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Desperate Poaching Affray (1903)
 

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Two poachers are collecting their catch from a net. They disappear hastily, and are pursued by a group of gamekeepers who find the hidden net. Two policemen follow in the same direction. However, the poachers have been hiding in the bushes. They emerge and escape in the opposite direction. They are spotted by their pursuers, who give chase. The poachers turn and fire. The gamekeepers turn up, and there is a scuffle. The poachers break away, turn and fire their guns. One of the gamekeepers falls to the ground. The gamekeepers return the fire. A policeman catches up with one of the poachers and they struggle in the middle of a stream. The poachers escape across the stream but are met on the other side and apprehended by the policemen and gamekeepers.