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PENYGRAIG DemocraticGlub Police Prosecution. Struck Off the Register. ^ireat interest was evinced in the pro- against tiie rsatronal juemociaoie Ultio, renygiaig, tins morning at tne to, Lil iroiice couxt, before ma estipeu- "lai vAl-tilur- Lewis) and ocher "algiscrates. Mr. W. r. iNichoias prose- on oeiiaii oi the police, ana Mr. v°r JLiowen ^instructed by Ma-, Piroexnx, Messrs. Cousins, lioxtora and Jfhoenix, ^i'ain; cieiended. .1.11 opening tne case for the prosecution, 4r. iNiciiolas said that this was an appli- cation by oupi. (Joie to nave the lNational democratic uiub, Jfenygraig Jtioad, i'eny- gralg, struck oil the register, on the bounds 01 (1) not being conducted in laitli, and (aJ frequent drunkenness oil the pienirses. The Club, said Mr. ^tehoias, was started m March, lyuti, Mr. J, lJ. YViliiarns being appointed steward ELt a salary of .t;:& lUs. a weeli, whilst the serviCes of Mr. James B. Grant were 'Gained as secretary at 16s., plus 2b. for UUciay duties. Among the persons pre- llt at the inception of the Club was a komas Evans, who was generally known s J-oui iiivans, Penygraig, and who after- wards became the president of the Club. (Mr. iNiciiolas), however, desired it to made perfectly clear that this gentle- 'ari was not THE Tom Evans, of Peny- wlio was the treasurer of the local ■■^strict Miners' federation, and who, he proud to say, was a member of the r^ftoudda Urban District Council. The J>Hi liivans who became president of this ,<ub was eventually arrested for being lUni £ and was dismissed from his office spiesident. pealing with the rules of the Club, lv r' -Nicliolas said that, as far as these ei'e concerned, they were about the best of the Club. The motto of the Club j,as Government of the People, by the toyie, for the People," and its objects s democratise Parliament, thus making k>Rla* an<^ industrial legislation, not only jj^sible, but certain, by securing the lllíhamentary enactment of certain s s, in which are included" (a) adult ttt a e, (b) automatic legislation with a fee months' qualification, (c) one man e vote, (d) official expenses of election ball Paid from State funds, (e) second payment of members, and (g) )e .^ction of the hereditary principle in j^pslation," objects to which he (Mr. a cholas) could subscribe as heartily as { **e. Another object was to secure a the benefit of the members as large atij?0r^on as possible of the money 5^ally spent in intoxicating drink." resrf0cee^^nS comment upon the cor- Saii0l^ence and minutes, Mr. Nicholas aHd ^r" Grant was the soul Vqj body of this institution. He was a ingenious gentleman, and the pity tale f had not used his undoubted W+ towards promoting something w than this kind of institution. They attempted to carry out the objects out, except in so far as the drinking s concerned. Continuing, Mr. Nicholas said that the Wag started on 10th March, 1906, Ho l 111 that date up to January, 1907, <irihies6 -a sum than £ 250 was spent in Wa+ including £ 3 9s. for mineral a11(i6rs and £ 5 5s. Hid. for newspapers affUia+St,?tionery' In July> 19°6, they t^tion themselves to an excellent insti- ati<j ;*> the Workmen's Club Institute, affiliar sooner was the right of inter- latioll er aIOn cOInferred upon them than they tKe rhSed this right to the utmost. When ^emkl was started, it had only thirty this s' whilst on the night of the raid ic 11 er had increased to 304, of nig},? were out of compliance on the Hjaiv,+ ? the raid. He (All-. Nicholas) as a^ained that the Club was only used as anient for obtaining drink, and <W+ he believed that it was not con- SS ln g°od faith.. tlie Williams, Porth, who raided PajjjPf^ises on the 12th May, aecom- ? by other officers, gave evidence, Cluh described the premises where the uTf8 ^ocated. It was a cottage, said tness, consisting of four rooms, r 0Wllstairs and one upstairs. The 4, °°kU on the ground floor was known } 11 bar" the second known as the tap- ioonu, Whilst the partitions between two i th Ul>staira had been dome away with. kr8 night of the raid, several drunken ^0hcS+^ere ^ouad in these rooms, whilst 6 literary fare provided were a dictionary, and some old i e fe,r^>0rs* -^mong the discoyeries in ■j^ter)'016 a Punching bail and a fiddle ^5rut0r Williams, under cross-exami- •i^-r- ^vor h»ovven, said On the ni8ht of the raid he did not ] aay °i the men found on the to stand up under threat of UP- Some of the men were drunk," but he did not arrest Oy'u ■'•he minute books were not pro- ^i' ^Pt, inasmuch as they did not con- t ,^v ~nanie of the proposer or seconder I d%y potion. iifClls&inOWen On 8th May there was a Miners' Leaders and their ¡ y^P^ndiary That is to your credit [ 4i4k 11 do something besides selling [u6tty "^pwen: Jt shows they were a Club to do that ^Ka^^diai-y Is there any record of V"~No, sir. r^j 0m the minute book, Mr. offirTw-a reference to the steward's ^tmg at the bar> i'lfasa a88' Officiating 1 frSWi Sunday- vi0^ the '^r- Bowen rea,d extracts tb^-Qce nSmute hook recording that a cer was kept to eject unruly ft h^W6n There was a Clothing Club waen't there? there ainS: didn't see a bit Sth^^ne7+l TAte Nothing Club was August, 1906. (To the ». ■ it wasn't a very great suc- bi ■ Bo 4WWwi, A^Put newspapers. You ^ie??ka aiL the corning papers, tr ldu't tJ' °d some religious papers? »ee any. res> sir11 Dl9^e any inquiries about it? Wal?ni4 fe °^er of March 18th. ^aily "Reynolds," "South fiv /'Echo," Western Soh's tJ8'" Rhondda Leader," a q. ^eekiy ), Armoury," "'Thom- ^tholio their taste was IC, ^tnwy^?ig' corr<>borated the = Rhondda Leader "—on the table. He had kept the Club under observation, and on several occasions had seen men leaving under the influence of drink. Detailings specific instances of persons coming from the Club drunk, witness mentioned the case of a woman who had been denied her husband at the door of the Club. When, a few minutes later, a number of mem- bers left the premises, this woman pushed her way in, and shortly afterwards emerged with her husband, who was under the influence of drink. In fact, added witness, closing time, morning and even- ing, on Sundays, saw men coming from the Club under the influence of drink. In answer to the Stipendiary witness said that he had not seen any literature in the -ub towards assisting or promoting the object set out in the rules. The place was in a very dirty condition, and quite insanitary. Further evidence was given by P.C.'s Cummings, Grubberman, and Preece. Mr. Ivor Bowen, counsel for the defence, without calling any evidence, submitted that a serious issue was in- volved by the action of the police, and as far as the evidence of Inspector Williams was concerned, he was prepared to fight to the bitter end. He had advised his clients and taken upon himself the re- sponsibilitv of not calling any evidence. The Stipendiary therefore ordered that the Club be struck off the register for twelve months. Mr. W. P. Nicholas was allowed a special fee of three guineas.

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