| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3587
Appeal against conscription of: Joseph Smurthwaite
Age: 36
Address: 1 Westgate, Guisborough
Occupation: Master saddler
Local tribunal: Guisborough Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship
Appellant: W W Stainthorpe and William C Trevor, Military Representatives
Summary of case: He provides essential equipment for working horses/ponies in both the mines and local agriculture. The local tribunal granted conditional exemption on the grounds of indispensability without setting a time limit. The military representatives argued that the local tribunal had reversed its own decision, which the local tribunal denied pointing out that they had taken into account fresh evidence including the government's requirement of increasing mine production.
Supporting evidence: Yes
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 18 May 1917. Allowed (in that the local tribunal's decision to allow exemption without time limit was varied): conditional exemption to 1 October with leave to apply for a further exemption. |