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GLAMORGANSHIRE ADJOURNED QUARTER…

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GLAMORGANSHIRE ADJOURNED QUARTER SESSIONS. The Sessions were resumed yesterday morning at ten o'clock. FIRST COURT.(Before Mr. R. O. JONES and Mr. J. S. CORBETT). 'C F ALLEGED ROBBERY OF FIG IRON AT MOUNTAIN ASH. The greater part of the day was taken up with the in- vestigation of a case of alleged extensive tneft of pig iron. David Edward and David Harris (on bail), were charged with stealing 1120 lbs. of pig iron, the property of Richard Fothergill and others, on the 6th of January last, at Mountain Ash. William Walters (on bail), was charged with stealing 560 lbs. of pig iron, the property of Mr Fothergill, at Mountain Ash, on the 7th of December; and Henry Morgan (on bail) was charged with stealing iour iron tram wheels, the property of Mr. Fothergill, on December 1st. He was also charged on another count of the indictment with having received the same knowing it to have been stolen and upon a separate indictment the prisoner, Henry Morgan, was also charged with receiving the pig iron in each of the above cases, well-knowing th-, same to have been stolen. Mr. De Rutzen prosecuted in each case Mr. H. Allen and Mr. B. Francis Williams appeared for the defence. The evidence went to shofv that the prisoners Edwards, Harris and Walters were in charge of two boats trading between Cardiff and kber- dare. Upon the occasion alleged in the charge, the boats were laden with pig iron and passing up the canal. At Mountain Ash the prisoners were said to have taken the pig iron out of the barges and sold it to the prisoner Henry Morgan, who keeps a foundry at Mountair Ash. A quan- tity of iron discovered at the foundry was stamped with the same marks as that stolen. The defence was that the identity of the iron at the foundry witl that said to have been stolen had not been prov,ell.thE' three boatmen, after a very lengthy trial, were .quitted. The prisoner Henry Morgan was acquitted of che charge of theft, but was found guilty of felûrÜøusY receiving the iron, and was sentenced to eight ID/nths imprisonment at the House of Correction at Sw,nsea, with hard labour. WOUNDING AT MEIITB^K-—Thos. Curran, 56, labourer, was charged with nar-iciously wounding one Patrick Lane with a knife. Merthyr Tydfil, on the 16th last December. The Wy found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced tr twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour, at Oardff gaol. STEALING GOAL AT ABERDABE.—Mary Morgan, on bail, was iJarged with stealing sixty pounds weight of coal, the property of Mr. Richard Fothergill and others, at Abe><.tare, on the 18th last January. She was ac- quitt#li- TIE ROBBERY FROM THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, A" NEATH.—David Thomas, 19, labourer, John Gwyn, iO, and Evan Jones, 22, labourer, on bail, were charged with stealing a quantity of tobacco, of the value of six shillings, the property of the Great Western Railway Company, at Neath, on the 29th of last January. Mr. B. F Williams appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Coleridge for the defence. The men were employed on the railway to transfer goods from one van to the other, and they had opportunities of knowing what came with different trains The tobacco stolen was found in a box hidden under some hay in the goods shed by one of the railway officials and Inspector Elias. They put a mark on it, and l'lt it back, and watched the place that night. The three prisoner's were observed to come and take it away, and they were then apprehended. For the defence it was urged, and that the men merely picked the box up in the goods shed, while they were digging up some saw- dust, and it was contended that there was not a single particle of evidence to convict them of theft. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, recommending them to mercy, and they were each sentenced to three months' imprison- ment with hard labour. The court adjourned shortly before six o'clock. SECOND COUrT.-(Before Mr. J. C. FOWLER and Mr. G. PHILLIPS.) UNLAWFUL WOUNDING A CARDIFF. --Robert Puckett, f n bail, was charged with unlawfully assaulting, beating, pounding, and ill-treating one John Roberts, at Cardiff, (n the 30th December last The prosecutor did not now j.ppear. It will be recollected that Roberts's leg was broken as a result of the assault, and he was confined in the Cardiff Infirmary for a considerable time. Puckett was ordered to pay C5 to the Infirmary, and was then dis- charged. "RINGING THE CHANGES."—William Jones, 42, cork cutter, was charged with stealing a half-sovereign, the money of one William Hutt, at Cardiff, on the 29th of January. Hf, was sentenced to six months' imprison- ment with hard labour at Cardiff. OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES AT LLANDAFF. —Thomas Baldwin, 44, accountant, was charged with un- lawfully obtaining from one John French the sum of four shillings, the monies of the said John French, by means of certain false pretences, at Llandaff, on the 8th of Nov. last. The accused had been an assistant to Mr. F. H. Pearce, auctioneer and shoemaker of Cardiff, and ob- tained the money from Mr. French by representing that he was authorised by Mr. Pearce to demand it. The jury acquitted the prisoner. MALICIOUS WOUNDING AT MERTHYR.—WM. Edwards, 30, collier, was indicted for maliciously wounding Richard Miles and David Jenkins, at Merthyr-Tydfil, on Dec. 24th, 1871. Three previous convictions were proved against the prisoner, who was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment at Swansea.

The Court rose at half-past…

NANTYMOEL, OGMORE VALLEY.

ST. CLEARS.

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