcroe, yester­ day week. Inspector P. Jackson said the


proceedings arose out of an acci­ dent which occurred in Clitheroe Road, Chatburn, a t the junction with the private service road to Bold Venture Quarries. Inspector Jackson alleged th a t


the lorrv driven by the defendant came out of the junction into the p a th of a car which was being driven by Mrs. Doris Giles, of Mill Hey, Sawley Read, Chat-


burn.Passengers in the car were Mrs Giles’ sister-in-law, Mrs. Vera Giles, of Old Sawley Grange. Sawlcv. and h er mother- in-law, Mrs. Edith Giles, of New Sawley Grange. Sawley. Inspector Jackson alleged th a t


an independent witness who got a “bird’s eve view” of the acci­ dent was Mr. John Stephen Appleton, of Chatburn Park Drive. Clithcroc. who was travel­ ling behind Mrs. Giles. In evidence, Mr. Appleton


said th a t the car could have avoided h itting the lorry, but to do so would have had to mount the pavement. He said th a t when the acci­


dent occurred, the lorry had almost reached its own side of


the road. He first saw the car coming-


out of King Street. Clithcroe. He next saw i t when i t overtook him n e ar Clithcroe Hospital. He estimated its speed a t th a t time to be about GO m.p.h. He next saw the car almost a t


the same time as the accident. Mrs. Doris Giles, the driver of


the car said she was doing about 35 m.p.h. ju s t before entering the


speed limit a t Chatburn. She was slowing down all the time before the accident. She first saw the lorry s ta ­


SCHOOL HEATING PROBLEM


W H A T type of healing ' should be used at Gis­ burn County Primary School


Divisional Education Officer said mat. tile boiler in th e school would have to be renewed dur­ ing the next financial year. The probability was, however, th a t it would last the winter out,


estimates had been obtained for the various types of heating. The capital cost for electricity, he said, would probably cost in the region of £1.500: oil firing—£750 and solid fuel—£650. Estimated running costs were —electricity. £360; oil, £228; and


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STOLE GLASSES FROM WHALLEY HOTELS


AVTIAT happened when * four young men decided


to have * a niglu out in Whallcy was described at Clitheroe Magistrates’ Court, last Thursday afternoon. Andrew Ferguson Ewing <22i


of Bold Street. Blackburn, Gillies Cummings Bell (24>, of Oswald


tionary in the junction. She sounded h er horn. She could see th a t the driver was looking towards Chatburn. He did not tu rn to look in the direction of Clitheroe, bu t pulled out into the road, and into h er path. “I h ad n ’t time to go behind him or do anything but brake.”


she said. “TERRIBLE SPEED’’


P.C. Gordon Ormsliaw said lie


took a s tatemen t from Ashworth a t the scene of the accident. The s tatem en t read: “I looked both ways and allowed a c ar coming from Chatburn to pass. I pulled slowly ou t into the road to turn right. My back wheels were about on th e centre line, when 1 saw a car cc-mc round th e corner a t a terrible speed. I was in first gear, and couldn’t get ou t of the


way.’’ In evidence. Ashworth said


th a t when lie looked r ig h t the car was n o t there. He had reached th e centre of th e road when i t came round the corner


back offside wheel.


a t a terribly fa s t speed. T h e c a r h i t th e lo r r y near the


Street. Blackburn. Joseph Gcr- rard i24>. of Princess Street.


Great Harwood, and Kevin Shnnlcy Ufl*. of Daisy Street. Blackburn, were each fined a


total of £4. They all admitted stealing a


pint, glass, a half-pint glass and three fruit juice glasses from two Whallev hotels. For your own sake, avoid


th a t extra drop of drink th a t makes you steal glasses you could probably have bought for 5s.” advised Lady Worslcy- Taylor. chairman of the Bench. Inspector Peter Jackson said th a t the four men. who all


worked for a Blackburn firm of textile engineers, w e n t


t o


Whalley for a night out and visited several pubs, including the Whatley Arms and the Dog


Inn. A policeman was watching


them later in th e evening and saw one of them drop a p in t beer glass on the floor. I t broke in the roadway. They admitted to the officer


had come from


is a question which Bowland Di s t r i c t Education Sub­ committee considered further at their meeting at Clitheroe on Mo n d a y . Coun. R. Williamson presided. Mr P. W. Riley, tlic ass is tant


conspired to take salmon


FOUR men who pleaded guilty at the County Sessions at Preston, yesterday week, to conspiring to take salmon with


nets from die River Lune, were bound over for three years and ordered to pay £15 towards the cost of the prosecution. Thcv were three Clitheroe


men, Joseph States; .aged 50, of Beech Street: Thomas Tomlinson, aged 42, of Edis­ ford Road: Joseph Tomlin­ son. a red 43. of Lime Street; and George Ashurst, aged 26.


.said two River Board baliffs noticed a van a t Melling shortly before two a.m.. on Sunday. July 28. Thev called the police and a further’ watch was kept. They saw men come from th e direction, of the river along the railway embankment.


of Cromie Crescent. Burnley. Air. e s. Temple, prosecuting,


has a large pool known to hold many salmon.


The river, close to th e railway,


stopped bv the police. The accused were inside and trammel nets and a sack containing scales from six different salmon were found in the vehicle.


Tiie van drove ofT a n d was


stick which could have been used to peg the nets.


Also found was a sharpened


accused remarked th a t salmon belonged to God and another had said: "Why should anyone be allowed to pay £20.000 for Ashing rights?" But the position was that, not even the owners of fishing rights could use nets. He said that if the rivers were fished indiscriminately there w o u ld soon be no run of salmon and part of our natural heritage would be gone forever.


accu.'Od had a number of pre­ vious convictions for poaching fish or game


ing. said it was a case of men setting out on a fishing expedi­ tion. deciding not to fish and being later caught. The men’s boots were still dry. They had met by chance and i. wa.s the first time they had been


Mr. D. C. Waddington, defend­


out fishing together. He said conspiracy was a .serious


offence which could carry heavy penalties but he suggested th a t it would be quite wrong to impose a penalty greater than they would have received had they been caught actually lishin„ and charged with the substantive oflence. All four men were out of work


P.C. Charles Shaw said all the Mr. Temple said one of the


VILLAGERS CLASH ON HOUSING WITH


DISTRICT COUNCIL the October committee me e t i n g of Bowland


Ru r a l Council’s Housing Committee it was decided to


inform Gisburn P a r i s h Council that, owing to the difficulty of obtaining land, and the shortage of applicants on the Council’s waiting list at Gisburn, it was not intended to proceed further with housing development in the village. On Monday the chairman ol


the Housing Committee and the chairman of Gisburn Parish Council. Councillor B. Bentley, said th a t th e parish council had decided to pursue the matter. "We are going to meet one or


two of th e landowners with a view of obtaining land. The parish council are trying to over­ ride th is council on the m atter.” s tated Councillor Bentlev.


pointed out th a t the parish council was no t the housing authority.


The Clerk. Mr. L. D. Telford,


SCOUT FELL DOWN CLIFF ON TO ROCKS


"VATHILE taking p a n in a * » Scouting exercise a t Cross­


hills Quarry. Clitheroe, on Sun­ day afternoon, Keith Michael Jackson, a 12-ycar-old Clitheroe Royal Grammar School boy. who is a member of the Parish Church troop, fell about 20 feet down a cliff on to some rocks. He was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary complaining of


severe pains in his back, but was allowed to re tu rn to his home in Hawthorne Place a f te r treatment.


vision of a Rover Scout were, in turn, climbing down a rope, which was hung over a cliff about


when they committed the offence, he said. Saying th a t it was the first


25—30 feet high. Keith was partly down the rope


th a t they had taken four other glasses during the evening, but were n o t sure which pubs they


ca.sc of conspiracy of th a t type of ofience to come before those sessions, the chairman. Mr. P. Kershaw, wanted the accused “ and others who might read of


i t " than conspiracy was a very scriou^itvxrgc and could carry unlimited terms of imprisonment


or fines.


s en t for. The ambulance, how­ ever. had to be left on the road over a qu a rte r of a mile from the Incident, and Keith had to be carried over rough ground to the vehicle.


when his grip failed and he plunged through a thorn tree on to the rocks below. An ambulance was immediately


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