Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 07 May 1904
Colliery Prosecutions From Denaby & Cadeby
John Brannan, driver, of Denaby, was summoned for committing a breach of special rule 66 by proceeding up an incline without having a drag attached to the corves. He was fined 20s., including costs.
Wm. Calladine, driver, Denaby, was ordered to pay 5s. and costs for a similar offence.
John Robert Cook, pit corporal, Mexboro’, was summoned for cruelly ill-treating a pony at Denaby Colliery, on 18th April. Mr. Gichard prosecuted. It appears that on the date in question the defendant was driving a pony along one of the roads, and was seen by a man to be in possession of a piece of wood with a nail sticking out at the end. He was seen to strike the pony several times and also to kick it. The pony was afterwards found by one of the horse keepers to be badly bruised on the body and legs. In consequence of the ill-treatment the pony was off work for a week.
Thomas Harris, a dataller, said that a pony was only allowed to draw six full tubs, but defendant was trying to make it draw 13, or more than double the legitimate number. The pony did not get on very well, and defendant ill-used it with the stick.
Geo. Warren, dataller, James Woodward, and Jack Guest, horse keepers, gave evidence.
The defendant, who had nothing to say, was fined 40s., including costs.
Thomas Wilson, another driver, had 1s. and costs, 16s. 6d. to pay for a similar offence; whilst Daniel Cain had 5s. and 11s. 6d. costs to pay for another infringement of the bye-laws.
Herbert Stott, another driver, of Denaby, was summoned for a breach of special rule 83. Defendant pleaded guilty.
Joseph Sagar, hanger-on at the No. 2 pit, at Cadeby, gave evidence to the effect that the defendant entered the cage by the wrong way. He went along the road that was stopped.
Defendant was fined 5s. and costs, 13s. 6d.
Robert Davidson, trammer, Denaby, was summoned for a breach of special rule 91, in the Cadeby Colliery. On the date in question the defendant had been deputed to do some special work in consequence of there having been a bad fall of roof. He was assisting to take the fallen dirt away in corves, but instead of being behind the corves he was in front, and going down an incline they overpowered him, knocked him down, and seriously injured him. Owing to the injuries he had received he had been off work a week.
Defendant, who pleaded guilty, was ordered to pay the costs, 16s. 6d.
Wm. Burke, a dataller, of Mexboro’, was summoned for taking matches into the Denaby Main mine, and was fined 20s., including costs; and Charles Goodwin, a Denaby Main miner, was ordered to pay 11s. costs.
Edward Ball, a Mexboro’ miner, was summoned for a breach of rule 101 by neglecting to sprag every six feet. He was fined 20s.