Harry Barker was found not guilty of maliciously wounding Samuel Lancaster whom he had stabbed in the temple with a knife, Barker had pleaded self defence. W J Hawkes, landlord of the Woolpack, described Lancaster when he was worse for drink as a "quarrelsome, ill conditioned man who would quarrel with his own shadow". Another witness described how Lancaster was standing on Barkers leg showing "how they did it in France" and giving him a "French kick", then later holding by the throat on the floor.Bury & Norwich Post, January 18th 1898** (when W J Hawkes was the landlord)