Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 15 February 1913
Cruelty To Ponies
Prosecutions by the Denaby Main Colliery Co.
John Green, pony driver, Denaby Main, was summoned by the Denaby Main Colliery Co. for having injured a pony on Jan. 21st.
He pleaded guilty, and Mr. Allen, who prosecuted, said that special rules clearly laid it down that when the pony ran into the tubs they should hitch it on a drag out.
In this case the defendant went up an incline with 15 cwt. tubs, and he was asked why he had not done so. He explained that it had slipped out, and the manager of the pit was asked to look into the matter.
The defendant was fined 5s. and costs.
He was further charged with cruelty to a horse on Jan. 29th, in that he kicked and ill-used it.
The officer said the pony was standing with its head in the tub, and was struggling, and the defendant was suspected of doing it.
On being questioned he admitted kicking the animal on the jaw, but not on the leg. He was fined and costs.
Sidney Kettell, who did not appear, a pony driver of Mexboro’, was summoned for cruelty to a pit pony at the Denaby pit on Jan. 21st.
It was alleged that the animal was struck and improperly used. The defendant did not attend, and the case was proved in his absence.
The officer said he saw the defendant strike the animal, and as a result the pony’s stomach was badly swollen.
The defendant was fined 10s. inclusive.
Alfred Ellis and Harry Turner, pony drivers, of Conisboro’, were summoned by the Denaby Main Colliery Company for damage to a window at Denaby on Jan. 20th.
It was stated that the defendants were playing football in the street and put the ball through the window of a house owned by the Colliery Company.
The defendants admitted the complaint, and were ordered to pay the damage, and were each fined 2s. and costs.