South Yorkshire Times, Friday, 15 June 1934

Game Offences

Mexbro’ and Denaby Men Fined

Poaching charges were heard against three men at Doncaster on Saturday.

Two Mexborough miners, John Calladine and Benjamin Gill, were stated to have come from land where they had been in search of game on April 8th. Both denied the offence.

P.C. Snaith-Hall said he was in plain clothes on a footpath between Mexborough and Barnburgh Grange Farm, and saw the men from the farm land. By their appearance he suspected they had been searching for game and he stopped them. On Calladine he found a gun and two cartridges. Calladine said he had permission to go on the land.

Calladine now repeated that he had been told he could go on the land to shoot as and when.

The farmer, Ernest Jasper Smith, said he had not given him permission.

Told that he would be fined £2, and that the gun would be confiscated, Calladine said, “I am very glad you have confiscated it. I am glad to be shut of it.”

The case against Gill was dismissed.

For Denaby offence Richard Glenmore, miner, Denaby, was fined £1. P.C. Archibald and W. Glenn came from Denaby and saw Glenn in jacket over his arm. He asked Glenmore what he had in his coat, and the reply was, “I picked this up. It has been dead for some time.” He produced a recently killed hare. There were four snares in his pocket. When told he would be reported he replied: “You can take it if it is any good to you. I don’t do this kind of trick.”

Glenmore said he went to fetch some dead wood, and found the hare lying dead in a wood.

John Christmas, miner, Denaby, also gave evidence.