Drunks

Conisborough appears to furnish the Police Court at Doncaster with two thirds of the drunks which are brought up for trial. Out of seven case on Saturday, six were from Conisborough.

John Evans was fine 20 shillings including costs, for being drunk and disorderly at Conisborough on the seventh inst.

George Hatton was fined a similar amount for a similar offence in the same neighbourhood, and on the same date.

Joseph Guest was 515 shillings including costs, for being drunk at new Conisborough on the seventh inst.

James Myers was mulcted in 20 shillings, including costs, for drunkenness at Conisborough on the seventh inst.

Thomas Williams was fined 15 shillings including costs for being drunk etc at Conisborough on the eighth.

Samuel Jackson was charged with being drunk, and refusing to quit the “Three Horse Shoes” public house, at Conisborough on the seventh inst.

The landlord stated that on the seventh the defendant came into his house in the evening, but went out again after having a glass of beer. He came back shortly afterwards, however, with a policeman, and said someone at stories beer, and used very bad language.

The landlord asked him to go home with a policeman, and he went out with the officer, but return again shortly afterwards very drunk. The landlord once more told him to go out, and he refused, and the landlord had to show him the door three or four times before he would go.

PC Ritchie stated that he met the defendant in the street, and he said he had lost some meat, and he was under the impression he had left it at the “Three Horse Shoes.” PC Ritchie consented to go back to the house with him, and when he arrived there they told him that he had taken his meat away with him. Defendant was very drunk indeed.

Strange to say the Bench dismissed the case.