Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 28 September 1912

After the Races

Goldthorpe Miner’s Rough and Tumble.”

Case Dismissed.

The result of a quarrel when coming home from the races was that Joseph Hill, a collier of 13, Beevor street, Goldthorpe, summoned Harold Tabner, another Goldthorpe collier, for assaulting him on September 11th, at Marr.

Mr. Baddiley prosecuted, and Mr. F. Allan appeared for the defendant.

In outlining the case. Mr. Baddiley said that the assault arose through a bit of horse-play with the defendant. Annoyed by this, he committed a very bad assault on the complainant, knocking him out of the wagonette they were riding in. The fall stunned the complainant.

The complainant said that he was coming from Doncaster at about 8 o’clock on the date mentioned. Tabner was with them, and had had some drink. He started quarrelling and hit him on the face. He afterwards knocked him out of the wagonette and stunned him. He denied annoying the defendant, or assaulting him.

Alfred Ghent, of 48, Barnsley Road, Goldthorpe, was in the wagonette on the date in question. When against Marr, a “bit of fun” started, and the defendant knocked the complainant out of the wagonette.

Joseph Andrews, 2 Beale street,  Goldthorpe was also in the wagonette. They had all had some drink. Tabner and Hall were annoying each other, and eventually Tabun’ knocked the complainant out.

Mr. Allen asked for the ease to be dismissed. That court was not to settle drunken collier grievances. There was no assault contemplated. He admitted that he had had some beer, but the others had also. Hall caught hold of his collar and hit him on the nose, making it bleed. He admitted striking him on the mouth, but he did not throw him out. It was through him that he fell out of the wagonette.

The Chairman said that it was a rough and tumble, and one man got the worst of it. The case would be dismissed.