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gtfuijwt i'olicc gitteUigeure. COUNTY POLICE—SATURDAY. [Magistrates: Capt. PHILLIPS, R.N., T. ICORDES, Eiq,, and L. A. HOMFRAY, E-q ] BASSALLFG.—William Chadwick, a signal-man, in the employ of the Monmouthshire Railway Company, was summoned for being drunk whilst ou duty at B issalleg, M the 4th intant.-Defendant I admit I had a little more than iSfrght tohave had.-William Kelly, station- master at Bassalleg, proved the case, and said it had been neeessary for him to keep his eye on the signals during the day, in consequence of the insobriety of the defen- dant. The Bench said the charge was a most serious one, and they sentenced the defendant to 21 days' impri- sonment. RISCA.. Daniel Phillips, landlord of the Forge Ham- mer, Rises, was summoned for having his licensed house open for the sale of beer, &c., before one o'clock on Sun day, the 6th iostant.-P.C. O'Donnell said On Sunday last, a little before half-past 12 o'clock, he went to the Forge Hammer Inn, kept by the defendant, and found some men there, with a quart jug, containing beer, be- flgre them. He spoke to the defendant about the time, and he said be did not know his clock was to) fast. The clock was too fast, and as for the house, it was very well conducted.—Inspector Sheppard said he had known the house for the past six years, and there had not been any eomplaints before.-The Chairman told the defendant that as this was the first time he had been before the Bench, he wouli have to pay 5s. and the costs. BISHTON,—James Paske, a boy, about 12 years of age, was charged with stealing some brass mountings, from harness belonging to his master, Joseph Rodway, farmer, Bishton.—Inspector Sheppard said in this case he be. lieved the boy did it more out of mischief than with the intention of stealing.—Phe prosecutor said the prisoner had been in his employ up to the 1st of May, on which day he left. After he was gone, he went into the stable, and then he missed some of the mountings from the har- ness. He could not say when the mountings were re- moved, but that was the first diy he misled them, and he gave information to the polioe.-P.C. Herbert said he received information of the loss of the brasses', and h j apprehended the prisoner, and charged him with the offence. When between L'anmartin and Bishton, pri- soner went to a b. le in the wood, and took out four of the mountings, and he said he took them off the harness because Mr. Rod way put him in a bad way in ihe morn- ing, because he would not pay him his wag*s.—Prisoner said he was very sorry for what he had done, and he hoped they would forgive him. It was the first time he had done anything wrung, and it should be the Ja,t. In reply to the Bench, Mr. Rodway said he did not wish to press the charge against the prisoner, who sometimes was a very good boy, and at others rather stubborn.- Inspector Sheppard said the boy had been in custody for a week.—He was sentenced to one day's imprisou- ment. CHMSTCHPRCH.—WiUiam Waters, labourer, Caerleon, was summoned for assaulting Elizibeth Evans, Sr. Julian's Inn, in the parish of Christ: hurcb, on the 2nd inatant.-Defendant did not appear.-Service of the summons was proved by P.C. Mark Webb.—Complainant laid Waters came into her house on Saturday night las', and she asked him if he had any money for her. He called her very bad names, and struck her.—The defen- dant was a'so eumnjoned for assaulting William Evans, husband of the last complainant, but as service of the summons could not be proved, the both cases were ad- journed for a week. ST. WOOLLos.-Dennis Desmond, labourer, Roger- Stone, was charged with indecently assaulting Mary Jones, a muriel woman, in the parish of St. Woollos, on the 2nd instant.—Defendant: I should like to settle the case out of court, i' you will allow it.—Inspector Sheppard (to the Bench): This is a case of indecent I assault, and I suppose you will not allow it to be settled out of court ?—The Chairman Oh, no no such a thing. -Complainant said on Siturday night last she was re- turning home with her husband, aud when near the cemetery the defendant overtook them. Her husband wished him good ni;;h;, a- d then be came round the cart and put his hand under her clothes. She saw the defen- dant was the Worse for drink, and when her husband aaked her what was the matter, she eaid Nothing." The defendant made use of very filthy language, and he put his hand under her clothes twice after that. He had aince been and said he was very sorry for what be hid done, and she did not wish to injure him,—Prisoner handed in a letter, which gave him a most excellent cha- racter.-He said Le was very drunk at the time, or he should not have done what he did.—The Chairman ad- vised him to give up drink, and,told him lie ought to be very thankful to complainant for not p essing the charge. He would hllve to pay a fine of 10< and 9costs. ISBWPORT.—GeurDilij;t, « professional pedes'rian, and whose wite was committed for trial by the borough magistrates on the previous day, for stealing a purse con- taining two cheques and -Ell Os. 6d the property of J. B. Milton, of Bath, was charged with having in his possession e number of skeu-ton keys and several house- breaking tools.— Mary Ann Box said she lived in B!ewiu- street, Baneswell, Newport, and let lodgings. On the 30th of April she let a furnished room to the prisoner and his wife. The morning before they took the room she dusted and cleaned it. On Thursday last Detec ire Curtis came to her house and found in an oii-case a lot of implements, in the room prisoner and his wife occupied. She was quite sure the oil-case was not outside the window when she cleared the room out. The prisoner and his wife were taken into custody, and shortly after a man she did not know came for the parcel that was left, but she refused to allow him to go into the room occupied by the prisoner and his wife.—Prisoner: Did you ever see these things in my possession? — Witness: No, I never did.—Prisoner How do you know they are mine ? — Witness: I am fully satisfied they are yours.— Prisoner: Howa.e you satisfied they are mine ?—Wit- ness Because they were not in the room when you came into it-—Prisoner: Will you swear they were not ?- Witness: Yes ] can.—P:iscner: You have other lodgers in the house? — Witness: Yes, two more—Prisoner: Might not one of them have put the oil-case there? Was I my door locked ?-Witness: Ycu had a key to your door.-Prisoner; I had no key.—- Witness. You bad; and the other lodgers never went into your room.- Prisoner: Do you know the man who came for the par- eel?—Witness: No I do not.—Prisoner: Did he say I sent him?—Witness: Ha said he wanted the pircel that was left on the table. Prisoner: Do you kuow the m, n 'Vitness No, I do not know who lie was, but he was drinking with you on Sunday.— Sargeant Curtis eaid: On Thursday be apprehended the prisoner's wife cm a charge of robbery, and after he had taken her to the station he went back and searched the room they occupied at the house of the last -witness. In the window he found a small parcel, and on opening it he found it contained thirteen skeleton key, a II jimmy," file, and knife, all articles used by professional hural.irs. He also found a pair of gutta percha shoes. Prisoner was not at home at the time, and be told P.C. Ware if he saw him to apprehend him. He (witness) went down the Cardiff-road, thir.ku.g he might have gone that way, and when be came back he found he was in custody.— Prisoner: My wif^ owned the shoes yesterday, did she not ?—Witness Yes, she sdd they were hers. —Piisoner: Dcn't you know there are thousands of such shoes worn ? -The Clerk But there are the keys and the jimmy, they are ra her suspicious.—PmoriL-r You tske it in a urong light, and try to make a black case look blacker. —P.C. W are Si.id he apprehended the prisoner in Com- rnercia'-strtPt, and took him to the station and searched him. He found some pmce and a hawker's license on him. — Prisoner aaid he knew nothing about the keys and jimmy," and all in Newport knew that he got his living bv running and walking.—Sergeant Cuitis: Since you have been in Newport you have been in the habit of associating with prostitutes and thieves,—The Cnairman toid the prisoner that he would be committed to gaol for tWJ months as a rogue and vagabond.—Prisoner Thank yen. BASSALLEG.—Job Fietohur, farm servant, was charged with stealing a purse containing £ i, from the person of William Price, another farm servant, at the Three Salmons Inn, Pye Corner.-Proseeutor and prisoner left their service on the 1-t of May, and went to the Three Salmons Inn, in the parish of ll^sclleg, where they had a quantity of drink. Pio.-ecu'.or went to sleep, and whUe in a state of blissful ignorance, prisoner eased him of his purse and its contents.—Prisoner, who denied the charge, was committed for trial. BOROUGH POLICE. —MONDAY. [Magistrates T. M. LLEWELLIN, Esq., Mayor; and W. EYAN;, R,q.] Samuel Simpson, haulier, was charged with stealing a sack of feed, the property of his master, Joseph Cattey.— Sergeant Curtis said. on Friday evening h" saw the pri sonar go down with two waggons of feed by the Old Green, and he went down Carpenter's-ane. At the bottom of Merchant-st. he saw him take off a sack and take it to a house adjoining the Cornish Mount. He followed him and found him at the back of the Cjinish Mount with the sack on the ground. He asked him what he had in the sack, and he said, I had some yes- terday of the landlord, aad I have brought him this in return." The landlord was there, and he said, He had some hay yesterday." He opened the sack and took possession of it. Took the prisoner into custody.— Joseph Ciitey said he was agent for Messrs. Pickford and Co, Ihe prisoner was haulier in their employ at 188 per week. On Friday he was engaged in hauling borsa- feed from the Bristol steamer to their s'ables. He had Be business whatever to leave the sack spoken of by Ser- geant Curtis. Hd could not sav whether he borrowed any hay or not at the Cornish Mount. They did not give their horses long hay, but what was called chopped."—James Hughes, who said he was keeper of the Cornish Mount, was sworn and examined as follows: -Mr. Evans: Do you keep horses ?-Witness: I keep a littie pony,—Mr. Evans: Is it at home ?—Witness No, I have it out to keep now.—The Mayor: Who brought the tack to the Cornish Mount ?-Wine": The prisoner, —The Mayor: What for'—Witness: Ha was out late I the other night and he came to me and asked me if I could lend him anything for his horse. I told him I had a little clover in the stable and he could have it if he liked. He said he would ba.e it, and I gave him the key to fetch it.—The Clerk He had about a handful of hay ? —Witness: Yes.-The Cierk And he brought you a sank of feed for it.—Witness: No; I did not ask him for it.-Prisoner: It is not a full sack, gentlemen it is only a li:tle I took out for 'he hay I had.—Mr Cattey said there was a iiltle taken out of each sack and put in a small bag.Prisoner received a most excellent charac- ter for previous good behaviour, and he said, in answer to the Benoh, that he merely took the feed to pay for the hay he bnd of Hughes, and with no intention of stealing it.—The Bench diicharged the prisoner, but refused to allow Hughes his expenses. Willis m Knecht, a Prunsian sailor, was charged with breaking out of the dwelling house of Thomas Sheen, and stealing a coat and waistcoat,pair of boots, stockings, and other articles, the property of George F-athprstonp. —P.C. Fry said that morning about one o'clock he was near the dock gates and saw the prisoner carrying a bundle on his back He asked him where he was going, and he said to Cardiff. He asked him from what ship he had deserted, and he said he had been making pipes. He then asked him where he had been lodging, and he said with a man who had been working at Mr Spittle's foun- dry. He then asked him to go back and show him the house in which he had been lodging. Prisoner took him t) the house of Mrs Sheen, and he found that the arti- cles produced belonged to George Featherstone. He then took prisoner into custody.-George Featherstone said he was a pipe-moulder and worked for Mr Spittle The coat, waistcoat, two pairs of trousers, pair of boots, cap, necktie, and stockings, were his property. Last night he went to bed shortly after twelve o'clock at the bouseof Thomas Sheee, Commercial-buildings, where he lodged. He was the last in that night, and he locked the door and went to bad, leaving the key in the door. The prisoner had lodged in the same house since Wednesday. About a qnarter-past one prosecutor was called by P.O. Fry, and then he missed his clothes, which he left all right when be went to bed P.C. Fry brought the pri- soner back to the house, with the articles he had missed. —Mary Sheen, wife of I'h .,mas Sheen, said the prisoner came to tier home on Wednesday last and asked if she could give him lodgings. She told him she could, anl1 he slept in Featherstone's room. On Sunday night she went to bed about teu o'clock, and prisoner was then in Featherstone'e bedroom. About one o'clock she wa-t called up by the police officer. The piece of beef pro- duced and the quartern loaf were her property and were found on the prisoner by P.C. Fry. All the clothes pri- soner had were on hi, baok, except a slop he had with him -Prisoner said he was intoxicated, and took things in a mistake.- The Mayor: The beef* and the bread in a mistake ? You are committed to take your trial for burglary at the next Assise. [Before T. GSATREI and W. EVANS, Esq.] George Mayberry, Commercial-street, was summoned for aseau ting his wife, Mary Mayberry.-The complain- ar,t, who appeared with a f arful black eye, marrie-I the defendant, who was a journeyman in her first husband's service, and for a considerable time he had been keeping late or rather early hours, and on Saturday morning she went to call him to get up when he flung a bru-h at her and struck her in the eye.-Prisoner, who did not deny the c',arge, was committed for two months' hard labour, the Bench remarking that it was high time to put a slop to such brutal assaults on a wife. Charles Spencer was charged under a warrant with assaulting Gerhard S'einkemf.-On Friday last the prisoner struck the complainant, a little boy, on 'he head with his flot.-Prisoner said be had to go without his breakfast, and at dinn-r time there was no dinner ready, and he gave the b iy a slap on the side of his heal with his open hand.—Prisoner was fined 10s. including costs, or ten days imprisonment. Charles Peterson, seaman, was charged under a war- rant with assaulting Henrie Dojen, a foreign gatlir hoy. -Complainant said, on Friday last the prisoner kicked him in the bowels, and he had done so on several occa- sions.—Prisoner said he did not kick the boy, he merely slipped the boy on his back.—Tne captain said the men should complain to him if there was anything wrong, but he did not like the boy to be ill-used.—Prison r said the boy would not do the work he engaged to do, and they had to do it for him.—Prisoner was fined 10s. and the costs, or 14 days imprisonment. Thomas Barret, seamaD, was charged with being drunk and incapable.—P.C. Morgan proved the offence, for which defendant was fined 5e. Thomas Biker, of St. Brides, ivas summoned for leav- ing his horse and cart in Commercial-street, unattended. —The defendant left his horse and cart in charge of a boy named Jones, who went uff and left his duty.—Super- intendent Iluxtablrf said, under the circumstances he should only ask for cos's, which the Bench ordered to be paid. Jsmes Broomfield, CUrence-s're-t, was summoned for assaulting George Williams.—Complainant said defen- dant said he had a claim against bis (complainant's) brother, and because he would not pay him he struck him a thousand times on Friday nigbt.-The Clerk" Struck you a thousand times?—Compliinant: It wa, a great many times.—D<-fendaut: He struck me and I struck him We had both been drinking together, and were both drunk.—Complainant said he had not been Ilbie to worit since Friday—Defendant W19 ordered to pay a fine of 10s., or go to prison for 14 days. Hannah Mint in,charged with using obscene language in Commercial-Street, to James Hughes, of the Cornish Mount, was discharged. Mary Campbell, of Cardiff, was charged with attempt- ing to commit suicide in the canal, near the Screw Steam Packet wharf.—Prisoner came from Cardiff on the pre- vious day, and after drinking with one friend and another, she got too much to drink and missed the train back to Cardiff. Having no money, she resolved to put an end to her existence, and for this purpose she jumped off the wall by the Stearn Packet wharf into the canal, and it is a miracle she was not killed on the spot, as a sunken barge was close to where she jumped in.—She promised never to do such a foolish thing again, and was discharged on promising to return with her triend to Cardiff. WEDNESDAY. [Magistrates: W. WILLIAMS, Esq., and E. J. PHILLIPS, E,q.] Francis Davies, Portland beerhouse, was summoned for keeping his house open at illegal hours, on Sunday. —Defendant admitted drawing apint]of beer for a neigh- bour, who was seen to leave the by P.C. Poole.— Ordered to pay expenses, this being the first offence. Jubilee Anttiony was summoned for assaulting Anthony Card.-It appeared there had been a quarrel between the son and daughter of the litigaiits, which led to words between complainant and defendant, when the latter twice put his nM in the tace of the former.—The Bench dismissed the case, and ordered the complainant to pay costs, his son admitting that he had struck the girl be- cause she called him names. Michael S.Hivan, atttd of ten years, was charged with striking on the head with a hammer, a little girl, named Elizabeth Barrett.—The giil was sitting on hn ash heap, and because she did not move when the lad told her, he gave her a blow with the hammer.—The boy ftas re- manded till Friday, to be meanwhile locked up. David Davies, masterof the schooner Ceres, wascharged with throwing ballast into the river Usk.— Mr. Caihc £ .rt defended. — Iienry Thomas deposed that last Monday morning, about halt-past \hree or four o'clock, he was abreast the Block Head (Bridgwaterman's Reach) when be saw two men heaving ballast from the schooner Ceres. He was with his brother, and they pulled over towards the vessel, which was high and dry. He hailed, but got no answer. Saw a heap of ballast on the starboard side of the vessel. The men were heaving it over the deck with shovels. From fifteen to twenty tons were thrown over the bulwarks.—Cross-examined: Did not suppose he saw the men doini; it more than two or three mir.utes. —Corroborative evidence was given by John Thomas, brother of the last witness.-Robert Gething, harbour master, described the locus in quo, and said the emptying of the ballast into the river very much interlered with the navigation.—In answer to the Bench, the defendant said he came from Chepstow, where he had uischarged a cargo.—Mr Cathcart addressed the Bench for the defen- dant, who, he said, as he was instructed, left Chepstow on Sunday. On getting outside Chepstow river the vessel canted the wrong way, and they threw over the whole of tbe rubbish they had on board so that on coming to Newport they had no ballast, and the only stuff thrown overboard was the sweepings of the hold.- Evidence to this effect was given by Hugh Theophilus, mate of the schooner, and the Bench, after deliberating some time, dismissed the case.

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