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he8avy ^'s parlour at the back of tne shop, when 'ode • h ')erson f?° out °f his shop in a crouching atti- ran. out an(* 8aw two Pe!'sons» whom he ""die-' er^'°» 8toP 'hief, run away with a tvro, ^u"dle soon after was dropped, and the Parted ran otl ,0 l^e cornei' a street, where they tiled a0(* went different ways. Mr. Clutton pur- *^em> overtook and secured the ^r. C ^ul*on was called, who proved these facts. t>n»isV Was cross-examined very closely by Mr. J. *b|ea or'he prisoner, but he adhered with remark- jyj Ccuracy to his statement. ^r°PD ^0Ses Moses, pawnbroker.—The bundle was ,PP°sUe niy house, the man who dropt it all t. Unning away. I kept my eye on the bundle backet"ne 'ill the prosecutor and the prisoner came £ an^ till the constable came and took it. Pri8o°SS-exai»d tcd by Mr. Davis—I cannot swear the >a, ,n*r w»s man 1 saw running, but I believe be j J he was very much like him. the K068 Thornton, constable of Swansea, produced b» L,Utl("e> and Mr. Cluttou identified the contents ■j,18 Private mark. p e P' isouer made no defence.—Guilty. Il,e Jones, of Merthyr, charged with stealing on p0 February one cap, &c. the property of Win. Owell, pleaded guilty. onthav^ Thomas, of Merthyr, charged with stealing Cra 171,1 March some coal, the property of Messrs. *shay and Co. pleaded guilty. i„ ,e chairman remarked that the prisoner had been had S°n 011 th's since January, and that he Conducted himself well while there. th NJ, J. Davis spoke with the prisoner, and stated to ^°urt that he hfcd a wife and five children, and •hp8 Want and out of employ when he committed offence pri^^e ^airman, with a suitable admonition to the neS?ne,°' pronounced the sentence of the court—one hard labour in the house of correction. ,ana John, a boy apparently twelve years of jSe, of Merthyr, charged with stealing, on the'25th arch, at Eglwysillan, nine sovereigns and silver \y?.n?y to the amount of 31. 18s. the property of Rich. bis pl*ms' P'eac*e £ l guilty, but afterwards retracted f0^e chairman then, after thanking the grand jury bii|their attention, remarked that as the last of the chr»8 'nc*ictment had been found, they were dis- jr?ed from further attendance. l0..a«e Isaac was charged with having stolen on the of^i. March, one piece of white flannel, one piece pro ^an"el, and some bed-gowns aud aprons, the Perty 0f jones of Swansea. talled E' P' Richards b>"iefly staled the case and J h loth Jones-I am a weaver at Swansea. On the of °f March 1 missed from my shop window a piece had e the bed-gowns, and the aprons. I the them there 25 minutes before eight, I missed a quarter before nine. the ,°Ses Moses—1 am a pawnbroker at Swansea. On bf0 of March prisoner came to my shop. She i(je B^t some flannel (the flannel produced and h^e<^ ant^ P'a*d flannel, to pledge. 1 asked if it Hit she said it was; I advanced 3s. on the 6 flaill>el;she came again about a quarter of an hour it 1 advanced 5s. on the second piece 1 asked if j** hers she said no but that it belonged to a 8on named Hughes. *ith "*ones called—That is niy flannel; I made it IV my two hands it is my property. foll(|^8?"er—" The flannel was honest to me, 1 rid It," be he court enquired whether this prisoner had not sh et, convicted before. A conviction was then read, f0, *,0S that the prisoner had been sentenced in 1831, *Q^'lnS ham, bacon, &c. from a shop.—Verdict 'hat°h" Jone9> to a question from the chairman, stated ba his shop window was shut, and prisoner must ve 0 erked the door of the house to get the things. ^0 e chairman, in pronouncing the sentence of the tl,eV' Very impressively remarked that this was not *ith •1 otfenceof the prisoner, aud was accompanied ith ireu stituces of aggravation and, as the en- oftLles which tlie court had made into the character tej e Prisoner, left no hopes of reformation, the sen- °t the court was that she be transported for the of 14 years. it atnuel Morris, of Swansea, labourer, was charged %(, dealing on the 18tb of February, 12 pair of list (jtfffi' 12 pair of other shoes, &c. the property of Wm. Ju'hs, of Swansea, shopkeeper. E. p. Richards stated the case, and called Hst am Griffiths, who deposed that the bundle of orj^'oes were, about two or three o'clock on the 18th da,. e^,Uary> one yard within the shop door; the next e missed them. lg.. °8cs Moses, pawnbroker, deposed that on the of °t February prisoner offered to him the bundle \y. lst shoes for sale, and asked 8s. for the bundle. p '"ess bought them for 6s. and exposed them pr ''cly for sale in his window. (The shoes were lived.) They are all there except one pair, S I sold. Pit ill jain Griffiths identified the shoes, and said he Hj^hased them of Anu Bowen, who is a regular per of such shoes. by "ss-examined by Mr. J. Davies— I know them fe, 'hose marks, (shewing different marks on dif- N'o*11' Pa'rs) I cau swear to those knots on them, •c^ Person' but my wife assists me in the shop. 1 ou. she did uot sell them; I was out only half an hour that day. It was possible lor my traa; to sell them in my absence. The woman who but e them does not sell so large a lot to any one e- nsu °8es Moses re examined by Mr. Richards—1 fro^ the prisoner where he came from—He said Haverfordwest, and that his brother made the lh es* It was the last lot he had, and he would sell pn cheap. br0r°Ss examined by Mr. J. Davies. The prisoner •I be I?'1* shoes in a handkerchief in the middle of without any concealmeut, and while there people in the shop. VJ-her Bowen deposed that she made the shoes, 'hw she identified, and so'd them to Griffiths tbilt aeelllg them in Moses's&hop window she mentioned c faet to Griffiths. io aros8-examined—Imake many pairs of such shoes cet)|Jear> but do uot sell them in large quantities, ex- JV° Griffiths. an. ,sotier Griffiths swearsthat he was only out half ba^°"r> but he said before the magistrates that he PVtr 11 out all the day he 6wears to only one °f s,1oes by his mark.—Guilty—Sentence, two hard labour, and one week solitary confinement p ,e e»d of each three months. fiedr,s°ner—Give the years longer,I shall be satis- M thea" tar''u Hoskin, a youth, was charged with stealing ansea, on the 2d of April, from the person of I j4c^ld,r' Johnson, a blue cloth jacket, and another |U y,,f• _E. P. Richards stated the case, and called \vag lam Johnsou—1 am a mariner at Swansea, 1 the 91 l^s Burrows Fair, about half-past eight in 80(t)eveuii)g 1 received a blow .on the nose from ,e Pe'Son whom I did not know, and my nose Hd !nou,h filled with blood I took off my jacket, 1 c u was snatched out of my hand by some one, Ar'D ()t say by whom there were many persons me > I looked among the crowd but could [><1 it. gwakrPhilip mosely-I am a pawnbroker at clay 11 1. ea. The prisoner came to my shop on Thurs- ast, and brought a blue jacket to pledge for hifa asked to whom it belonged he said it was U. 11, that he had purchased it about two months It I had received notice to detain such a jacket if j^as offered, and I sent for the constable. I r* VValker—-1 am chief constable of Swansea iaej^8 at Mr. Mosely's shop on Thursday this pce et was delivered to me there in the prisoner's Ike Ll easked prisoner how he became pos- 4FAed 0, a,, hith .He said that a man outside had sent tti%tlud wltli it to pawn; I took the prisoner into Th ^Vji|-e Jacket was produced, and identified by the Johnson, who said it was worth 15s. and by I Wittless Mosely. >0 e prisoner, in his defence, said—1 met a man e street, who asked me if 1 would take the Oay to pawn; he said if 1 would put it in *dkWn name> would give me 3d. 1 told Mr buj ,er the man was standing outside the shop Uujjte to°k me up and let the man run away— hi^ er—Johnson's iiII girl as is at Swansea, saw ^r* u away. I had a witness at Swansea, but .Peak ttwood put him back aDd would not let. him l' Jury in a few minutes returned a verdict— was pronounced on Elizabeth Jones, for ^Oth1^ acaP>the property of VVilliatn Powell — six 8 hard labour iu the House of Correction at usea. \v') i John, Merthyr, a boy apparently about 12 was charged with stealing on the 25th March, at EglwyMllau, nine sovereigns and silver to the amount of 31. 18s. the property of Richard Williams. Mr. E. P. Richards stated the case, and called Richard Williams--I am a boatman on the Glamor- ganshire Canal. On the night of the 25th of March the prisoner slept in my boat, and left it about eight o'clock on the Monday morniug; afterwards Isearched for the money and it was gone. I saw it in the cabin an hour before the prisoner went away I missed it a quarter of an hour after he was gone. I was on shore driving the horse; there was a little boy in the boat to steer. lhadmyeyeonhimallthetime. I went after the prisoner and found him halfa mile on towards Cardiff. He saw me coming, and came to meet me. I said to him, you have made me a good return for letting you sleep in the boat. He said why, what have I done? I said you have stolen my money i He denied having done so. I said it's no use to say so, there was no person but you in the boat. He told me to come back with him, and he would shew me where the money was. I went with him to a meadow below the Treble" Locks, the money was in the meadow; be said, there's your money. I left the money in a bag when he shewed it me it was spread about. There was eight sovereigns and 3/. 13s. in silver; be said he old not know where what was missing of it was. I had some conversation with him; I told him if he would let me have the money, I would not have anything more to do with it. The prisoner made no defence,aud had no witnesses to character.—Guilty. By the court—Prisoner, have you any thing that you can bring forward as a recommendation to mercy ? -No, Sir. The chairman, in pronouncing sentence, said that the prisoner had made a bad return for the hospitality and kindness of the plaintiff, in suffering him to sleep in his boat. By the law he had rendered him self liable to a severe measure of punishment; but, as there were, no features, of hardened criminality in the case; from the extreme youth of the prisoner; and from his afterwards throwing away the money, the court were inclined to hope that this was an instance of yielding to a sudden impulse, which was afterwards followed by compunction, and a return to better feelings. The sentence of the court therefore was, that he be im- prisoned three months, to hard Ubour, in the house of correction, at Swansea, the last week to be iu soli- tary confinement. tary confinement. George Wood, for stealing clothes, the property of Thomas Charles, post-boy, at Neath, was sentenced to 18 months hard labour in the bouse of correction at Swcnsea, the last week of each three months to be in solitary confinement. Robert Harris ,for stealing trousers, &c., the pro- perty of Mr. V. Clutton, was sentenced to two years hard labour in the House of Correction at Swansea, the last week of every three months to beinsolitmy confinement. The prisoner was heard to say, I'd sooner have seven," meaning seven years transportation. Abraham Jones, charged with refusing to find bail in a case of assault, William HopklD", on a charge of assault, and John James, on a charge of bastardy, were discharged by proclamation. The King, at the prosecution of David Davies against John Morgan.—A bill of indictment had been found at the Epiphany Sessions charging the defend- ant with assault it contained two counts, one for assaulting prosecutor in the execution of his duty as constable; the other for a common assault. Mr. Lewis, in opening the case, admitted that the warrant under which the prosecutor had arrested the defendant in November last, at Wick, had been lost; and that after it had been signed by the Rev. Mr. Hancorne it had been altered by the insertion of the name of a constable, without the knowledge of the magistrate, but that it was afterwards shewn to and approved by him. It appeared that he did not re-execute the warrant. Mr. Meyrick on the part of the defendant, took an objection, contending that the warrant was illegal and that prosecutor must be put to his election on which count he would proceed. After argument the court allowed th6 objection, and the case proceeded. The prosecutor proved that on the 11 th of November he went to defendant's house to arrest him under the warrant granted for a breach of the peace that he saw defendant in the yard near his house, who on seeing him approach took up two stones as if to throw at him; that he went up to defendant and put his hand on his shoulder, telling him he was his prisoner the defendant asked him what for, and then struck him with his fist. The prosecutor laid hold of him, and a violent struggle took place they both fell to the ground, got up and again struggled, the prosecutor endeavouring to prevent his getting into the house, and the defendant to gain it, which he effected. It appeared that one Thomas Lewis, a known constable, came to the spot at the moment, and having read the warrant, the defendant sub mitted to him, but insisted on the prosecutor's quit- ting the house. They remained in the house several hours, and ultimately left, on defendant's promising to appear to the warrant at Bridgend next day. Whilst in the house, the prosecutor and Lewis proved that defendant threatened to strike, and aimed blows at, prosecutor with fire-irons. Mr. Meyrick, in his address to the jury, insisted that the arrest being clearly illegal, and the pro- secutor having himself admitted that he had put his hand upon the defendant's shoulder before the blow (if given, which he should prove was not the fact, by a witness who saw all that took place from the commencement) the prosecutor had given the first assault., and the defendant was therefore entitled to an acquittal. He also strongly insisted, that the illegality of the arrest justified the defendant in using proper force to resist it and that, according to authorities and decided cases, if even death had ensued, the defendant would not be answerable. He called the defendant's servant maid, who proved that the prosecutor laid hold of defendant's collar first, who asked to be allowed to go into the house for his bat, and he would go along with him but that he refused, on which the prosecutor laid hold of, and twisted his hand in, defendant's neckerchief and nearly strangled him they fell together upon the ground, got up and again struggled, until they reached the house. She positively swore that de- fendant did not strike the prosecutor a blow, and contradicted the testimony of the other as to aiming blows with fire-irons in the house. After a clear and perspicuous summing up by the chairman, who said that though the plaintiff was not the constable named in the warrant, yet as he was called by that constable to assist him, and the defend- ant had then attacked him, the assault was made out, the jury consulted for a few minutes, and brought in a verdict of acquittal. This case appeared to excite a considerable interest in the neighbourhood. At these Sessions, the Rev. John Williams qualified as Rector of Marcross, Glamorganshire. Not one appeal was tried, and only two (against orders of removal) lodged for the ensuing Quarter Sessions. At these Sessions appeals were entered against orders of removal :-Letter-,ton, Pembrokeshire, ap- pellants and Merthyr Tidvil respondents—Hamlet of Pencoyd against Hamlet of Rhydygwem-Ystrad- gynlais against Dutfryn Clydach- Ytradyvoduck against Aberdare. The Court adjourned, for hearing insolvent debtors, to Cardiff, till the 19th of April. We were much concerned to hear that our deservedly esteemed countryman Raleigh A.Mansel, Esq. of Swansea, had met with a serious accident, from falling a considerable way down .he crater of Mount Vesuvius. We sincerely trust that his native air will soon restore him to his usual health and spirits. LONGEVITY .-There is now living in the parish of Ystradyfodwg in a cottage near the church, a parishioner of the name of Alice Williams, 103 jears of age she retains possession of all her faculties, and within the last Tew days she has walked several miles. DARING THEFT.—At the Cowhridge Quarter Sessions, while iVk-. Nicholl, the chairman, in that very ijipressive manner fur which he is distinguished, was passing sentence of seven years transportation on a man convicted of forcibly stealing the purseof another man at Langafelach fair, two boys, and a woman sup- posed to be connected with the prisoner, "shoved about" a poor woman named Evans, who was selling cakes in the hall. Mrs. Evans, to her sorrow, very soon found that her purse, with lis. in it, had undei- gone sentence of transportation, and with no proba- bility of returning. The boys and the woman were afterwards apprehended and searched, but the money was not found. Through the benevolent interference of Mr. Lewis, Solicitor, a subscription was imme- diately raised among the magistrates and professional gentlemen, and her loss was supplied. I John Jones, known as Jack Aberdovey, who was transported at Cowbridge for picking pockets at the last Langafelach Fair, is a very notorious offender. When the constable said to him, well, Jack, you are come into it at last," he said I have had a bloody good run of it for 12 years, and they have not yet paid me all they owe.He is one of Cockney Bil. t> gang, with whom he ba associated for many years. COitONER'S INQUEST.. On Monday morning last a report was very gene- rally circulated in this town, that a man, named John Barry, had murdered his wife; he was immediately taken into custody, and the coroner, R. Lewis Reece, Esq. was sent for who arrived here about six o'clock in the evening.' An inquest was immediately held at the Old Ange! Inn, to enquire into the cause of her death when, after the jury had viewed the body, the following evidence was adduced: J. Jones, miner stated that he lived in a room over the prisoner's. Oil reaching his home on Friday night, about half-pa* t eleven o'clock, he heard a noise, and asked his landlady what was the matter; she said Barry and his wife had been quarrelling some time. There were voices of two men in the ruom- heard one of them say he would have her life, but could not say which of them. He did not enter the room as there was no call for assistance. John Power, cinder-filler, of Peuydarran, said he went to John Barry's lodgings between six and seven o'clock, on Friday evening, and remained ulllil nine; the deceased was complaining of her mother having left her,- they had no serious quarrel—prisoner struck her with the back of his hand, and told her to go and follow her mother he could noi speak to any- thing that transpired in the house after nine o'clock. The deceased went next day with prisoner's dinner to the works, and on her return with a piece of coal, she fell down and complained of the fall. On the Saturday evening he again called on the prisoner when he was about to leave, prisoner wished to go out with him—deceased complained of being unwell, but did not say from what cause. Witness had occasionally drank with deceased and prisoner one night last week they called at the Angel, and had some rum and beer, of which deceased drank, they call-,d for more, but it was refused them on account of the lateness of the hour.. George Russell, Esq.surgeon, examined the body of the deceased, and stated that he found no marks of external violence, such as swelling or disco'oration on the surface, nor any depression or swell iug on the head nor anything else that would indicate injury sustained. From a previous knowledge of the woman he stated that she was subject to fits of epilepsy, and gave it as his opinion that under the influence of liquor she must have gone off in one of these fits ;—there was a slight discoloration under the eyes, which might be attributed to the blow given, as stated by last witness, but it could not difcctly or indirectly cause death. Jane Allen stated that she was the first person who entered the house after the death of, prisoner's wife. About a quarter to six o'clock on Monday morning she heard a noise as if persons were quarrelling, and went to the house and knocked at the door, but received no answer for some time; at length, the prisoner opened the door and she went in prisoner was crying bitterly, he said his dear was dead between his arms; she replied, you villain, why did you not call some one to assist your wife? lie made no answer, but continued crying—she then went to deceased aud found her quite warm, but apparently dead—prisoner fell on his knees and began kissing the deceased. I he coroner said that after the very conclusive evidence of Mr. Russell, the jury had better con- sider their verdict; they consulted together for a few minutes, and returned-" Died by the visitation of God in a 6t of epilepsy."