Another Assault at Conisboro’

Richard Kelsey, a miner of Mexboro’, was summoned by Benjamin Laebetter for assaulting him at Conisboro’ on July 18th.

Defendant did not appear.

Mr. W. M. Gichard prosecuted, and explained that the complainant was a dataller employed at the Denaby Colliery.

On the date named, about nine o’clock, he was in the Revere Arms, and was in the act of lighting a cigar, when the defendant said to him, “You had better give me that.”

He refused, and defendant struck the complainant, knocking him over, and afterwards he was ejected from the house on account of his conduct.

About three-quarters of an hour afterwards the complainant was on his way home towards Mexboro’, and when he got near the canal bridge he met the defendant, who again violently assaulted him.

He knocked him down twice, kicked him on the legs, and hit him on the head and face.

The company instructed Mr. Gichard to say that they were compelled to press the case to the utmost, as on more than one occasion the defendant used threats towards the complainant.

Complainant was sworn, and bore out Mr. Gichard’s statement.

He had never done anything to provoke the defendant.

He had known him some little time, had worked during the strike, and that practically accounted for the defendant’s animosity towards him.

The Bench considered that a most unwarrantable assault had been committed, and defendant would have to pay 40s. and £1 8s. 6d. costs, or one month.