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.-KICKS AND BITES.I

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KICKS AND BITES. I Drunken Man Attacks a Shotton I Policeman. A VIOLENT ASSAULT. Remarkable Story of Struggle in Main Street. "ABSOLUTELY MAD." At the Mold Police Court on Monday- before Messrs. The.. Parry (in the chair) and H. J. Robert-George Phillips, iron- worker, of New Pottery Cottages, Ewloe Green, was charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and also with assault on police. Supt. R. Yarnell Davies outlined the facts, and said in reference to the assault on police that he hoped the Bench would make the prisoner understallü that such conduct would not be tolerated. P.C. Hughes stated that about twelve o'clock noon on Saturday he was on duty in Chester-road, Shotton, opposite the Post Office, when he saw the prisoner, who was drunk, coming up the street. Prisoner came up to him and said, "You had me once. 1 I have been waiting for you ever since. I shall do three months for you this time, you swine." He pulled his coat off, and struck at witness, the latter avoiding the blow. They dosed and both fell to the ground. Witness kept him on the ground for about five minutes to try and quieten him. During the time they were down the prisoner behaved most vio- lently, BITING HIM OX THE HAND and kicking him. Phillips asked him to allow him to get up, which he did. Imme- diately he got up prisoner again kicked him. They again closed and fell to the .ground, prisoner kicking and biting him. He called to a Mr. Wall for assistance. Mr. Wall came to his assistance, and they allowed the prisoner to get up. Phillips again became very violent—absolutely mad —and kicked him (witness) several times on .the shins. Again they fell to the ground. He held the prisoner there, and with the assistance of Mr. Wall and one or two other men standing near by he handcuffed him and got him up. While he was taking him to the Police Station prisoner behaved very violently, kicking him and trying to trip him up. He also used abusive lan- guage and threatened him. In reply to Supt. Davies, witness said p that the prisoner had not got any grudge against him. On the contrary, some time ,ago, when the prisoner was seriously as- saulted and found lying unconscious on the road, he and another police officer took him to IfcSie Police Station and obtained medical attention for him. The police of Shotton had shown kindness to Phillips. "THREE PARTS GONE." Samuel Dutton, 32, Spring-street, Con- nah's Quay, said that between half-past eleven and twelve on Saturday morning the prisoner came up to him in the street and said, "It's that Hughes coming up Shotton. Watch me break his nose." Prisoner went towards P.C. Hughes and took his jacket off. Witness went to the officer's assistance, and received two kicks from the prisoner which made hie leg black iblue. Prisoner was three parts gone-well 5arader the influence of drink. He was "kicking awful." The officer asked him to "be cpsiet, but he would not do so. Both men fell to the ground, stopping the traf- fic, and he wondered they were not run "Over. Thomas Wall, Claremont Villa, Chester- xoad, Shotton, said that on the occasion in question he was talking to P.C. Hughes, when the prisoner came up and challenged the officer out. P.C. Hughes told the man to move on. Prisoner would not do so, and pulling his jacket off went for the officer and struck him. The officer threw him to -the ground and held him there for about five minutes Prisoner kicked and bit him. P.C. Hughes called him (witness) to his as- sistance, and he assisted him. The officer let the prisoner get up, and the latter then behaved very violently. TO BE MARRIED ON SATURDAY. Prisoner said he had a couple of pints of ;beer on Saturday morning, and he could not, remember anything after that until he found himself in the Police Station. He must have lost his senses. He was very sorry. Prisoner added that he was going v to be married next Saturday. His fiancee, who was present in court, stated that the prisoner had not been well last week, and was not fit to turn out on Saturday. Otherwise he was a good man all through. Addressing Phillips, the Chairman poin: ted out to him that he was fined in Octo- ber, 1913, and February, 1914, for drunk- enness and disorderly conduct. The Bench felt that it was an unprovoked attack- there was nothing to show that he had any grievance against the officer. The evidence showed that the police had been very kind to him on a previous occasion, and as an acknowledgment of that he attacked the first constable he came across when in drink. The only question they had to con- sider was whether to send him to prison or not. If the officer had not been able to get assistance, he (the prisoner) might have ?een brought before them on a more ser- ious charge. He would be fined Cl and costs in each case— £ 4 6s. lOd. in all.

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