Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 28 July 1893
A Row at New Conisborough
John Strafforth, miner, New Conisborough, John Strafforth, jun., his son, and Wm. Machin, miner, of the same place, were summoned for having been drunk and disorderly on July 10th.
P.C. Truman said at four p.m. on the Sunday in question he was called to Edlington Street, New Conisborough, and found a row, in which the three defendants were engaged, in progress. Strafforth, jun., and Machin had their clothes off fighting, and there were at least 500 people forming an admiring crowd. The elder Strafforth was particularly noticeable for the bad language he made use of.
The whole of the affair was a disgrace to the neighbourhood. He got the Strafforths into their house, and took Machin home.
Cross-examined: The pots, table, chairs, &c., in Strafforth’s house were very much damaged.
P.C. Jarvis corroborated, as also did Jas. Ambler.
The elder Strafforth said he had found the other two fighting in the house and smashing all the things, and all he had done was to turn them out.
Fined 2s., including costs, each.