Mexborough and Swinton Times June 29, 1928
Pilfered Timber.
New School Building Raided at Conisboro’
Two Conisborough miners, Walter Evans, of 9, Barnsley Avenue, and Frederick Southern, of 6, Barnsley Avenue were charged at Doncaster on Saturday, with stealing timber from the site of a new school at Conisboro’.
Supt. Minty said the timber was traced to defendant’s houses, and 38 spars, valued at £6 7s. were found buried in Evans’s allotment. When cautioned Evans said: “If you are going to search I will make a clean breast of it.”
He said he had taken the wood to build a hen hut.
In Southern’s garden, continued the Superintendent. 10 spars, valued at £1 13s. 4d., were also found buried.
Evans was sent to prison for one month and Southern, who had a conviction for theft to two months.