South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944
A Night Out
Wombwell and Darfield Men in Trouble
Charged with stealing a quantity of apples worth 1s 3d., belonging to Raymond Oliver at Ardley, Thomas Hutchinson Eyre (21), haulage hand, Edward Street, Wombwell, Stanley Beeley, trammer, West Street, Wombwell, and Abel Marsh (22), haulage hand, South Street, Darfield, appeared at Barnsley Borough Court yesterday.
P.W.R. Rowbottom said at 6.15 am on August 15th he saw the men ahead of him in Doncaster Road, Ardsley. They started to run and he caught them. Beeley said “We have been getting one or two apples.” He recovered nine applies. Defendant told the court they had been out all night and were hungry.
The Chairman said this class of offence was too common. Eyre had a bad record and had been advised to pull himself together.
Eyre was fined £5 and Beeley and Marsh £2 each. For having failed to produce their identity cards within two days, Beeley and Marsh were fined £3 each.