Attack on the Police at Conisbro’.

On Saturday, at Doncaster, a Denaby collier, named Martin Kennedy, for resisting the police whilst in the execution of their duty, at Conisbro’, on Sunday, the 16th instant, was fined 28s. 6d., including costs.

Superintendent Sykes stated that on the day named the police were on duty on the road leading from Conisbro’ to Denaby in consequence of complaints about men playing at pitch and toss there. The officers came across 60 or 70 men gambling on the highway. After watching the party for some moments, the police made a rush and seized four of the men. Seeing this, the defendant and others interfered with the police, and several stones were thrown. The result of the resistance was that two prisoners escaped.

Mr. G. B. C. Yarborough (chairman), in imposing the fine stated above, remarked that the defendant was liable to a fine of £20, or six months’ imprisonment. If anything of this kind again occurred the offender would be sent to gaol without the option of paying a fine; and the Bench were determined to suppress the gambling, which had become such a nuisance.