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CARMARTHEN. (FRIDAY.-Before his Honour Judge ElSHOP.) THE HONOURABLE WELSH FARMER.—Mr J. F. Moiri?, solicit-r, Carmarthen, stated that John Lewis Thcmas, fanner, Wamillaneuchai, New- hurch, filed his^ petition on the 13th August. last. A receiving order v.'as made on the same day, nd at the tirst meeting of creditors thev resolved to accept a composition of 7", 6d in the B but subsequently to that meeting the debtor's friends, for the purpose of removing from the debtor the Btigroa of being a corapound debtor, arranged to pay his creditors 20s in the £ It would, there- tore, be his (the solicitor's) duty to appear before his honour at the December court and ask him to rescind the receiving order of the 13ai August. —His Honour If I have the power, and everybody is agreeable, I shall, ulliess there is tame strong reason to the con- trary, accede to the request.—Mr Jonah Davies, solicitor, Carmarthen, said that was really the position of m-itters. He, on behalf of Mr Thomas Thomas, O.R., assented to that course, provided that all the 00318 incidental to the bankruptcy ic Eroceedingfs be paid.—In reply to the Judge, Mr (avies said thert? was no adjudication order. ACTION BY A LLANELLY BUTCliFl-L. -Wi I)ia III Thomas, butcher, Five Roads, near Llanelly, sued Joseph Morris. Black Horse, Mnike, near Kidwelly, for £ 50 damages for assault and buttery; and the plaintiff also sought to recover £ 10 for damages done to a horse and cart by the defendant, his brother, and Win. Walters, farmer, Gwndwsi, Minke. Mr C. H. Glasco- dine, barrister (instructed by Mr W. Hoivell, Lift"6'1?) appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr j Lloyd Morgan. M.P., barrister (instructed by :Mr H Brunei White, Carmarthen), represented defendant". A jury was empanelled.—Win. TbomaS> the plaintiff, said that on the evening of the 15th August, lie was driving home from Carmarthen Market with his brothers, Henry and Daniel and John and Benjamin Williams. They had a Beck of sheep in front of the trap, and these were being taken home bv them. On halting at the Half-way Inn, they saw John One of the defendants, who hid fallen down and cut his forehead. Plaintiff and his friends took bim into ^ne inn and bathed his forehead. William came 'n after him. They after- wards asked John Morris to enter plaintiff's trap and 90 with them. H accepted their offer, but plaintiff dId not then drive with him, seeing that « wrangle now took place between William Walters and Henry Thomas. The sheep having gone astray, an effort was made to re-muster them. At Mmke Joseph Morris struck plaintiff three times in the chest. While he was re- monstrating one of 20 men who had come along with Morris struck plain- tiff ) the back of the head. plaintiff's hat was knocked off. He did not, however, stop to pick it up, but, being so afraid of the crowd, he ran off across the fields as fast as he could. He caught a severe cold through going- off without his hat but he felt obliged to run off for safety- During the encounter his trap was smashed. It cost him £ 4 10s 6d to hare it repaired, |ji3 ni»re s nind leg was al?o rendered perfectly 'lame. She was without blemish when left on the road, and he believed she would never recover from her lameness. She was worth about £32 oefore the day in question now she was worth £ 27. Cross-examined He said he claimed rthe three blows in the chest.— .59 for jg^njamin Williams, FiveRoads John Williams, •sollier. near Fiv# Roads and Henry Thomas, plaintiffs brother, were called to prove that the three defendants kicked the trap about and Injured the horse.—The three defendants and David Williams, farmer, Llwynyfilwr, Minke, and Thomas Bi-ynon, collier, Minke, were called to show that the claim was a bogus one.—His Honour said hs thought a more confused account than that of the plaintiff and his witnesses was n seldom give in a court of itw.-The jury found for the defendants m both cases, and the judge certified accordingly with co3ts. TITHE CASES. — Mr Thomas Walters, sol'citor, asked hIS Honour Judge Bishop to remit the fine of £ 5 which was imposed upon James Lewis, farmer, Glyrcoch, for failing to attend the previous court with information relative to the tithe rent charge, etc., of that holding, wh-ch Mr James John, solicitor, Carmarthen, had applied for as advocate in cases in which sum- monses had been issued under the provisions of rule 19 of the tithe rules, at the instance of Mr W. F. Awdry, solicitor, Birmingham, tha re- ceiver appointed in the application 1 y the warden of the College of the Souls of All Faithful People Deceased, of Oxford (the owners of the tithe). The applioant then called upon the occupier of Glyncoch to give, amongst other things, the amount of rent due, if any when his tenancy commenced whether there was any written agreement of tenancy whether he was an annual tenant, and the special terms, if any, of his tenancy. The judge had ordered the tenant to attend and produce the whole of the documents referred to in the sum- mons. It was now explained that the occupier had not received notice, otherwise he would have been in attendance at the previous court.—His Honour now stated that if the occupier attended the court in December he would consider the re- mission of the fine. On the rising of the court at 6.50 Mr James John called his Honour's attention to the fact that ivnotire had be^n served under section 4 of the Tithe Act, 1893 (rule 30), requiring the trnst's of Bethlehem Congregational Chapel, the owners of Cefllyscyfarnog, St. dear's, the Rev. Rees Morgan, the minister of that chapel, and occupier of that farm, to attend that court to oause why an order should not be made for the levying on the goods of the tenant for tithes flue in respect of Cefnyseyfarnt)pl.-His Honour declined to deal with the question at that late hour.

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