The Cardiff Times

fliers and Coining. -— EXPERIMENT ANO TEMPIATiON. UNU8UAL ASSIZE CASE. Qla. Assizes on Tuesday (before Mr ,mote' the influence of a magazine §Jcii j eaded by counsel in micigation of §0^3, a counterfeiting coin, to which tha j**thur Applegate (23) aad Thomas colliers, pleaded guilty. la"fw'as committed at Cardiff on Decern- six.^h anc'wi" be remembered that a revolver was found in the jj'tetj °f one of the men when they were ttedtthur úewj:5, who appeared for them, Nd of the Royal Bfcigazioo," and u S^se'a attention to an article in it "'ho °w I Made Counterfeit Coin by ,7Za? Done Time, but who naturally said • k'a *ace t(> be made public." al was ib-8 which was the origin of \hi'elV0 article was illustrated, and it Rot *P'a' £ ied the whole method for the e counterfeit coins. The prisoners Na Who tilQ magazine, read tbe 8,(1 th i|! came ont» an^ tried their CeesSf„? Same. Their experiment was J?1: and counsel was told that some of ^t. y'ch they made were of a very rough th ,of Instead, however, as wis usually the ^,1 th6 D '.°fiother people toutter the coins for )■ \v« on.ers attempted this themselves, \l^d v *e discovered. The aiticle was oer- offensive one to hive been pub- and certainly in a magazine claim to respectability. After ^6 R.tfae corns as a matter o £ experi- Prisoners had thought that if they L Qm it would be an easier way of b* work. ?killitnore The temptation then do not suggest it \raB all an experi- ^^ufactare was an expari- 'n^ was EOt' Proceed! np, counsel n, Were in regular employment at the t thatI)er, was no necessity for their rloing «.ud ^"hey were respoctably con- to su evidence of character would be t'3at till they pave way to this 0Jcl AT y Wfere very respectable. M. P., who appeared for the th 'dieta'^ a ser'ous faot waa that in one 6 lit fkiiip 0lents the prisoners were ebarized ''siica p^.Qterfeit sovereigns. ""illinjore In fact, it is very un- k' el II.d tlttl ded that when the boxes of the pri- i. Xam,nod by the police at their bad coins were found at both tt1'Cqi ^eijd v^cE ::o Rhow they had been work- Ij'Oh.11 v?a When arrested one counter* ^U(J on Applegate and three on ](., ? certainly indicated that they ^^6 of the coin, vfohfal* in ^hilJijnore Having made an ex- cause of science, they were then L"J5?thov-e*y think the attention of the »» clft 't!65" should be drawn to that maga- qait t.^ali 13 another matter. I •vfkiijL Hjs S 8o £ 6cient of it to appreciate the t L Or 8 iadded there were many iKSs S'. ve flVoes to which Mr Llovd Morgan attention but he would not fi At {i^itioh 4 day. He wished to go through ^-or apain- W' ^"eizes on Wednesday at Cardiff *hl?0h riee, ^hillimore) Arthur Applegata Thomas Hooper (21s collier, Pleaded guilty to manufacturing °h r 29th foauterfeit coins at Cardiff on At "IRckla atlt, came up for sentence. Mr tJ\oIltel' Artb l\f. P., geared for the Crown, An >^Oir(> "r Lewis (mBtrncted by Messrs ;QLprolle, firuce. and Nicholas, Pontv- ;Sti^ both priconers. ft Was called Mr Arthur Lewis Tr. r'J°nth^ Prisoners had been in gaol ue fci-R ^ectah]'8a'd there were two or ^Ub-d ^01>typridd gentlemen who j fo* th, ec°me sureties io a snbatan- S Sin«0od bobavioar. f? °f tK tevolve^ i?ore Have you any theory b»ett Juthat wa-s found in the posses- > iQ ^id tLUen they were arrested ? Dtr habit, psisoneva had told him they /Bfl „ 'hey hn^? Practising with revolvers, \^tj^coll,acqu;red the habit while em- British Colombia. Ri»6yiCtl8ht » J0' in passing sentence, said k.0^ st'eat deal about the caao. He affaie,,tl9 to the fact that the pri- th j?f all than respectable — uf th H Wor<^ of little importance -ftccorai.Tey Wete tempted in this case i| l relisiJo the evidence of their "ot t?41! a gonri'w waa c»Jled on Tuesday. howl^ He dared s*y that they 'T Rys feii Was thfe crime of coin- !M^ thR„P01\a.poor ancJ smal! v^^tK 0ff This made it one plkjNt .5 very s^,Un',n<;Cli, and one which rightly Qovv indeed. Hfc a i Was doing right by the 6 f» u,ent sentence. Ho was th^ ^sq ty, P'evious good character, Thev h1!61? was »°thing-else »^S?? ^°yal Jv been in prison three ^UffV^dy to the King at Ponty- h, bound over sureties. n-nght therefore pass the ex- tremely hght sentence of nine calendar months with haxd labrur. Mr Thomas Mogford and Mr Horace, lonty. pridd, were bound over in F-20 as sureties for the good condnctof tbe prisoners for two years.

HfcRR JULIUS SEETH'S RETURN. Herr Julius Sceth who some three years ago, created quite a sensation in London with his pecformance at the Hippodrome in a cage with twenty-one forest bred lions, is now appearing again at the same popular place of amusement and exciting even more interest than on bis first j visit. He is now performing with no fewer than thirty-one lions. Herr Seeth is a man of superb stature and of abnormal strength. He has had a professional career of over twenty-three years and during that period has tamed and trained over 300 lions. He has, however, decided ¡ to retire from bis long arduous business, his I Herr Seta, The Wonderful Lion-Tamer. < Eresent enga^emeot at the London Hippodro'jja eing, in fact, his very last appearance in England He recently performed before the Imperial family in VienDa, at tbo Circu3 Schuman. The majority of the lions he is at present performing with are those he employed Schuman. The majority of the lions he is at present performing with are those he employed on his first visit.

FUNERAL OF THE REV. EMRY8 LLOYD, j NEW TREDEGAR. The funeral of the late Kav. Etnrys Lloyd, I late pastor of Uchdir Chapel. New Tredegar, whoso sudden death on Saturday has already been reported, took place on Tuesday, the remains beiflg removed by train to Tabor burial ground, Maiesycwmmer, for burial. The chief mourners were Mr and Mrs Harris, Drysllwyn Mr J. E. Rowlands, London and Rev. T. Lloyd Ac the house the Rev. T. Hnghes and the Rev. Mr Griffiths, Beaufort, officiated, whilst at the chapel addresses were delivered by the Revs. R. E. Perrigrine, libymney Syron Williams. Pontardnwe; and El. Hermas Evans, NewTredegar The Celt Newydd Newspaper Company, Ltd., was represented by Rev. D. Silyn Evans, Aberdare, director and editor; Kev.J.D. Morgan, j Abercl^re Mr D. Davies, Cardiff and Mr D. f M. Richards. Aberdare. Amongst others present were Revs. D. Rees, J.P., Capel Mlhvr, Anglesey; Gwylfa Roberts, Llaneily Seirol Williams, Pontardawe T. Lloyd, Pwllheli; E. Rosser Evans, Dowlaia J. H. Hugbes, Dowlais J. J. William3, Rhymney R. E. Perrigwne, Rhym- ney; C. Williams, Brynmawr; J. D..Tones, ney; C. Williams, Brynmawr; J. D. Jones, Abereanaia T. Rich trds, Newport: W. Jones, Rhymney T. Rees, Sirhowy R. Evaus, Pen- raaen O. Williams, Biynmawr x Gari Phillips, New Tredegar; P. W. Hough, Blackwood; W.B. Richards, Deri J. Richards, Aberavon r- T. Hughes, Briton Ferry; J. R. Salmon, Pont- lottyn; J. Thomas, B.D., Capol Isaac; R. Salmou, Newport It. Llewellyn, Mynydais- Iwyn U. Hermas Evans, New Tredegar (J- Evans, .Bargoed; J. Evans, vicar, New Tie- degar; D. Price, curate, New Tredegar; D. ( Watkin Jones, Graig Bryn Thomas, Ferndale D. Williams, Macben j. Jenkins, Pengam j and D. B. Davies, Aborcwmboi.

LIGHTING OF NEW TREDEGAR. I f At New Tredegar, in the Rhymney Valley, there was recently established a Ratepayers' Defence Association, which took up, amongst other subjects, the opposition to the Bedwellty 1 District Council'3 decision to apply for a Pro- visional Order for electric lighting. Tile hearing of the Council's application will be the subject of a Government inquiry at Cardiff to-d w (Wednes- day). At the Town Board School last night 'Tuesday) the Labour members of the Bed- wellty Council convened a meeting, which was presided over by Mr Walter Lewis. Mr R. Gold, D.C., denounced certain remarks made at the Ratepayers' Association meetinR aa sheer non- sense. Mr J. Morgan asked why the members of the Council did not attend the meeting of the Etttep&veis' Association, or why not have a meet- ing of the electors before launching theirechome. —Mr D. W. Price Baid that cottage property at New Tredegar did not yield more than 3 per cent. If these people desired to go in for im- provements thev should be saddled with the cost. —Mt J. Phillipi3 moved that the meeting con- demn the action of the District Council jn apply- ing for a Provisional Order, and the motion was carried by 34 to 22 votes.

Opening at Cardiff. JUSTICE PHILUMORE AND THE COURTS. The Winter Assizes for the County of Glamor- p gan were opened on Monday at Cardiff, before L Justices Bruce and Phillimore. The calendar contained charges against 72 prisoners, and the following is a summary statement descrip- tive of the various offences with which they stood severally charged :Arson, 1; indecent assault, 2 bigamy, 1 burglary, 1 carnal knowledge, 1; attempted carnal knowledge, 2 false pretences, 3 fraud, 3 housebreaking, 1: larcenies, 15 (5 postal cases) riotous assembly, 18; robbery with vio!«nce, 3; attempted shooting with intent, 1 shop- breaking, 1 throwing corrosive liquid with intent, 1 unlawful possession of housebreaking implements, 1; uttering counterfeit coins. 2 ware housebreaking, 1; wilful damage, 1 wil- ful murder, 1; unlawful wounding, 2 wounding with intent, 7.

CROWN COURT. The following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand Jury :— G. L. Clark (foreman), Sir Robert Armine Morris, the Mayor of Cardiff (Mr Edward Thomas), 1. B. ^lichol, Robert Forrest, Major- General John Herbert Lee, Walter Rice Evans, Philip Auftustua VyvyanRobinson, John Duncan, E. W. M. Corbett, Lieutenant-Colonel Morgan, George Deere, and Henry William Morgan. Justice Phiiiimore's Charge. In charging the grand jury Mr Justice Pbilli- more said he was a little sorry to find that they were again assembled in that building, the period of time when they hoped to be in better premises being still somewhat distant. Swansea had set a good example to the lival capital of the county. Although he had not been to the Swansea courts he understood they were excellent Whilst there were many worse courts than Cardiff, still they were not up to modern requirements. The accommodation for witnesses and officials, and above all the accommodation for prisoners brought from the gaol to await their trial, was not what it should be. The last time he was there he made a remonstrance upon the subject, and the Joint Committee were good enough to make inquiries, but oil the whole they were satisfied with the present state of things. If any of the grand jury were members of the Joint Committee he would like them to go downstairs and look into the cells, and on a day like this when a number of prisoners were brought UD awaiting their trial, and it would be found that to keep a man or woman there the greater part otihe day was in itself a very considerable punishment. He trusted that everybody concerned would expedite as far as possible the building of the new law courts, which no doubt were well on the way. Dealing with The Calendar. his Lordship referred to one or two cases which did not appear in it, and which brought the total number of prisoners to 79. It was not a formidable calendar. There were a great num- ber of session cases rightly sent there, he thought, by stipendiary and non-stipendiary magistrates for trial in order to save time. There was one case of murder, but none of manslaughter or of cruelty to children, which was an extremely good I state of things: There were no charges of unnatural offences, but there was a considerable number of wounding cases. Some of them were I rather serious. Three at least were of a type which ho was afraid was becoming more familiar —a haaty marriage, rapid separation, the husband and wife seeing each other at times, the wife considering herself emancipated, and being very often not provided for, still more often taken up with other men and then the husband, though separated from his wife, bscoming jealous and revenging himself upon her by somewhat severe treatment. :rb'ge weie cases in which one had to allow for a certain amount of provocation, but that would be a, matter for consideration by him in passing sentence. Another matter with regard to the general features of the calendar was a striking and disagreeable one. There were no lesa than five Post Office cases and they all seamed to be cases either of girls, II or of men in subordinate places at the Post Office either not upon the regular staff or upon the regular stuff in subordinate places. He was afraid that in some instances they were very badly paid, and he hoped the Post Office authori- ties would take seriously to heart the state of things which was revealed by the calendar. In I one case at least the payment was extraordinarily low, and in other cases learners, telegraph boys, and so forth, seemed to have been entrusted, I without sufficient trial, with duties involving the handling of money or temptation. Of course that did not excuse the offence, and in these cases nobody was ever brought for trial unless ol the Post Office had good reason for doing so. so that the jury would have no difficulty in I finding true biiis in each case. Commenting on The Pentre runrd^v Case, I in which Thomas Lewis (21). haulier, is charged with the wilful murder of Ethel Adlam between the 27th and 28th 1 December last, his Lordship said that the circumstances were very sad. The prisoner was keeping company with a girl of 17, and waa on vary intimate terms with her—npon the whole on very affectionate terms, though there seemed to have been occasions when a rough nature broke out and when at previous times he had assaulted her. On the particula,r night in question he was said to have been in that stage of drunkenness which was known as the quarrelsome stage. lie rightly, or wrongly, revived a charge against his father of having killed his mothar, and, having gone to his hpmfe with this girl and her mother, endeavoured to strike his father more than once- but was prevented from doinji so, and apparently was gradually soothed. The mother of the girl then went to her home, leaving the girl at the prisoner's father's house. Shortly after the prisoner called the girl out to the back, and She Nevet Returned. It was getting late, and the mother, findinr, she did not come home, went back to the house and found both were out. A search waa instituted, and somewhere between two and three o'clock in the morning the man was found crouching under a hen coop at the back of his father's house. The first account he gave, when asked where Ethel was, was that she had gone homo. and the second account was that she was in the river. The mother of the girl seemed to have gone to pri- soner's father's bouse, and when the plisoner was brought into the house in a sort of I balf-dazed state, ba then told her with an oath that the girl was in the river. And that was the fact. He asked one or two to go with him to the river, and one man went. Pri- I soner pointed to an object, and there In a some- what rapid but shallow stream, not than 10 or 12 inches deep, some yards out, was the figore of this girl m a sitting crouching position, with her head bent forward and her face down | towards the river. j She Wa3 Dead.' Both men went into the river, and the man who I was with the prisoner pulled her out and laid her on the bank. The doctor and police were sent for. The prisoner's own account was that she asked him why he was distant to her, that finally she ran away from him saying she would throw herself into the river. He (the Judge) did not know exactly the distance of the river from the cottage, but he gathered that it was not more than a quarter of a mile, probably cuch less. Prisoner further said that be pursued her over some rough waste ground, where there were some ash heaps. They fell into a hole, from which both extricated themselves, then fell on all ash heap, and then she got into the river, fainted, and fell face forward into ten j inches of water. He tried to get her out, but was ( unable and then was afraid to face her mother ¡ and left her there. It would be of coarse for the petty jury to judge of the probability of tbat ex- planation, and of the many medical circum- stances with regard to tha case. Why the girl should have proposed to drown herself by going into this river which apparently was nowhere of great depth, why she should have suddenly fainted and fallen forward, how she came to be In a Sitting Position, whether he raised her up, and,if he did,how it was he did not raise her np in time to prevent ber being drowned or suffocated these were, no doubt, matters the learned counsel who was re- tained for the dofence would do his best to ex- plain. She was said to have been a slight girl, and the friend who went with prisoner had no difficulty in lifting her out and carrying her on to the bank. The other forms of defence, such as insanity, self-defence, or mitigation to man- slaughter, seemed to be absent from this case. He (tbe Judge) was afraid it was a mere question whether the girl did in fact do what the man said or whether in a moment of passion, and in that temper which he had shown on other occasions, he did destroy her. The grand jury's duty painful aa it might be, was plain. Dealing with A Case of Libel, Phillips v. Peregrine, which had been brought into Court, his Lordship said the magistrates had very reasonably refrsed to commit for trial, and the prosecution therefore hCtod been driven to do that which by law they could do to get the case before tbe Assizes, and that was by present- ing a bill of their own. This had been done,and the libel was as follows The prosecutor and the accused were members of a club. He forgot where, and whether it was a social or a political club did not matter. There bad been a quarrel, n. and the accused had to leave. Ho considered tbat the officers and other members of the club were behaving badly towards him, and to one of them he said more than once that they were all frauds and cheats. The prosecutor thought that he might get tha accused to reduce this jnto writing, and pulling out a bit of paper he said, .1 Will yon stand to what you say and write it down ?" The accused said he would, and he wrote down the name of the prosecutor and those of several others, added all frauds," and signed it. Prosecutor then said to himself, Now I've got » chance for a libel." But a curious circumstance about it was that it was a publication of a libel upon the request of one of the men themselves His Lordship did not deny that technically it was A libel, but he did not see what public good could be served by the prosecu- tion, and the jury would be well within their discretion if they threw the bill out. Trial of Prisoners. Beforo Justice PHILLIMORE. Row in a Lodging-house. I [ John Carroll (45), which driver, was indicted j Row in a Lodging-house. I [ John Carroll (45), which driver, was indicted I f for feJonicuely wouxsdige Stepfcao Rtog with i intent at Cardiff on September 23rd last. The case had been remitted from the last Assizes owing to the prisoner at that j time being unable to appear through illness. Mr j Trevor Lewis prosecuted, and prisoner, who pleaded not guilty, was undefended. The two I men were on tha night in question together in the kitchen of a lodging-house at 25, 'llomfray- i street. Both, it was alleged, were rather the worse for drink, and had a row. Then Ring went out,bnt returned a few minutes later,and when he entered the kitchen prisoner seized the poker and hit at the prosecutor. Ring received the blow j ou h)3 arm, but immediately afterwards he waa struck on the forehead, sustaining a serious wound two inches long and reaching the bone.— Prisoner (to prosecutor) Did you come into the house determined to fight anyone ? N.Did you come in singing What will yoa do with the Irish now ? I had bad a drop of drink.- Didn't the Welshman that was there say that the Welsh were as good as the Irish in the field ? There were no words to that effect. Several wit- nesses were called for the prosecution, one of them stating that Spion Kop cropped up during the row. When arrested and charged prisoner said, All right, I'll come I have nothing to say." Prisoner handed in a. written statement from the dock stating that since his committal six months ago he had undergone great mental and physical suffering, pnd asking to give evi- deuce on his own behalf. He was accordingly sworn. He denied that he was under tbe influ- J once of drink, and said prosecutor sustained his I injury in a fall. In summing-up, the Judge pointed out that this defence was a new thought of the prisoner s. for when he was before the magistrates be said the assault was committed in eelf-defence. He was found guilty of unlawful wounding, and was sentenced to four months' imprisonment. Owing to the delicate state of tbe prisoner's health, hi3 Lordship intentionally limited the punishment to confinement. Echo of tbe Swansea International. Frank Harris, a. youthful but notorious London criminal, was indicted charged with felon- iously stealing a watch, value £ 4, from j the person of John Davies at Swansea on January 10th last. He pleaded guilty, and handed in a bundle of papers front the dock. A London officer proved a number of convictions against him.-justice Phillimore (to the officer) You cannot tell me how he ClLm down to these parts? —Witness I believe, your Loidshir, he came down for the International match at Swansea.— His Lordship, in sentencing the prisoner to three years' penal servitude, said that though put down as only 24, be had got into trouble twice for steal. ing and each time was let off by being bound over. Since then he had bad six sentences of imprisonment.one of 12 months and another of 18 months. They were almost all for the san-e offence —larceny from the person, and his Lordship felt that 11" was bound to give a sentence which would enable the prisoner to turn over a new leaf. It would be penal servitude for three years. (To the gaoler); G-aoler, let prisoner have these papers b&ck. The characters may be of some use to him. The Naath Jewel Hani. Henry Mailing, alias Otto Bernstorff (32), cabinetmaker, was indicted for feloniously and burglariously breaking and entering the shop of Edward Kail ten bach, jeweller, Naath, and stealing 66 gold watches 140 gold wetiding rings, 36 gold keeper rings, 7S old dress rings. I 36 gold signet rings, 30 gold watches 48 gold bxooches, 36 gold bangles, 60 gold scarf pins, 1 and two sscond-hand gold watches, value £ 500. I between the hours of 11 p.m. of the 23rd and 6 a.m. of 24th January, 1903. Prisoner pleaded gnilty. Replying to his Lordship, a London officer said the prisoner h*i declined to say anything about himself. He had been work- ing for a respectable firm, but thev had been I unable to trace his antecedents -Prisoner Everything is true that I wrote in my confes- sion. I yielded to temptation.—His Lordshin I From temptation by this man Marquart ? — Prisoner: Yes, your Hmour -His Lordship Where is he ?—I have given the police ull the particulars about him.- Detective-sergeant Hardy (London) Only in his confession, my i Lord. His Lordship Have you anything else 1 to say ? Prisoner Only to ask for mercy, His Lordship, in passing sentence, said the crime was a very serious one, and he could hardly think prisoner came to do it alone. Be did not like the fact that prisoner had two names, but nothing was known against him, and for the purposes of tbe present chaiga he wonld be treated as a man who had hitherto led a respectable life. The crime was one which had involved great deliberation and a conspiracy with one or more people. The sentence was that he be imprisoned with hard: laboar for 18 months. Post Office Larcenies. < David Phillips (16), an auxiliaiy postmai, at Swansea, plea3ed guilty to stealing moneya from letters at Morriston between October 22nd and November lat last. Mr Denman Benson prosecuted,and*Mr Arthur Lewis appeared for the prisoner. Counsel explained that the boy entered tbe service as telegraph boy at the age of 13. and at 16 was made an auxiliary postman at 238 6d per week. It was his dutv to carry the letter-bag from Landore to Morriston, and two of the three letters from which he stole ] the money were registered letters. Replying to the Judge Detective Edwards, m the service of the Post Office, said it was usual to make auxiliary postmen of telegraph boys, and when thus employed they were entrusted with the custody of registered letters.—The Judge You cannot help doing that, I suppose ?- Witness No.—The Judge The prisoner must remain in custody for the present. I must particularly consider these Post Office cases, and I will deal with them together Dora Williams, a young girl of 20, was indicted for feloniously stealing a post letter con- taining a postal order for 20a, at Ystalyfera, on October 2nd last. She pleaded guilty, and Mr S. T. Evans, K.C M.P., made an affecting appeal forleniency. The Post Office hesaid, had written suggesting that the accused should be prose- cuted for an ordinary larceny, and it was only a legal difficulty that had prevented this being done. Evidence of character was given. His Lordship deferred sentence. A Youth's Offence. A youth of 17, named David Richard Vaugban, pleadedfluilty to feloniously breaking and enter- mg an ironmonger's shop ft Swansea on Decem- ber 26th last. A previous conviction was proved, and his Lordship in passing sentence said that under the new rules of the Home Office young men and boys of the prisoner's class might be taken to a separate prison and treated sepa-, rately. He hoped the prisoner would come under that raie And that he would benefit from I' it as others had done. The boy was sentenced to eix months' imprisonment with hard labour. Hit by a Lamp. John Gartt (26), a Maltese fireman, was in- j dieted with feloniously wounding Charlotte Brindley with intent to do her griovous bodily harm in a bouse at Angelina-street, on Decsmber 8th. Mr Villiers Meager (instructed by Mr Frank I Hill) appeared for the Crown, and tl' prisoner was defended by Mr Hugh Jones. It was alleged that during a quarrel prisoner threw a lighted lamp at a woman named Voison. but that it missed her, and struck piosecutrix The clothes of both women caught fire, and were almost completely destr jyed, but Voiaon escaped with- out any injury. The other woman was cut on the heaa, an a considerable portion was burnt 11 completely away. Prisoner denied the assault, and stated that he was set upon and robbed by the women and some colonred men who were in the house, and that the lamp was accidentally knocked off the table in the struggle. The jury I. returned a verdict of not guilty, and prisoner was discharged.

CIViL COURT. (Before Mr Justice Bruce and a Jury.) Aunt and Nephew. Mary Ann Hill, an aged widow, sued her nephew, Stephen Thomas, minor, Trealaw, fthondda, for £ 124 10s for the maintenance of his son. Mr S. T. Evans, K.C, M.P., and Mr Ivor Bowen (instructed by Mr A. Jestyn Jeffreys, Neath) were fot the plaintiff, and Mr Vaugban Williams (instructed by Mr Roberts Rosser, Pontypridd) was for defendant. Mr S. T Evans, in opening. said the defence set up in this action was not very creditable. In 1888 defendant separated from his wife. There were four children three were left with the mother, and the fourth, a. boy aged four. was placed in plaintiff's custody. Defendant agreed to pay her 5s a week, and then went to America. The boy was maintained by Mrs Hill until he was 14 years of age. in that time defendant paid hei only £ 5 10s. Plaintiff said that when defendant told her he had fallen out with his wife she advised him that the best thing he could do was to fall ir again- (daughter.) Cross-examined by Mr Vaughan Williams, Mrs Hill said she did not receive more than log a week from the boy after he started to work as & colliery doorboy. Thomas Evans, hanfier, Tre- herbert said- he heard defendant promise to pay his aunt 5s a week, because he knew that her own ion was a cripple and did not earn much." James Thomas, the son in respect of whose maintenance the action was brought, said that at no time did he pay his aunt more than log a week. His father, after he returned from America, said he would give him rl,000 if he would leave his aunt and return to him. He ad- vised his father to give the money to his aunt for rearing him. Mr Vaugban Williams- for the de- fence, said no such arrangement 113 that alleged had ever been entered into. Defendant, in the witness-box, said it was possible that a '• price was mentioned when he left bia children with his aunt. He next heard that three of them were in the Worbbonse, and he went to America.— The Judge You went to America leaving your children in the Workhouse. Do yon know what you are liable to ?—Defendant: Your Lordship, gentlemen of the jury- —The Judge Listen to me. Is it trus or not t—Defendant: I left them chargeable to my aunt.-The Judge And you went to America knowing they were m the Work- house ? What aro yon going to say to a man wbo- —Mr Vaugban I illiams It doee not affect the coutract.-Tbe judge: Are yot, going to believe a, man who does that ? I ha.ve some powers which I may exercise.—Cross exanlined by Mr S. T. Evans, defendant said he did not know whether he was proud of his conduct or not. He Jived with another woman now. The old rinR be wore was his OWù, and he aho had four houses and a bakehouse. The jury returned a verdict for p,!vint.iff for X99 ios. Lock v. Phillips. James Lock, grocer, Williamstown, Peaygraig, brought an action against William Phillips, Pontypridd, for Elll 8s 4d, money alleged to have been paid nnder a hiring agreement foi a traction engine and two waggons, and two pro- missory note?. Defendant counter-claimed for JEt67 68, AZI 6e 8d alleged to have been paid in respect of the engine and waggons, and for ,£40 which defendant said he bad paid to a sub- tenant, and which was afterwards banded to the plaintiff. Mr S. T, Evans, K.C., M.P., and Mr John Sankey (instructed by W. R. Davies and Co., Pontypridd) were for plaintiff, and Mr Abel Tboaas, KiC.j MJP., and Mr Arthur Lewis (instructed by Roberts-Jones and Everett) for the defendant. After plaintiff had given evi- dence the Court adjourned.

SECOND DAY. The Winter Assizes tor the coonty of Gla- morgan were resumed on Tuesday morning at Cardiff.

CROWN counT. Before Mr Justice Phillimore. Salesman and his Dying Wife. Alfred George King (57), meat salesman, pleaded guilty to the embezzlement of £8 2s 9d, j66 7s, £13 14s 6d, .£5 6s 9d, JE3 83 7d, and £3 10s lOd, the moneys of John Ruckner, butcher, Queen-street and Roath Market. Prisoner was employed at the Roath Market, and the case against him was tbat he bad received these moneys from cus- tomers and bad not accounted for them to the prosecutor. Mr St. John Francis Williams appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Raymond Allen, who represented the prisoner, said the circumstances of the case were peculiarly sad. The offences were committed last Juae and July, and during those two months the prisoner's wife was dying from cancer. Prisoner was very badly off. He was pressed for money. His landlord was threatening distress he was being pressed for rates he endeavoured to get his wife into the Infirmary, but there was no room there and special food was ordered for her. He had been married 34 years, and had had 15 children. His f wife died on July 17th. Under these circumstances he was tempted, and succumbed, but his only motive was to keep a roof over the bead of his dying wife, and to provide ber with the food which she required. —Mr Justice Phillimore: What was, his salary ?—Mr St. John Francis Williams Thirty shillings a week.—Mr Allen said prisoner surrendered when be beard there was a warrant out against him, andbebad been incllstody since January 25th. Vicar Henderson, of St. John's, gave evidence as to character. The Judge said he had to think of the example to others, but he would pass a light sentence. The accused would ba imprisoned for two months in tba second divi- sion. Theft of Brass Bearings. Thomas Pugsley and David Thomas, youths, were charged with feloniously stealing brass bearings. value £20. the property of Richard Thomas and Co., from the Cwmbwrla Tinplate Works on February 12th. Mr Llewelyn Wil- liams (instructed by Mr auhan Edwards) appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Ivor Bowen (instructed by Mr W. &. Thomas) defended. The hearing of the case occupied a considerable time, and both prisoners denied any knowledge of the theft. The brass bad not been traced, and the proEecution relied mainly on the evidence of two boys who said they saw the prisoners re- moving it over the wall of the works. The case was stronger against Pugsley than the other, and he alone was found guilty. He was sentenced to four months' imprisonment. Thomas was dis- charged.

CIVIL COURT. j Before Mr Justice Bruce and a Jury. Sieged Breach of Contract. The hearing was resumed of an action by James Lock, grocer, Williamstown, Penygraig, j against William Phillips, Lyndhurst, Ponty- pridd, for breach of contract. Mr S. T. Evans, K.C., M.P., and Mr J. Sankey (instructed by W. R. Davies and Co., Pontypriildj wore for plaintiff, Mr Abel T'aomas, K.G., M.P., and Mi Arthur Lewis (instructed bj Mr Herbert Crockett, Pontypridd) for defendant Plaintiff claimed £111 8a 4d. There was a counter claim for £217 for illegal seizure of a traction engine and (rucks. In 1901 plaintiff and his two partners, John Blacker and George Keislake, hired a traction sngine from Burrell's Hiring Company, Thetford. A few months afterwards Mr Lock sold a colliery at Penrbiwfer, Rhondda Valley, to defendant, who, as part of the bargain, agreed to take over plaintiff's rights and liabilities in connection with the engine. A similar agreement was entered into between Lock's partners and de- fendant. Mr Phillips made default of the hiring agreement in July and October, 1902, and, under the terms of that agreement, Burrell's Company took possession of the engine and trucks, and called upon plaintiff to pay the two instalments j due and also £26 15s for repairs. These pay- ments plaintiff now claimed. The engine and trucks were returned to Mr Lock and his partners, who subsequently sold them to Kyte and Company, Cardiff, for £ 125. The defence to the claim was that as the plaintiff received £125 from Kyte and Company be sustained no damage. The defence to tbn counter-claim was that there was no illega' seizure, but if solt was seizure by Burretl d Company. After hearing some of tho witnesses the Jndge said that having regard to the ooaturfe of the case be would withdraw it from the jury, Mr S. T. Evans and Mr Abel Thomas addressed the court at length, and his Lordship said be would give judgment on Wednesday morning. Justice Bruce on Wednesday found for plaintiff j on the full claim, with costs, and for defendant i for £40 on the counter-claim, with costs. A Cardiff Bill Transaction. j Charles Gaen, Claude-road,' Cardiff, brought an action against Augustus Lewis, Church- terrace, Cardiff, for the recovery of jElM) and I interest due on a bill of exchange given in 1897. Mt Abel Thomas, K.C., M.P., and Mr Parsons (instructed by Mr D, E. Davies) was for plain- tiff Mr John Sankey (instructed by Lewis Mor- gan and Box) tor defendant. It was stated that I defendant's father was financially indebted to plaintiff, and ii* order to help him defendant gave plaintiff a bill for £100. which was subse- quently renewed. Defendant went to South Africa shortly afterwards, and did not return until September, 1902, when this action was commenced. The defence was that the bill was given as collateral security, and that the second mortgage in respsct of which it was given had been realised and paid off, so that the considera- tion for the bill failed. Judgment was given for I plaintiff on the fall claim, and costs. Settlement and Reconciliation. MrS T. Evans.K.C.,M.P., stated that in the case of Wiltshire v. Wiltshire a settlement had been arranged, the properties in dispute to be vested in the plaintiff, who had also effected a recon- ciliation with defendant, her husband,from whom she had been eeparated, but only for a brief period. Mrs Louisa Wiltshire, Mountain Ash, claimed from ber husband, Thomas Henry Wilt- shire, the delivery of certain properties at Moun- tain Ash, wrongfully hold from her by him. Plaintiff was represented by Mr S. T. Evans and Mr John Sankey (instructed by Messrs Walter Morgan, Brnce. and Nicholas), and Mr Rhys Williams (instructed by Mr J. W. Evans) was for defendant. Sequel to a. Street Accident. On September 1st last Mrs Elizabeth Thomas, 9, Tudor-road, and Mrs Hannah James were walking along Wood-street, Cardiff. At the corner of Eisteddfod-street they passed under the shop sun blind of Mr Hauser. Just at that moment Mr Morgau Davies, farmer. Llancarvan, Aberthaw, drove up with a waggon laden with straw. The waggon collided with the sun blind, which fell upon Mrs Thomas, who received such injuries that she had to undergo medical treatment. The sequel was told to Mr Justice Bruce, when Mr and Mrs Thomas claimed from Mi Morgan Davies personal injuries. Mr Arthur Lewis (instructed by Mr J. H. Jones) was for plaintiff. Defendant did not appear. Evidence was given by plaintiffs, P.C. Fudge, and Dr. Mullin. The doctor said that Mrs Thomas had sustained a permanent injury to the eye, and ber general health had been affected by the accident. The Jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for l25 and costs. Cardiff Slander Action. The action brought by Cbarlee H. Huss, Ltd., ship store merchants Cardiff, against Arturo Almansi, ship store merchant, also of Cardiff, for slander, was entered. Mr B. Francis Williams, E.C., and Mr Arthnr Lewis (instructed by Mr H. Morgan Rees) wera for the plaintiffs, and Mr S. T. Evans, K.C., and Mr J. Sankey (instructed by Messrs Stephens. David and Company) for the defendant. Mr Williams stated that the case bad been settled out of court

THIRD DAY. The winter assizes for the county of Glamor- gan were resumed on Wednesday morning at Cardiff,

CROWN COURT. (Before Mr Justice Phiuitnore). Cardiff Docks Fend. On taking his seat Mr Justice Phillimore said he bad been considering the business of the Court, and intimated that he would take the Cardiff Docks riot case at the very end of the Assizes The witnesses were few, they were all in Cardiff, aud they might safely be released till next Monday. Theft of a Mare. Albert Isaac James (16), engine-driver, pleaded guilty to stealing a marc, valued £30. the property of David Davies, at Aber- dare on November 15. The Judge, in pass- ing sentence of six imprisonment, charac- terised the tbeft as a deliberate one, and as hav- ing been carried out with some cunning. He would be sent to a boys' piison, wbere he would be very kindly but firmly treated, and his Lord- ship hoped the prisoner would be permanently I cntcd* Confectioner Sent to Hard Labour. ¡ John Herriott or Elliott (34), confectioner, of 52, Cowbridge-road, Cardiff, was charged with unlawfully and carnally knowing Margaret McKivett, a girl under the age of 13, the Mumbles on December 24th last. Mr St. John Francis Williams prosecuted, and Mr L. M. Richards and Mr John Plews defended. The accused, in addition to keeping a shop in Cowbridge-road, managed by hIS wife, travelled in sweets. Towards the end of last year he was lodging with the girl's mother at Newton-road, and it was alleged that he committed the offence while Mrs McKivett was out superintending the removal of furniture to Dunn's-lane. The girl said nothing of the assault till the following Sunday, when the accused was at once ordered out of the bouse. He denied the alleged offence in the presence of the prosecutrix, who at the time simply stated that he had disarranged her clothing. 1 Jones. Mumbles, by whom the girl was subsequently examined,said that the full offenee had been com- mitted. Prisoner was called, and under cross- examination suggested that tne story had been concocted against him because he bad given notice to leave. Prisoner w&s found gouty, and was sent to hard labour for 18 months.. Six Months Hard Labour. j Max Sherman (30), labourer, pleaded not guilty j to a charge of committing an offence against Gwendoline Nicholls, a girl of the age of 12 years, on December 18th, at Aberdare. Mr Walter Williams (instructed by Mr Rhvs, Aberdare) prosecated, and Mr Ivor Bowen (instructed by Morgan Roes) defended. Prisoner v'&s found j gnilty, aocl sent to bard labour for six months, j

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CIVIL COURT. I (Before Mr Justice Bruce and a Special Jury,) Claim Agaihst the G.W.R. Co. On May 7th, 1902, the G.W.R. Co. ran an ex- cursion from South Wales to Chester for the Cup races. Amongst the passengers was David Davies, foreman pitman at "Nixon's Navigation Collieries, and living at Holly Bush Cottage, Cardiff-road, Merthyr Vale. At 7.50 p.m. be was in the Chester Station refreshment bar,, and hear- ing shouts of South Wales train lie rushed out. 11 Is this the return Merthyr traih ?" he asked. "Yes." replied a porter, and Davies jumped into it. He had been as work the previ- ous night, and beipg very tired he lay in the corner of the carriage and fell asleep. The train had just passed through Hereford when he awoke, and went to the window to see where he was. The door flew open be clung to it desperately, but his fingers got benumbed, and after being carried along for a considerable distance—the train was travelling very rapidly at the time-he let go his hold and fell. When be regained con- sciousness Davies fonud himseif between the lines. He was taken to the Hereford Infirmary, and was unable to resume work for some months. In stating the above particulars to Mr Justice Bruce and a special jury at the Glamorgan Assizes on Wednesday, when Davies claimej X250 from the G. W.R Company for personal damages, Mr Abel Thomas said the company denied negii- gence or that the train was under their control, and urged contributory negligence by plaintiff. 1, But," urged Mr Thomas, if you travel by a, railway you don't expect to find that one of the carriage doors is unfastened." The defence of the company was like most of their defences in such cases—that their servants were so careful that it was quite impossible for an accident to occur through their fault. Mr Abel Thomas, K.C., M.P., and Mr John Sankey (instructed by Roberts-Jones and Everett) were for plaintiff Mr B. F. Williams, K.C., and Mr W. D. Benson (instructed by Mr R. R. Nelson, Paddmgton) for defendants. Plaintiff, in his evidence, said that when he found himself between the railway lines he prayed to his Father in Heaven as to where be was. He felt as though he were in a wilderness until be saw the signal-box light. Before the accident he was strong and hale now he suffered from headaches, dizziness, and loss of appetite, and Nben at work be often felt one minute in Siberia, the next in South Africa." Cross examined by Mr B. F. Williams, plain- tiff said be did not think he told Stephens, the signal-box iran, that he was pushed out of the train or that he had been drinking whisky with some friends. He was sure he did not tell War- rington, the Hereford stationmaster that he had travelled by tbe London and North-Western. Witness was positive he did not open the car- riage door, and he might have made statements to people after the accident which were not in accordance with the facts. He earned E2 12s a week, exclusive of house rent and coal. He had a smoking cap, field-glasses, and an overcoat, which he lost. William Alder, who was with plaintiff on the Chester platform, said the officials said the train into which they got was the Merthyr Vale. When witness got to Quaker's Yard he was told by a porter that Davies bad fallen out of the train. Dr. D. J. Degan, house surgeon at Hereford Hospital, said plaintiff was brought in covered with blood. tie had four or five scalp wounds and numerous bruises. He told witness he fell out of the train. Dr. C. R. White. Merthyr Vale, stated it was probable that plaintiff would always suffer from the results of the accident. For the defence Mr B. F. Williams submitted that plaintiff returned from Chester by a Lon- don and North-Western and not by a Great Was- tern train tbat the accident was the result of his own negligence, and that his recollection of it was so hazy that it was impossible to say how it occurred. Richard Radford Stephens, the signalman who first saw plaintiff, said two trains passed jast before, a G. W. and an L. and N.W. Plaintiff said he bad been pushed out of a North-Western. William Dance, ganger, and Railway Constable F. C. Jones, Hereford, gave corroborative evid- ence. In reply to Mr Abel Thomas. Joniaz, who had the G.W. and L and N.W. initials on his collar. said all the officials between Hereford and Chester were similarly initialled. Evidence was also given by H. Waddington, relief stationmaster at Hereford, G. H. Southern, inspector, Harry Roberts, G.W.R. clerk at Hereford, and then the court adjourned until 10.30 this (Thursday) morning.

THE TINPLATE INDUSTRY. EXPANSION OF THE EMBOSSED SHEET TRADE. The Americana have largely extended the use of steel sheets by using embossed plates in building construction, and we learn that a movement is now on foot in the United States to combine the whole of the ceiling interests. The capital of thj combine to be 5,000,000 dols. There are in the country 12 firms engaged in the manufacture of metal ceilings exclusively, whilst 19 other companies are also prodnoers in connec- tion with roofing and corrugating. The proposal is to separate the metal ceiling business and to constitute a separate branch of industry. It is said that the 12 concerns referred to employ no less than 6,000 men in metal ceiling production Specimens of tnese embossed sheets were brought to this country by Mr Richard Lewis, of Swan. sea, and are now on view at the Royal Exchange, Swansea. Metal ceilings will also be used in a large building in course of erection in the town.

FLAG OF THE COMMONWEALTH. After a considerable amount of delay the Im- perial authorities have now sanctioned a distinc- tive flag for the Australian Commonwealth. The groundwork of the ensign is blue, with a Union Jack in the caiiior over a six-point star. The mercantile is of the lIamo design, but on a red ground. Tgedesign is reproduced by the Morning Leader by the kindness of Messrs Gordon and Gotch.

DROWNED AT MISKIN VILLAGE, I Child's Distressing Fate. A very sad case of drowning occurred at Mis- kin Village on Saturday evening A little girl, eight years old, the daughter of Mr Daniel Sum- sion had been playing with several other chil- dren during the evening in the village, and in some unexplained way strayed away from the others. As the night wore on and no news of the child was forthcoming, search was at once made, which continued throughout the night in rain. Early on Sunday morning the body was discovered in the Ely River a considerable distance from the village. A later report is that the child went to wash ¡ her boots in the mill stream and feU in. She was drawn under the wheel, and carried by the current into he river. The child's jaw was broken, and the lower part of the body badly crashed.

STREET ACCIDENT TO MISS JENNER. Oa Tuesday, as Miss Jenner was ftomg down St. Mary-street, Cardiff, she came in contact with a dangerous piece of wood which was on the shoulder of a young lad who was talking to someone across the roadway. She sustained a severe blow over the left eye, and was rendered almost unconscious. With difficulty -be reached a friend's house, where the wound was bathed and bandaged. Thd lad expressed great regret for the accident.

ANARCHISTS APPEAL REJECTED. Brussels, Monday Afternoon.-The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of the Anarchist Rubino against the sentence of imprisonment I for life passed upon him for his attempt on King Enopolde-contul News,

The above is the Lion of St. Mark, Venice. Oppo- site the Doge's Chamber in the Palaoe was a head of j this Citon, with mouth open, into which persona aecretly threw whatever was tc meet the eye "f the Doge. Wallace it at the head of this column to indicate that public letters are received by us, and also letters requiring answers on legal and general topics.

LEGAL ADVICE. By a Cardiff Solicitor. The Major.—No records M. J. W., Ma-esteg.-You must supply the date. True Briton.—We have not sufficient particulars before us to answer these questions definitely, but we should say that B has no right to compel A to remove the bathroom and water sbutes. Will (J. R.).—A copy of the will can be obtained from the Principal Probate Registry at Somerset House. A search fee of Is would have to be paic and the cost of the copy would depend upon its length. Sister's Debt (One in Trouble).—You cannot be made to pay your deceased sister's debt unless you re- ceived some benefit from her estate, and you should attend the hearing of the summons and explain the position. Custody of Child (Thomas Edwards),—The mother can claim the child under the circumstances named by you. The remainder of your question is I not clear enough for us to be able to answer it. You should give further particulars Debt (Jabez).-Six years j'J the period fixed by the Statute of Limitations iv: thin which a (lobt can be recovered. If the six years are not fully expired I „ yon should at once issue a County Court summons. Custody of Child (Onesijrars).—The guardian ap- pointed by the father's w11 is the person entitled I to the care of the child, and if you perrist in keep- ing her you aro not entitled to any payment for the maintenance. The truszee would, neverthe- less, have to account to the child for the income of the father's property when such child attains the age of 21 years. A trustee can mortgage trust property for the purposes of the tvust, unless he is debarred from doing so ny the Bequest to Chapel (Tudor).—So lona as the income ¡ mentioned by the testator is paid to the chapel you cannot inquire into or interfere with the investment. Real property comprises freehold and copyhold premises, but not leasehold, which is personal property.

CARDIFF ELECTRIC LIGHTING. At a meeting of the Cardiff Electric Lighting Committee on Tuesday, Aid. Carey presiding, a deputation, consisting of County Councillor Jotbam, Messrs J. G. Thomas, T. II. Stephens, andF.de Courcy Hamilton, directors of tbe High street Arcade Co., attended asking that tbat arcade, which was a public thoroughfare, might be lighted with electricitv. The matter 1 was referred to Mr ENis to report upon On the motion of Councillor Kidd, seconded by the Chairman, it was agreed to light Mount stuart-square with electricity. Councillor J. T. Richards urged that the pox- tion of Cowbridge-road from Llanrfaff-road to Clive-road should be electric&llv lighted, and the Chairman promised that the work should be undertaken as soon as Buto-road was completed. The Electrical Engineer reported tbat the number of private consumers was rapidly in- creasing, the sale for the December quarter be- ing half a million unite. A letter was received from Mr T. H, Riches, on behalf of the Taff Vale Co., asking if the Cor- poration would supply electric current for the Penarth Harbour, and a sub-committee waa appointed to deal with the matter.

CWMSYFIOG LICENSING CASE. A Sunday Evening Incident. At Tredegar, on Tuesday John Davies, collier, Cwmsyfiog, was summoned for refusing to quit the Queen's Hotel, Cwmsyfiog. New Tredegar,on March 1st, and Edward Harler. the landlord, and William Griffiths, collier, New Tredegar, were summoned for assaulting Davies. Mr T. G. Powell, Brynmawr,appeared for the landlady, and Mr H. S. Lyne, Newport, for Davies.— Aire Harler stated that on account of a previous occurrence they had been careful as to serving Davies, and on the Sunday evening in question when asked to leave ho lost his temper and went like a madman "-Eda.r Baylies, a waiter, said he told Davies, who waa the worse for drink, to leave as he was not wanted there. Later on Davies came up to witness and struck him oa the jaw, remarking that it was his fault that he had been turned out. Edward Harler, husband of the landlady, said he went out to send for the police. Upon return- ing to the room Davies c' went at him like a madman and struck him several times. For the defence John Davies said that on the 10th j February he was summoned for being drunk on the licensed pramiseq of the Queen's Hotel, and the landlady requested him to state in evidence that he was not supplied there. On the present occasion he was sober, and ba.d only one tot of boer from a friend. Mr Harler came in and said he could not be served. Harler went out and re- turned with Griffiths, and when witness got up to leave Griffiths struck him and knocked him down. The Bench dismissed the summons.

At a meeting of the Cardiff Parks Committee on Monday, Aid E Beavan in the chair, it was agreed, on the suggestion of Councillor J. T. Richards, that the town clerk be asked to report on the original quantitv of land purchased for purposes of Victoria, Park, Canton, the area allo- cated for building sites, &c.

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Tinworker's Second Offence. James Harker (40), tinworker, pleaded guilty. when under the influence of drink," to unlawfully and indecently assault. ing Edith Irene Thomas, a girl of the age of seven years, on February 21st at Swansea. Mr T. Jeremiah Williams prosecuted and Mr Ivor Bowen defended. Inspector Rankin proved a previous conviction at Cardiff in 1893 for a similar offence. His Lordship said that he would have passed upon prisoner the full sen- tence of two years' hard labour, but he made a slight reduction because prisoner hp-d pleaded guilty and in consequence of the statement made by Mr Ivor Bowen in his defence. Prisoner must go to hard labour for 22 calendar months.