KETTERING
PETTY SESSIONS,
MAY 27.--Before
the Revds. J. Hogg and G. E. Hanmer.
Thomas Chapman, of Rowell, was charged with being drunk and
disorderly, and with assaulting the police-constable in the execution of
his duty. Jeffs,
the police constable, stated that on Saturday night last he was sent for
by Mrs. Tailby,
of the Swan Inn, Desborough, to quiet some persons who were fighting in
her house. He went to the house, and when he arrived the fighting had
ceased, but he saw the defendant sitting besmeared with blood. The
landlady ordered him (deponent) to put him out of her house. Complainant
went to the defendant and told him he must accompany him, and this he
was unwilling to do; complainant then attempted to force him, but he
turned and knocked him down, and further acted very violently. Chapman
expressed sorrow for what he had done, and the complainant spoke in
favour of his general conduct, stating that he had often met with him
and had never seen him quarrelsome before. He was convicted and ordered
him to pay 20s., penalty and costs included.
Northampton Mercury,
Saturday 01 June 1844