The historian mentions, in his "History of Durham," having read a report of the trial of one Spearman, for having made a forcible entry into a field at Birtley, and mowed and carried away the crop, a piper playing on the top of the loaded waggon for the purpose of making the predatory harvesters work the faster, so as to get away before their roguish industry could be interrupted.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
The wild hog, la'-man or fang'-o, when hunted with dogs is a surly fighter and prefers to take its chances at bay; consequently it is more often killed then by the Spearman than in the runway.
"The Bontoc Igorot"
Albert Ernest Jenks
As he was preparing to throw another spear, one of our men, whom he had not noticed, owing to an abrupt bend in the narrow track, which brought him close to the Spearman, sprang forward and buried his stone club in the man's head, who sank down without a groan.
"Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines"
H. Wilfrid Walker