Denaby Man Accused of Wounding His Son – All Three Bound Over

November 1956

South Yorkshire Times November 17, 1956

Please note the names have been changed

All Three Bound Over

A 68-year-old retired Denaby miner, who admitted stabbing his eldest son with a butcher’s knife, and his two sons were each bound over two years at Doncaster West Riding Court on Tuesday.

Robert Smith, the retired miner, of Braithwell Street, Denaby, had pleaded guilty to wounding his son, Edward, with intent to injure. The sons were Edward Smith, aged 46, and Walter Smith, aged 40, both of Braithwell Street, Denaby.

Chief Inspector B. E. Vaughan, said the son, Edward, was as much to blame as his father. He said Walter came home drunk and an argument started between him and his father. Edward, who was in bed, got up and joined them in the argument and the inspector alleged he said to his father, “You’re not the gaffer here where is the chopper?

He said Robert then fetched the butcher’s knife from the front room and stabbed Edward in the arm, causing a cut an inch and ½ long. Edwards then went to the police station.

The inspector said Robert Smith made a statement in which he alleged that his son, Walter, came home “kettled” and an argument started. His statement added, “My two sons had been a nuisance to me for years.”