Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 01 November 1929

Fences Damaged

“This is becoming a nuisance, and fences are being badly damaged,” remarked Mr. C. R. Marshall, when three Goldthorpe youths were summoned for doing damage to a fence at Goldthorpe on land owned by Lord Halifax. The damage was estimated at 1s.

Mr Marshall, who prosecuted, said that the defendants, Fred Starkey, aged 17, Stanley Gardener. aged 15, and Herbert Hague, aged 16, were seen roaming on the land, and a fence was found broken.

There had been a tremendous lot of damage done lately.

Hague, who was the only defendant to appear, admitted being on the land, but declared that he did not break down the fence work. He was fined 10s. and the other defendants 20s.