Cruelty to Ponies at Denaby Main

George Duffield, pony driver, was summoned for having cruelly ill-treated a pony in the Denaby Main Collieries.

On the 12th March a horse-keeper saw the defendant in the east plane of the mine. Defendant had charge of a pony named Wallace, and he struck the animal four or five times on the ribs with an iron locker. The effect of the blows was to cause three large swellings, from three to four inches in length. When spoken to, defendant said “he had not got a whip.”

Fined 20s. and costs.

Lewis Calladine, pony driver, was summoned for a similar offence on the 8th March.

The defendant had charge of a pony named Pepper, and because the animal stumbled when pulling a couple of corves he kicked it on the fore-legs and under the belly. On the near side legs there were two places where the hair had been torn off and the skin sloughed. There was also a lump on the animal’s body.

A fine of 20s. and costs was inflicted. Mr. Hickmott prosecuted.