May 30th, 1840 Roundhay, a pleasant village, about two miles from Leeds.

[biofichompinc]

Jogon wrote: ......... is a pleasant village, about two miles from Leeds, and occupied almost exclusively by gentlemen of large property.........     You can bet that none of these lads called it Roundy - recent thread refers.

[Caron]

Jogon wrote: The Drogheda Conservative Journal ..by permission of The British Library: 30 May 1840Fatal Mistake.--A Gamekeeper Shot.On Sunday night a most melancholy occurrence happened at Roundhay, near Leeds, by which the life of a fellow creature was sacrificed. Roundhay is a pleasant village, about two miles from Leeds, and occupied almost exclusively by gentlemen of large property, who, within the last few years, have built many splendid mansions there, and during the last fortnight many of these mansions have been beset with burglars who in one or two instances have succeeded in their objects, thereby creating much fear and alarm to others, who have been kept constantly on the watch. Amongst other residents is William Nicholson Nicholson, Esq., a gentleman of large wealth, and a magistrate of the West Riding of York; whose gamekeeper, it appears, had been indulging in too much liquor, and, instead of going about in his masters [sic] grounds, had set himself down upon the steps in front of his master's house, falling asleep, and it is supposed had accidentally jolted his head against the panel of the door. This jolting or knocking attracted the attention of the family, and Mr. Nicholson and his butler, first arming themselves with guns, came out to ascertain the cause. On going round to the front door, they observed a man, to whom Mr. Nicholson called out, and, receiving no answer, he discharged a double barrelled gun at him, the contents of one of the barrels entering his body. This man, who was taken for a robber, turned out to be Mr. Nicholson's own gamekeeper, who, on receiving his master's shot, raised his gun to attack the assailing party, supposing them to be either robbers or poachers, and was just about to fire when he recognised the butler, and of course desisted.The poor fellow was afterwards conveyed into the house, and medical assistance procured, but all the remedies applied proved unavailing, as he died about three o'clock on Tuesday morning, leaving a wife and four small children to lament their irreparable loss. Mr. Nicholson was horror struck on finding out his mistake, and has since been in a state of mind bordering on distraction.      I really hope the poor family received excellent compensation.