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PEMBROKE DOCK PETTY SESSIONS.

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PEMBROKE PETTY SESSIONS.

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PEMBROKE PETTY SESSIONS. Monday, January 25th.—Before Mr. S. W. Willing (in the chair), and Mr. F. P. Tombs. WAITING FOR THE INSURANCE MONEY. Thomas Simon, a labourer, of East End, was charged with being drunk and disorderly on July 25th, and pleaded guilty. P.C. Owens proved the case, and said that at 11.15 p.m. on the evening in question he saw the defendant in a drunken state in the East End near the lodging-house. He wanted to fight, and used some most obscene language. Defendant admitted the offence, but said that he was struck by a man named Thomas Davies. P.C. Owen said that he heard so at the time. Supt. Thomas said that there was a long list of convictions against the defendant, and he was fined 2s. 6d. and costs, or seven days. Defendant asked for time to pay as his mother was dead, and he was waiting for the insurance money. Mr. Tombs: It is a great surprise to me to see you here, and find you were not dead. I heard that you were. Is it any use advising you to sign the pledge. Last time I saw you you were doing work in Carmarthen Prison. When you get your mother's insurance money I hope you will make good use of it. Time for payment was allowed. COSTLY FORGETFULNESS. Marian Gilbert, licensee of the Maltsters" Arms, was summoned at the instance of the Inland Revenue authorities for not entering the receipt of some spirits in her stock book. Mr. O'Shea, Supervisor of Inland Revenue, of Haverfordwest, appeared to prosecute. He said that the offence was a somewhat unusual one, and he wished to explain it. It was important that al' spirita received by a pub- lican should be entered in the stock book. Mrs. Gilbert was supplied by Buckley's Brewery, Llanelly, with two and three quarter gallons of spirits on September 19th. Mr. J. Downie, the Inland Revenue officer stationed at Pembroke, visited the premises on October 14th, and found that the spirits had not been entered in the stock book. He also visited the house on Nov. 14th, and found that they were not entered then. He made enquiries, and Mrs. Gilbert denied that she had received the spirits at all. The penalty which could be in- flicted for this offence under the Act was Z100. He did not suggest that such a heavy fine should be imposed upon Mrs. Gilbert, but he should like to state that the costs in con- nection with this ea,,e were' rather heavy. They had had to bring down the clerk from Buckley's Brewery, llanelly, who was sub- poened, and the railway officials had been srb-poened too. He asked the Bench there- fore to taka all these circumstances into ac- count in fixing the penalty. Mr. J. Downie, Inland Revenue officer, w&s called, and said that when he made the visits there were no entries for this 2J gallons of spirits in the stock-book. William Oswald Morgan, clerk in the spirits' department at Messrs. Buckley's Brewery, pro- duced his books showing that the spirits were dispatched on September 19th. George Lawrence, porter, in the employ of the G.W.R., spoke to handing the spirits to George Winfield, and the latter said that he delivered them to Mrs. Gilbert, and received 6d. for doing so. Miss Gilbert appeared, and said that her mother was unable to attend because she had a bad foot. It was entirely due to her (Miss Gilbert) that this had occurred. She put the receipts upon the shelf when the spirits came, and in the hurry forgot all about them. The Bench recognised the importance of the ease. but the Chairman said That- they would not inflict a heavy fine upon Mrs. Gilbert. She would be fined 5s 6d. and costs, which alto- gether amounted to two guineas. The Chair- man added that the Bench hoped other pub- licans would take note of this prosecution.

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