Fracas at a Conisborough Inn.

June 1898

Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 06 June 1898

Fracas at a Conisborough Inn.

On Saturday, Doncaster West Riding Court, William Newton Wilson, Conisborough, was charged with being disorderly and refusing to quit the Fox Inn, at Conisborough, and also with damaging a glass door May 29, whilst John Crossland, landlord of the Fox Inn, was charged with assaulting Wilson.

It seemed that Wilson was in the taproom talking to a man, when Crossland heard him say something about gambling. He went into the room, and told that he would not allow gamblng in his house, and if he could not do without gambling he had better go away.

Wilson got up and left the room, and when he was the passage Crossland said he never came into his house without wanting to gamble, and he hoped he would never go to the place again.

Wilson said if that was to be his last lime he would stop as long as he liked. A squabble took place, and the landlord ejected him, but after a time defendant went in again and said he had come for some beer.

The landlord refused to serve him, and put him out. Defendant then took a stone out of his pocket, and broke the window of the passage door, which had cost £3 to repair.

Defendant was fined 30s. for refusing to quit, and 20s. for wilful damage, together with £3 15s. damages, the cross-summons being dismissed.