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Bigamy at Wath

May 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 May 1890 Bigamy at Wath At the Leeds Assizes on Monday, John Markland, joiner, pleaded guilty to committing bigamy...

Drunks at Denaby & West Melton

July 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 July 1890 Drunk at Denaby. Joseph Swain and Patrick McDonald, miners, of Denaby, were summoned for being drunk at...

Drunks at Wath & Wets Melton

July 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 04 July 1890 Drunk at Kilnhurst John Bloor, miner, of Kilnhurst, was summoned for being drank on the highway at...

Drunks, Gambling & Muzzling

July 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 July 1890 Drunk at Swinton Edward Tracey of Mexborough was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Swinton on...

Ripping a Woman’s Arm Open at West Melton.

July 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 July 1890 Ripping a Woman's Arm Open at West Melton. William Lee, miner, living in Winterwell road, West...

The Fog in the Don Valley – Sad Drowning Fatalities

November 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 21 November 1890 A Chapter of Accidents The Fog in the Don Valley Sad Drowning Fatalities November has been true to its...

Game Trespass at Wath

November 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 21 November 1890 Game Trespass at Wath Alfred Lindley. Frederick  Lindley, and William Shaw, of Swinton, were each summoned...

Serious Assault on Witness – Prisoner Sent to Gaol

November 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 21 November 1890 Serious Assault on Witness at Newhill Prisoner Sent to Gaol A miner named Arthur Carr, of Newhill, was...

Mexborough Montagu Cottage Hospital

February 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 20 February 18 Mexborough Montagu Cottage Hospital The Harlington and Barnburgh committee have decided to give a concert in the...

Disgraceful Proceedings at West Melton.

February 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 13 February 1891 Disgraceful Proceedings at West Melton. Lavinia Rafferty, single woman, of West Melton, and Mary Lawton, wife of...