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he was taken to the hospital, where it was discovered that he had 

 sustained a broken collar bone and other injuries to his chest. 

 It appeared that he had been with a load of hay, and in returning 

 had lost his way in the darkness and driven his horses some 600 

 yards out of the beaten track over the waste mounds, until both 

 driver and team were abruptly precipitated into the shaft from 

 which they were rescued. Had the horses by any means avoided 

 the pit and travelled 10 yards further in the same direction they 

 must have walked into an old " swag " containing a depth of 

 about 10 feet of water. The horses seemed little the worse for 

 the accident. 



ACCIDENTS THEOUGH DEUNKENNESS. 



~ B was fined 20^. and costs for being drunk whilst 



in charge of a horse and cart at Wolverhampton. 



-, a groom, was charged with being drunk whilst in 



charge of a horse and trap. Prisoner was driving when he 

 overtook and ran into a tricycle on which a young man was 

 riding ; the machine was upset, and damage done to the extent of 

 355. The man was fined 20^. and costs, with the alternative of 

 one month's imprisonment, for being drunk. 



B S , of Dudley Port, was charged with being drunk 



whilst in charge of a horse and cart. He was seen by an officer 

 driving furiously. The shaft of his cart ran into the brisket of a 

 horse attached to a Midland Eailway Company's dray, inflicting 

 so serious a wound as to cause its death. He was fined 205. and 

 costs. 



D L , a cab and car driver, was summoned for being 



drunk whilst in charge of a horse and cab. The prisoner was 

 obstructing the road. When ordered to move on he refused, and 

 he was drunk. The prisoner, a very violent man, was sent to 

 saol for a month. 



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J E was charged with being drunk whilst in charge 



of a horse and trap. The man was found quite incapable of 

 taking care of the vehicle and horse. Defendant, who said he 

 was sorry for what he had done, received a caution, and was 

 discharged. 



FUEIOUS DEIVING. 



E M , a fruiterer, of Birmingham, was charged with 



causing the death of a man named Wood. The deceased was 

 crossing Corporation Street when a horse and cart driven by the 



