THREAT TO SHOOT
On charges of being in possession of n revolver in a colliery yard and not having a license for the revolver, Richard Ford, 26, appeared at Durham Police Court. Tt was stated that he went to Shcrburn House Colliery, where safety men were employed, and, producing the revolver, threatened to shoot any blacklegs working there. He was drunk. The bench concluded that he was not entirely responsible for his actions and hound biin over. TTe was fined £2 for not having a license. Henrv Sutton was fined £5 at Leigh, Lancashire, for intimidating a Tyldesley miner returning from his work.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12602, 12 November 1926, Page 12
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103THREAT TO SHOOT New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12602, 12 November 1926, Page 12
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