Rhyl Journal

St. Asaph Petty Sessions. CHINA DEALER AND HIS HORSE SEIZED FOR DEBT AND ORDERED TO BE SHOT. MONDAY.—Before Major Kirch (in the chair), Mr looter Roberts, and Major Charles Williams. Jurors. The jury lists for the parishes of St. Asaph, Bodelwyddan, Cvvm, Rhuddlan, Tremeirchion and Waen were presented by the respective assistant overseers, and passed without any amendment. The Smithfleld. Robert Roberts, of the Plough 'Hotel, wis granted the usual fortnightly licence in con- nection with Messrs Frank Lloyd and Sons' sales at the Smithfield. The Swan Inn. Mr Neville Williams applied for temporary authority to sell at the Swan Inn to be granted to Mrs Hughes, the widow of the late licensee. —Granted. A Stray Horse. A gipsy named Joseph Boswell failed to answer a summons for allowing a horse to stray on the road to Glascoed on the 8th inst. P.S. Connah stated that on titiding the animal astray he took possession of it, and when defendant, who had previously been cautioned for this sort of thing, came to claim it he summoned him. A tine of Is and 8s !Id costs was imposed. Cruelty Charge against a St Asaph Tradesman Samuel David Thomas, china dealer, St Asaph, pleaded guilty to a charge of cruelty to a horse by working it while in an unfit state on the 7th inst. Inspector Gibson, R.S.P.C.A., stated that on the date in question he saw defendant driving towards Rhyl in a light trap drawn by a bay y gelding. The animal was very lame in the near hind leg, and when witnoss called defen- dant's attention to the matter he replied that it had a "hop" and had been like that during the two years he had had it. C pon examina- tion witness found that the animal had a dis- eased hock and a sprained fetlock, and its hind-quarter muscles were wasted. Defendant said the horse had been newly shod, but after having the shoes taken off and replaced wit- ness saw no improvement-the horse went on three legs as before. Defendant, in the course of a lengthy state- ment, said he was assured that the animal was alright until it slipped on its haunches on Pen- yffordd hill. After that witness walked with it as far as the old waterworks, and he had just mounted the trap and was applying the whip when he was accosted by the Inspector. He could not account for the lameness unless the animal was pricked while being shod. As it failed to satisfy the inspector after having the shoes replaced, witness said he would have it shot if a vet. certified it worthless. The Chairman Where did you get the horse ? Defendant 1 had to take it for de bt. De- fendant further stated that the horse had since been examined by Mr Siddall, whose version of its condition disagreed with the Inspector's. The Chairman Doctors disagree very often. Still I think you have erred more in ignorance in this case. The Inspector Sergeant; Connah has cautioned him about the same horse. The Chairman Have you destroyed the horse ? Defendant No, sir. But I am prepared to do so upon the authority of a qualified vet. The Chairman, in intimating that defendant would be fined os and 8s Hd costs, strongly advised defendant not to work the horse again. Defendant ] am going to put it out, and have it destroyed. The Chairman Do away with it at once if you are going to do away with it at all, and .save the keep. Otherwise, you take the risk.

Sequel to a Holiday. FINED FOR NECLECTINC HIS FOWLS. At the Rhyl Petty Sessions on Tuesday, before Messrs S Perks (chairman), W Elwy Williams and 4; A Taverner, Thomas Pemberton, 2 Crescent Road, was summoned for cruelty to In fowls by withholding from them sullicient food and water between the 9th and 12th inst. Eliza Hall, domestic servant at 4 Crescent Road, stated that defendant went away on Saturday, the 9th inst., and did not return until the following Tuesday night. As nobody appeared to be attend- ing to defendant's fowls in his absence, she got rather concerned about them. She gave them some scraps of food and provided them with some water. In fact, had it not been for what she did the fowls would have died from starvation. She could never va to the larder without linding the fowls pecking at the window, and whenever she gave them food they ate it very ravenously. By the Tuesday the fowls were in a disgraceful condi- tion. having for want of food pecked off one another's feathers. C;as-examined, witness said she was accus- tomed to looking after fowls. The loss of feathers was not due to moulting, as it was past moulting me. After submitting one or two arithmetical problems, which amused the court, but did not help the case very materially, defendant aaked Are fish bones good for fow Ie Witness I didn't give them any. P.C. William Davies stated that he went to see the fowls in consequence of information given by a lady living next door to defendant's house. He found them in a very clammed condition, and when the lady put down some hot food for them they went for it over the top of one another. The general condition of the fowls was very poor, and their backs were bare. Inspector Gibson, R.S.P.C. A., stated that when he saw the fowls on the Tuesday thwra was not a trace of food or water in the yard. The bones of the fowls were "starting" through their skins, and their crops were empty—in fact they seemed quite famished and very weak. He got some food for them, and they went for it very ravenously, and they fought to get at the water he put down. In tho evening of that day he saw defendant on his return home, and described to him the distressed condition in which he had found his fowls. Defendant replied that he had been to Blackpool from the 9th till that day. Before they went away his wife left 2s 6d worth of food in the yard for the fowls, but he did not think about the water until he got to Blackpool and found it raining. Thinking it would be raining at Rhyl too, he appeared to comfort himself that the fowls would be alright in regard to water Cross-examined, witness said that if the fowls had had 2s 6d worth of food during defendant's absence there would not have been much to com- plain about. Defendant: Do you know :you can dry-feed them ? Witness: I don't u think they could thrive on dry food alone. Asked if he had any defence to make, defendant replied that he was not going to give evidence himself, but he would call witnesses to prove his innocence. Edward Ellis, IS St Helen's Place, who styled himself as a poulterer in summer and a painter at I present, said that when he dressed the fowls for the oven the other day—he could not remember whether it was a week or a fortnight ago—they were in good condition as plump as one could wish for. The number of fowls he dressed was nine. Joseph Hughes, labourer. 1 tfl Yale Road, said he had the job of killing the fowls a week ago, and he could testify to their fitness. The last witness described them to him as the best he bad plucked this season..( Too young" was all that was the matter with the birds he did not kill. Defendant having remarked that he bad also been depending upon an expert named Ryles, but he had not turned up, The Chairman said the Bench considered the case had been proved, and they regarded it as a very cruel thing for defendant to leave the fowls without proper provision, whether he did so intentionally or not. He would have to pay a fine of 2s 6d and 15s Gd costs.

Dyserth Horse Starving Case LIVERPOOL SHIPBROKER FINED. ALLEGED SPITEFUL SPYINC BY A NEIGHBOUR. An ingenious but unsuccessful defence—spite on I the part of a neighbour—was raised at Rhyl Police Court on Tuesday in a case in which Charles Sayer, shipbroker, carrying on business at 10 Romford Place, Liverpool, and late of Colwyn View, Ochry- foel, Dyserth, was charged with causing a horse to be cruelly illtreated on May 1st. Mr Jos. Lloyd prosecuted on behalf of the R.S.P.C. A., and Mr W Madden, barrister, Liverpool, defended. Mr Sayer did not appear. Mr Lloyd said the proceedings had been some- what delayed owing to the difficulty experienced in serving the summons upon defendant. On May 1, at about 7 a.m., defendant drove away from Dyserth in a governess car drawn by a brown cob. The car returned at 11, and the pony was kept standing attached to it until it was driven away at 2 p.m., returning again at 4 p.m. The condi- tion of the horse that day was most pitiable. It was in a state of dreadful emaciation, and had three sores on its body. Apart altogether from the sores, the condition ot the animal, owing to want of food, was such that it was absolutely unfit for use. Mr Sayer gave up possession of the house he occupied at Dyserth and the horse, which he had hired, too. on the date in question. Mrs Kate Shand, Moss Bank, near Dyserth, stated that she lived next door to the house at Dyserth occupied by Mr Sayer, and on his depar- ture she took possession of the house. The condi- tion of the animal was pitiable. It was suffering from want of food and two raw wounds on the shoulder. It ate very ravenously the food she gave it. NA hile attending to it in the stable she found all the rack eaten away and a large piece eaton out of the manger, while all that appeared to do duty for bedding was a dirty sack. Mr Madden Have you been arfriendly neighbour to these people ? Witness: That has nothing to do with the case. Mr Maiden: Oh yes, it has. Were you on speaking terms with the family. Witness Only when I chose to be. Mr Madden pressed the witness to be a little more definite, whereupon Mr Lloyd observed that he might put his questions a little more politely. Mr Madden: The magistrates will correct me when I am wrong, and this lady must answer my questions. Witness said she spoke to her neighbours a little when they first came. Mr Madden: And why did that intercourse cease ? Witness: Because I always like to choose my own acquaintances. Air Madden I ask for your reason. Witness That is all the reason 1 can give. The Chairman (Mr S Perks): I don't think you can press for a further reason. Further cross-examined, witness said of course she did not know how the horse was fed while de- fendant had it, but she could guess. Mr Madden Ob, ye, we know all ladies can guess (laughter). Witness wtote to Mr Reader, the owner of the lioise, informing him of its cotidition. She was in a way responsible to Mr Reader for both the house defendant, had taken and the horse. The key of the houso had to be given up t.o hot- when defendant left. She never knew that anything wns the mat- ter with the horse before Mr Sayer had it. Mr Madden contended that there was, and said he could prodpee a letter from Mr Reader on the subject. Mr Lloyd strongly objected to a letter from an outsider being put in Mr Madden Not oven though it be written by the owner of the horse Mr Lloyd Not in this .?ase. Mr Madden 1 must ,,ty this is a disgraceful prosecution, with spies all round. Let us try the case on its merits. Mrs Shand, further questioned, replied fchao she had no causo to be ashamed of anything she had done, and she repeated that she had no reason to offer as to why conversation between her and the Sayers ceased. Thomas C Howatson, veterinary surgeon, St. Asaph, stated that when he examined the horse oa May ,rd he found it in a very poor condition— nothing but skin and bone. It had a nasty sore on the back, two sores on the off shoulder, and a scar on the near shoulder, It could not possibly have been Jit for work two days before. Another sign of its poor condition was that it had not shed its coat. It had no organic disease, and witness put down its condition to want of food. Cross-examined Witness examined the horse for a Mrs Wilson, the lady who had it at present, and in connection with this case the information he supplied was simply a copy of the certificate he sent to Mrs Wilson. He did not know who was the owner of the horse. Mr Madden What about these instructions left by Mr Reader. Mr Lloyd I object to those instructions going in. Mr Madden I don't care whether you object or not. They are going in (laughter). Leave to submit the instructions was given, and when asked his opinion of them, Mr Howatson replied that the two meals por day prescribed for the horse was not- sufficient. Mr Madden Thoroughbreds don't eat much. Witness I have never seen a thoroughbred with so little flesh on it as this horse. A further statement by witness being charac- terised by Mr Madden as absurd, Mr Lloyd asked him not to be so insulting, and said ha meant to keep him under control. To that Mr Madden retorted" That is more than you can do." (laughter). After further passages Mr Elwy Williams, one of the magistrates, complained that they were wasting time. Mr Lloyd I agree with you, Bir. Alr Aladden 1 am very sorry to hear such a remark from the Bench. Mr Klwy Williams I am not alluding to you, but to your friend (laughter). Inspector Warr, R.S.P.C.A., stated that when he reported the extremely emaciated condition of the horse to defendant he admitted using it on May 1st, and attributed its poverty to worms. He further remarked: "It is a most peculiar pony. If I didn't give him his food by seven o'clock in the morning he immediately began to eat the manger and the rack." Defendant con- tended that the horse had been well looked after while he had had it, and charged Mrs Shand with spite. Cross-examined, witness said that horses known as crib-biters always sucked at one pl-ice. Mr Howatson, recalled, said that the horse had been under his supervision since May 1st, and so far had shown no sign of crib-biting. Mr Madden, for the defence, said his client con- sidered it an outrage that such a charge should be preferred against him. and he had wondered bow on earth it could be made. He had been casting about for reasons, and it seemed that they had to thank the spying of an unfriendly neighbour. He had never heard of a more extraordinary position

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1 than that a man like Mr Reader should let his property for the season to a respectable person I like the defendant, and that the lady witness they had heard should suggest that Mr Reader had appointed her to act as a kind of policeman over her neighbours. A boy was to have given evidence' in the case, but he was informed that he had not turned up because a policeman had told him he need not come. i;Defendant's daughter was, how- ever, the person who appeared to know most about the horse, and she would tell the Bench that many a time she had fed it herself. She was its continual companion, and she would tell them that the sores complained of were healed and that the horse was in anything but an emaciated condition. Accord- ing to the evidence they had already heard the horse had run the gauntlet every day for six mouths, yet no policeman appeared to have inter- ested himself in the case. He maintained that it was because of Mrs Sband's spite, which she would not account for, that the prosecution had been brought forward. Audrey Sayer, defendant's daughter, said the horse was used every day to take her father to and from the station while he lived at Dvscrth, and there were only three occasions on which she did not accompany him. The instructions produced were furnished by Mr Reader at the request of her father, who did not quite understand horses, and they were hung up in the stable for the guidance of those who attended the horse. The two meals pre- scribed were not considered enough,and it was inva- riably given more. She was always sent to the stable to see that it was well cared for, and she often fed it herself. It was quite untrue that on May 1st the'pony was kept standingfor so long as had been alleged. As for the alleged sores, she did not think there was one larger than a sixpence when it went out of their possession, and that only on the neck, for which she got a pad. Mr Lloyd, in the course of his cross-exrmination, ion, referred to the bills for food for the horse which had been produced, and said that the last one, dated April 27th, was a summary of all the others and showed that f2 Is 4d was owing. Mr Madden Those are all the bills we produce. I don't say they are all the bills incurred on account of the horse. Mr Lloyd Well, if Mr Sayer can buy ships, I think he might settle this small account. Mr Madden That is a very insolent remark to make about my client. Mr Lloyd It is a true one (laughter). Asked by Mr Lloyd whether a boycott their service because they would not provide sufficient food for the horse, Miss Sayer said that was the first time she had heard of such a thing: she under- stood he had left to take a hieher position. J W Montgomery, licensee of the Red Lion, Dyserth, said the horse was not looking very fat when it came to him, but while it occupied his stable it was well fed. Mr Lloyd Now, Mr Montgomery, give us your straightforward opinion about this certificate. Are you prepared to deny this certificate in abso- lutely every particular ? Witness I would not like to say so. Pressed for a more definite answer, witness said he would bow to the veterinary surgeon's judg- ment, and added that the horse left his stable two months before the Sayers left Dyserth. The Bench considered the case proved, and im- posed a fine of fl and C2 lis (5d costs, with the alternative of 14 days' hard labour. An application by Mr Lloyd for a commitment in the event of the tine not being paid forthwith was granted, Mr Madden declining to guarantee the payment of the money.

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St. Asaph County Schooi. EXAMINATION SUCCESSES, f905 -NO FAILURES. Robert Percy Jones has proceeded to Glasgow University, and has been successful in passing the first I'rofessional Examination for a Veterinary Surgeon. Arthur Gordon Robinson was placed in the second division of the University of Wales Matri- culation Examination in June last. He has also obtained the Senior Certificate of the Central Welsh Board in English Composition, English Language, History, Latin, French, French Con- versation, Elementary Mathematics, Arithmetic, Chemistry, with distinctions ia English Language and English History. Albert George Paynter has been awarded the J unior Certificate of the Central Welsh Board in English Composition, Scripture, English Language, History, Arithmetic, Mathematics, Latin, French, Geography, Drawing, with distinctions in Scrip- ture, English Language, Arithmetic, Drawing, English Composition. David Lloyd Roberts has been awarded the Junior Certificate in English Composition, Scrip- ture, English Language, History, Arthmetic, Mathematics, French, Woodwork, Drawing. Ri8 marks in Woodwork, Drawing, Arithmetic, Scrip- ture (lit) were not less than SO per ccnc.

Rhuddlan. The Parish Church- Last Sunday, in accordance with the request of the Bishop of the Diocese, the offertories were given to the Diocesan Association of Schools. There were large congregations both morning and evening. The Vicar preached at both services. In the morning, taking for his subject St. Matthew xviii, 10, he drew a vivid picture of the worth of a little child in the eyes of the Saviour, of His anxiety for his welfare, and how the angels tend and guard the little ones. lie referred to the warning in tho text, and pointed out some of the ways in which it was possible to "delSpise" and put stumbling blocks in their way. He spoke of the great blessedness of being allowed to deal with such precious ones, and the danger of doing the work badly and carelessly. Whatever educa- tion a Christian parent might give to his children he must feel it would bo miserably incomplete, if not positively mischievous, unless it was distinctly Christian. Without religious instruction given by res- ponsible teachers religion would soon die out. And this was why they were so anxious to keep, as far as possible, from a system of secular schools, which had wrought disaster in France, the United States, and the Australian colony. They were morally bound to hand down to posterity the trust which had been committed to them for the benefit of successive generations. The buildings and land of Church schools were estimated to be worth forty-live millions, and they had been given in the faith of their security under trust deeds. Wedding. On Monday last, at the Parish Church, the wedding of Mr Robert Sleigh, mechanic, Castle Street, and Miss Harriet Parry, of Castle Street took place. The bride was given away by Mr Richard Dykins, and the brides- maid was Miss Mary Dykins. Choir Trip. On Thursday, Sept 20th, the Church choir had their annual trip. Liverpool and Birken- head were visited this year. The weather was beautifully line, and a most enjoyable day was spent. A programme of sight-seeing had been carefully arranged, and with excellent facilities for travelling by tram and boat most of the places of interest were visited. The party dined together at the King's Cafe. They heartily thank the subscribers for their generosity, and thus enabling the choir to have a well-earned trip.

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