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THE IRON CLADS AND STONK FORTS.…

BANGOR POLICE.I

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BANGOR POLICE. TDSSDIT, April 28th. Before the Very Rev. the Dean, and C. J. Sampson, Esq. Drunkenness.—Richard Jones, a seafaring man from Hirael, was fined 5s., and 9s. costs, for being drunk in High-street, Bangor, on the 19th ult. As an excuse defendant said he got drunk in conse- quence of his wife's druukenness. Henry Rafferty was also fined Is. and costs for a si- milar offence, committed in Bangor on the 12th ult. Aaron Jones was also fined Is. and costs for being drunk at Bethesda on the 22nd ult. A Strong Dose of Frenck Brandy.-Richard Griffith, an elderly man from Bethesda, was fined 5s., and 9s. costs, for indulging in what he called a strong dose of French Brandy." The accused said he was one night attacked by fearful pain in the lower extremeties of his body, aad that he was advised by a friend to try the effect of a glass of French Brandy. He did so for the first time in his life; but the "new lodger" became very querulous; caused great confusion in the upper apartment, and to make confusion worse confounded" a policeman inte, fered .d t-k the l?.dlrd ito bridewell. Defendant asked for time to pay, and promised never to trouble the Bench again. French Brandy, he added, was the worst physic he ever tasted. The Benoh remarked that from what they had heard he had been before afflicted with a similar disease they advised him to try another remedy next time, and to pay the fine in a fortnight, in default, a distress war- rant would be issued against him. Assault.-Williain Roberts, mason, charged John Parry, cabinet maker, with assaulting him in the streets of Bangor. It was in consequence of some words which had passed between defendant and plaintiff s wife, that the latter interfered, for which he received, according to his own statement, a most severe blow. A witness called said he saw the blow aimed at Wil- liam Roberts; but another witness swore that he merely closed his hand against him, and did not strike him. Case dismissed. Unlawful Pithing.—Evan Owen was charged with unlawfully taking some fish from the river Ogwen, the private property of the Hon. Col. Pennant, on the 17th ult. These facts having been sworn to by John Owen, one of Col. Pennant's watchers, defendant denied having seen any notice prohibiting him from fishing in that part of the river; and said all he saw paiuted on the board in Welsh was, "Enry one guilty of trespassing in this plantation will be prosecuted." The watcher produced a copy of what was conspi- cuously placed up in English and Welsh by the river side, prohibiting any person from fishing as well. Fined 5s. and lis. 6d. costs. Encamping on the Turnpike Road.—Nicholas Slender and Thomas Slender were summoned for enoamping on the turnpike road leading from Bangor to Conway. The police-officer stated that the two defendants were hawkers and had caravans, which they left on the road in question on the night of the 23rd alL Neither oil them appeared in answer to the summons. Nicholas Slender was fined £1 and 9s. costs, and "Thomas Slander 5s. and 9s. costs. Desertion from the Army.-Alexander M'CiUloch, a tall young man of 22, was taken up on suspicion of being a deserter from the 4th Dragoon Guards. A notice appeared in tho" Police Gazette" that a young man answering the description of the accused had delJrted lately from the regiment at Dublin. The description given therein was as follows Regiment, 4th Dragoon Guards, born at Perth, by oooupation a (turd, 214 years of age, 5 feet lOt inches height, brown hair, hazel eyes. Deserted at Dubliu-off on furlough to Loch End, Perthshire." Defendant said he was a discharged soldier from the 69th Regiment, entered the Army in September, 1854, and was discharged on the 3rd of March, 1857. His native place was Enniscorthy, county of Wexford, that be was 22 years of age, 5 feet 11 in height. He asked their worships to have him conveyed by an escort to Dublin to test the veracity of his statement; as it would be very unjust to imprison him for a week upon suspi- cion, and then discharge him. The bench commended the police for their vigilance; but discharged the accused for want of evidence. Refusing to maintain a Parent.—ll»bert Roberts, a quarryman from Bethesda, was again summoned before the magistrates, at the instance of the Guardians of the Bangor and Beaumaris Union, for refusing to maintain his This case had been often before the bench, and at the last sessions their worships referred the matter to the Guardians for their re-consideration. The Guardians refused to interfere, and ordered the Relieving Officer to proceed against defendant in the usual way. The case again did not appear to be divested of its former difficulties. On behalf of the Guardians it was u tged that defendant was in receipt of 20s. a week, had no family, and was a member of a Building Society in the neighbourhood of Bethesda. Defendant said he had witnesses in court to prove that he only earned 18s. a week; that he paid more into the Building Society than he got from the houses, and if he was to fail in his monthly payments, the Society would claim all he had paid in. He had buried all his (four) children within the last two years, and his wife, who had been ill for nine years, died about seven months ago. The continued illness and deaths in his family had greatly reduced his means, and it would be years before he could extricate himself from the debt he had so in- curred. He also produced several tradesmen's bills, one of which amounted to ;CIO, for groceries and drapery goods, obtained during the time of his wife's illness. He said it would have been his pleasure to maintain his mother if he had the means of doing so; but that at preaent he unfortunately had not. The Relieving Officer's attention being tailed to the facts detailed, the officer said that the Guardians would do nothing further with the case, but referred it to their worships. The bench said that, consequently, however much they felt for him, they could not help themselves. They would order him to pay 2s. a week from the time the summons was issued, and Is. 6d. from this date. In default to be committed to gaol. Defendant said he could only relieve the parish by either robbing his neighbours of their just claims or go to gaol. He would prefer the latter. A female sympathizer present here made some indig- nant ejaculations at the result of the case, and becoming rather obstreporous, was forcibly ejected out of court by apolice- officer.

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