Pitman Shot. To the editor of the Tyne Mercury.
1832réf. 14387Newcastle Eneas Mackenzie; 1832. 1832. Broadside approximately 27.5 x 20.5 cm. Very light toning a spot of soiling and a slight crease. In remarkably crisp condition. An anonymous letter regarding a now famous incident of police brutality against a North Shields pitman Cuthbert Skipsey "a quiet and inoffensive man. very much respected" Fynes who was shot and killed by a police officer after attempting to defuse an altercation between miners and the police during the 1832 Northumberland and Durham Miners Strike. This account by 'an eye witness' goes into great detail about the incident. The constable responsible George Weddell was arrested found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to six months hard labour. Skipsey had eight children and his last son Joseph who was only four months old at the time of his fathers death is better known as one of the pitmen poets and a leading light in labouring poetry of the nineteenth century. Dated in contemporary hand. Rare and seemingly unrecorded. Fynes The Miners of Northumberland and Durham pp. 32-33. Newcastle, Eneas Mackenzie; [1832]. unknown
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