Letter – 20 Jun 1793

BRETTON HALL, June 20, 1793



FISH STOLEN

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On Saturday Night or Sunday Morning last,

The SHUTTLE of a FISH-POND,

In the Grounds of

THOMAS RICHARD BEAUMONT, Esq;

Was Broken, and a great Quantity of TENCH

And TROUT taken thereout.



WHOEVER will give such Information of the

Offender or Offenders, as may lead to his or

Their legal Conviction, shall, receive a Reward of

TEN GUINEAS,



By applying to the STEWARD at BRETTON HALL,



Divers Trespasses having lately been committed,

And much Damage done in the WOODS, PLEASURE

GROUNDS, PRIVATE ROADS and DEMESNE LANDS,

At Bretton aforesaid; and the GAME destroyed by

Poachers and unqualified Persons within the several

Manors of Bretton, High Hoyland, Netherton, Flock-

Ton, Cawthorne, and Cumberworth,



Notice is hereby given,



That all Trespasses will in future be considered as

wilful, and punished accordingly as the Law directs.



Proper Persons are appointed to preserve the GAME,

And Rewards will be paid on the Conviction of Offenders.