# Scrobby — The American Senator character guide

> Scrobby in The American Senator by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Scrobby

**First appearance:** 0068-lxix-scrobby-s-trial

## Who they are

A farmer accused of poisoning game, central to a trial.

## In the story

### [XIV: The Dillsborough Feud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xiv-the-dillsborough-feud)

A retired grocer and former tenant of Lord Rufford, suspected of funding Goarly's case out of revenge.

### [Scrobby's Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxix-scrobby-s-trial)

The defendant, a former tradesman turned tenant farmer, accused of supplying poisoned herrings to Goarly to harm foxes and hounds. Convicted and sentenced to twelve months' hard labor.

### [The Senator's Lecture.—No. II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxxviii-the-senator-s-lecture-no-ii)

Mentioned alongside Goarly in the Senator's story about the hunting affair.

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