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Ton-Pentne Police Court. -+- Monday.—Before the Stipendiary (Mr. D. Lleufer Thomas), Alderman Richard Lewis, Alderman Wm. Morgan, Messrs. J. D. Williams, R. S. Griffiths, Enoch Davies, and W. T. Jones. MOTOR RACING IN TONYPANDY. F'redk. Shy Ian, fitter, Peiiyg.i,.aig, was lined 30s. for riding a motor bicycle at ,a furious rate in Dunraven Street, Tony- pandy. The Stipendiary said that the Rhondda Valleys were narrow, and there were not many places where people could congre- gate. D'unraven. Street was a place which was very crowded, and it was very dangerous to ride at a rapid pace through it. ITALIAN LAW-BREAKERS. Bsominico Pace, refreshment-house keeper, Tonypandy, was summoned for keeping his premises open during pro- hibited hours. P.O. Harrison said that at 11.30 on Saturday night last he saw defendant's shop open, and full of customers. When witness was seen approaching, the door was shut, and it was only after repeated knocking: that he was allowed in. Witness added that defendant's mana- ger was in the habit of keeping the house open after hours, and when a policeman was seen coming, he would close the door and let the men out one by one by a side door. A fine of 15s. was imposed. Antonio Gonuno, also of Tonypandy, was fined 5s. for selling cigarettes on Sunday. Addressing defendant, the Stipendiary said that when foreigners came into this country they were expected to obey its laws, and not defy them as he (defendant) had apparently done, he having been fined twice previously for a similar offence. A RHONDDA DERBY. John Haddrell, Albert Thomas, and John Emmanuel, three Treherbert youths, were summoned for furious riding. P.O. Lynch said that on 8th ult. he saw Haddrell mounted on a hunter riding at a terrific pace, the others following about a hundred yards behind. Haddrell, in reply to questions said that his horse had been frightened by a tramcar, and he had lost control over it. Witness was of the opinion that the three defendants had been raeins one another. Defendants were ordered to pay the costs—5s. MUSICIAN "SLIGHTLY ELEVATED." Geo. D. Donald, musician, Tonypandy, was charged with refusing to pay his fare I whilst riding in a Rhondda Tramway Company's car, and assaulting one of the Company's servants. Arthur Thomas, conductor, said that on 6th August defendant boarded the car at Pandy Square, and when asked for his fare, declared that he had a ticket, but refused to show it. When requested to get off Sherwood, he struck witness in the. ribs. Asked as to his condition, witness said that he was "slightly elevated." Defendant said that he was under the impression he had paid his fare. He was very sorry for having struck the con- ductor. Defendant was discharged on payment of costs. HUSBAND'S DIRE THREATS. Sarah Sutton, 8, Mount Libanus St., Treherbert, summoned her husband, Jas. Sutton, engine-driver, for persistent cruelty. Mr. T. Millward, Pentre, ap- peared for complainant, and Mr. James Phillips for the defendant. Complainant said that she was married to defendant in June, 1898, and there was one child of the marriage. She left him on the 27th July because of his con- duct. About six months ago he caught her by the throat outside the house, and threatened to strangle her before the morning. She went in search of a police- man, and having obtained some money belonging to her from the house, she stayed the niglit with a friend. The following day she returned, and finding her photograph, and pictures smashed she deemed it wise to keep adray for another night. Two or three months later, he quarrelled with her about the child not being in feed, and said he had a, good mind to chop off her head with a hatchet. Suiting the action to the word, he picked up a hate-bet, but she pleaded for her life that night, at any rate. He then put the hatchet down. On the 27th July, he blacked both her eyes, and again threat- ened her with a hatchet unless she cleared out of the house before he returned from work. She left the following morning, and had since stayed at her present address, i j. In cross-examination, complainant 'denied that she was in the habit of taking bottles of whisky to a. friend's house, until the iatter's husband refused her admission to the house. The Stipendiary, at this stage, urged that the case should be adjourned for corroboration. This was agreed to and the case was adjourned for a week, defendant agreeing to pay 'her 7s. 6d. without prejudice. CANINE BUTCHERS. Richard Jones, farmer, Llwynypia Farm, claimed R5 from John Saunders and Morris James, colliers, Tonypandy, in respect of 13 lambs and 3 ewes killed on 21st and 23rd July by defendants dogs. Mr. Dodds (Messrs. Treharne and Treharne, Pentre) appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. S. 0. Edwards for Saunders. Plaintiff said that he saw- the dogs on Thursday worrying sheep, and lie found that thres ewes had been killed. On the following Saturday, he placed his shep- herd to watch the sheep, and 13 lambs were killed on this day again by the defendants' dogs. Plaintiff identified the dogs as those belonging to defendants. The value of the sheep killed was 15s. each. P.O. Hawkins said that he saw the 16 sheep which had been killed. Their necks were broken, and the flesh had been torn from the hind quarters. He was of the opinion that more than one 'dog had been engaged in the killing. A "shepherd named Rowlands said he went to the mountain on 23rd July, and saw two dogs killing sheep. He got within ten yards of them, and they rf i) away. He lost them in a neighbouring planta- tion, and he went to inform the plaintiff. He saw one of the dogs later in the day tied up in a butcher's shop, waiting for the owner to come and claim if., Wm. Lilwall, butcher, said that on 23rd July plaintiff told him that some of his sheep had been killed. He went to the mountain, and found two dogs in the act of killing a lamb. He followed the dogs, and saw one of them going into defendant James' house. He caught the other dog in Court Street, and kept it in his shop until the owner (Saunders) came to claim it. Mrs. Margt. Saunders, wife of the defendant Saunders, gave, evidence, to prove that on Thursday the dog was at her son-in-law's house, whilst on Satur- day he was not let off the chain until after midday. Sarah Jane Shepherd, a. charwoman, said that the Saunders' dog was tied up on 21st July until about 10.30 a.m., when it was taken away by Mrs. Saunders' son- in-law. r'I. 1 corroborative evidence was given oy Miles John, defendant's son-in-law, and Thomas Williams, living in apartments with Saunders. Judgment was given for plaintiff for the amount claimed. "BEHA YED LIKE A MANIAC." David C'oates, colliery labourer, Tre- hafod, was fined 50s. for assaulting P.O. Lucas. The officer said that defendant was in a drunken condition, and behaved like » maniac. Defendant was further fined 10s. for being drunk and disorderly, or one month's hard labour in default of both fines. OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. Joseph Jones, Ynyscynon Road, Tre- alaw, was charged with receiving 281bs. of coal, knowing it to be stolen. P.S. Horrell said that on the 22nd ult. he saw defendant's son stealing coal from the Glamorgan Colliery siding. Witness watched him and saw him take the coal towards his home, and his father came to meet him and took the coal into the house. A fine of 2s. 6d. was imposed on father and son. YSTRAD YOUTHS BREAK INTO A SCHOOL. Three Ystrad boys were charged with breaking and entering the Bodringallt Schools and stealing a book. Mary Jones, caretaker of the infants' school, said that she left the school on 23rd ult., when everything was all right. When she went there on the 25th, she found one desk forced open, and an attempt had been made to open another. She could not say if anything had been taken. Ann Jones, caretaker of the girls' school, said that she went to the school on the 25th ult., and found that two desks had been forced open. Everything was all right on the 23rd. P.C. Jones (110) said that from infor- mation received on the. 25th ult., he visited the schools, and saw marks on a window where someone had entered. Two desks had been forced open in the girls' school and one in the infants' school. About 10 p.m. the same day, he arrested the three defendants. In answer to the charge, the boys said: I had the book," I had a key of the desk I went in through the window." The defendants were treated under the First Offenders' Act, and were placed under probation for six months. A FISH SHOP INCIDENT. Wm. Brooks, haulier, Inverleith Ter- race, Llwynypia, summoned Edward Edmunds, collier, Llwynypia, for assault. Mr. D. W. James, Tonypandy, appeared for the prosecutor. Prosecutor said that at 10.30 p.m. on the 3rd August he was in Morgan's fish and chip shoo at Pandy Square. He was putting salt on his fish and chips, when, after a short conversation, the defendant hit him in the eye, and he remembered no more. He had been under the doctor's care sver since, and his face had to be lanced in two places. Alice Selon, Trealaw, assistant at the fish and chip shop, corroborated, adding that after defendant had struck Brooks unconscious, he gave him another vicious blow. A fine of 40s., or one month, was im- posed. Defendant: I'll do the month.

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