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Llanrwst Petty Sessions. r I Travelling Without a Ticket. A Ruffian Sent to Prison. Alleged Fishing by Dynamite. MONDAY Before Colonel Wynne Finch (chair- man), Mr Jelf Petit, Mr W. B. Halhed, Dr. Jones, Mr H. J. W. Catling, and Mr VV. J. Williams, with the Clerk (Mr Allard). A Ficsetless Railway Psssensjcr. EGLWYSBACII MAN .HEAVILY VlNKD. John Roberts, of Elan-terrace, K^.vy-bach was summoned' for travelling mi "n- without a ticket on the 17 th February" with intent to avoid payment. Mr 't-enna, -who appeared for the I an-> North-Wcstern Railway Company, stated thai 011 tlle da>' 3:1 question, defendant and his- w-> were passengers on the 6.20 train from Blaemu ke.Uinic-g to Talycafn. C)n arriving at' the lajyca.n Station the stationmaster asked for hi? ticket, and defendant replied: "We have come from lnaenau Festiniog, and I have lost the tlckcp., [ had them at Roman Bridge, where le had them nipped by the collector." r 11- quiries were made, and it was found that no tickets had been issued from Festinio* bv that t paiticular train. Defendant war; then invited to all upon. the station master, but he l.d not a.t. He Vvaultimately iSeen, however, and he mace a statement, saying I am very sorry. I had no time to book; in fact, I no money/' No case had been made against the wns because it was thought the defendant aaec! SOiely on h.s own responsibility. lhe Chairman (to defendant) Have vou anv- tiimg to say. Defendant: No, sir; nothing. The Chairman: I am sorry to say there are a g,?° many eases- of this sort coming from this oistnct. ^It looks as though we do'not punish (.ne oJenaers severely enough. in reply to the Bench, ° Mr Webb, stationmaster at Talycafn, said the tare for the two persons from "Fe«;<ir.ir.<r was 3s Sd. 0 Defendant was fined 30s, with Ss costs. More BJac?c= Lister. Jeremiah Jackson, a young; fellow, fivin" his address as "River-terrace, Scotland-street^ Llanrwst, appeared for the fourth time during the past five months for being drunk. The onence complained of on this occasion took place on. the nth inst. The: Bench imposed a fine of 10s and costs, and, ordered defendant's name to be placed on the black list. Defendant: Thank ynn, gentlemen. I am very glad of it. I hope i& will last long. (Laugnter.) 0 David Wynne Jones, a journeyman .labourer, or no fixed abode, was also blacklisted for beinp" dnmk on Saturday, this being his third apn°ar- ance during the past twelve months. A Brutal Assault Upon the Police. CIVILIANS TO TIFF RESCUE. D-a^d Wynne Jones was further charged with Druta^y assaulting B.C. Owen on the same date Oweii. stated foat Jones refused: to go heme when requested to do so, and witness proceeded to take him into custody for beinc arum: when defendant turned round 0 and brutally assaulted him. Witness was badly kicked on the legs, and severely bitten. It was after considerable difficulty that Jones was taken in custody, with the assistance of some civilians aiid B.C. Davies. 'Witness bared his arm, and showed the marks of defendant' teeth in the flesh. In reply to, the Bench, defendant stated he had a'ked to be allowed to go home, but the police refused to let him go. B.C. Owen further said that defendant -had stated on the fonawing morning that he (witness) had not had "half .enough/' referring to. the assault. Defendant: And he should have had more, too. The Chairman Why do you say that? Defendant: He hurt my lips awfui. (Laughter.) The Chairman: If VOll want to make com- plaints against the police you can be sworn and allowed to make a statemesi from the wit- ness-box. Defendant seemed chary of accepting this invitation. 0 Supt. Jar vis observed there were already eight previous convictions against the defendant. In iSgq he had been fined 10s and costs for a similar assault to that complained of. Tn reply to the Chairman, Supt. Jarvis stated he was proud' to say the civilians who had rendered assistance to. the police were from Blaenau Festiniog. The Chairman: They deserve the thanks of the public, I am sure. It is very much to their credit. After some consultation with his colleagues, The Chairman said the Bench considered the case fully proved. They were determin.ed to protect the police in the discharge of their duty, andl they ordered defendant to prison for six weeks with hard labour. He warned defend- ant that on his' next appearance he would be sent to the assizes. Jones left the box pla-intively murmuring that he had plenty of money to pay a fine. Drunkenness. David Williams, of Glangorslwyd, Llan- sannan, a farmer, was fined 2S 6d and costs for being drunk in Bridge-street, Llanrwst, on the 7th inst. Hugh Barry and Ellen Jackson, of River-terrace, Scotland-street, Llanrwst, being mulcted in the sums of 2s 6d and is with cmts- respectively for a like offence. Robert Lloyd Hughes, of Chapel House, who was summoned for being drunk in Scotland- street on the nth inst., explained that his out- burst was due to the fact that he was tlhen celebrating his birthday. (Laughter.) He was fined is and costs. A Llanrwst hawker, named John Rowlands, who was charged with being drunk on the 2ist I inst., made his third appearance within, the period of thirteen months, and thus managed to escape being blacklisted. He was, however, fined ios and costs, and reminded of the "lists' shadow which was hanging over him." 11 11 Alleged Illegal" Fishing." A MINER'S USE OF DYNAMITE. John- Hughes, d, miner, or Melinycoed, Bettwsycoed, was -ummcned for using dyna- mite to destroy fish in the Melinycoed brook on the 12th inst., in contravention of the Fresh Water Fisheries, Act of 1878. j Mr W. P. Roberts (Messrs David Tones and Roberts, Llanrwst) appeared on behalf of the

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FOOTBALL NOTES. [By "VIGILANT."] t A correspondent sends me a few w°iC'J the Conway v. Bangor match on Saturca)- he is a native of 'ifhe ancient borough.- 1 f"' r, his observations will be read without because he has naturally nothing bt:t f C, ..q fare ot his favourites at heart, despite thrusts which are noticeable here ancl He says:— ol!f I went to Bangor on Saturday to s3y 1 boys playing their last match, and arn sorry for it. A bigger farce 0i r „ in certain re.:pects, 1 have not seen f0i long time. „ 1 was one of those who thought a possibility of something strange having regard to the great success of j at Rhyl, but, my dear "Vigilant,^ fjest seen how things progres-sed ,c,unng fifteen minutes I was sadiv re.rn;nde',l$ Anthony's words 'What a fall -was countrymen.' Seven goals to nil '■ jads ';5 What I cannot understand about o^f.g/gd their lack of initiative. They are a:^ T0"1 as smart and energetic a couple of baL" 0f Jones and Ellis—as you can find io f League teams. As for that dimin"6^11 goal-wen, you should have seen his exhid on Saturday. "Little Llew," as your 5?^ "•Gwilym," -dubs him, is always a ■re!1f ^pr81'8 fellow, and, consequently, merits the gi*8 which his many admirers- here are wo-o • him; but, in all sincerity, I say J a cf observed a better bit of goal-keeping todian of his size than that r>erfornie Q on Saturday. iNot -setting aside tbe "]<>t even, there was not a man amongst a sJg101;¡.o came out of the running with co.'o'tlxS ( ing. v ,0 bilt I expected much from Barry ce^„s 3' he was undoubtedly off colour. Hú gather wanting in that dash whicn has t'er 11n his work of former years. Sto rny favourites—was "•"ail at sea- to Moran- or Burns got near him he ,,0 paralysed. The sirie, remark aPP ^tlCh Evans. In passing, I should very t you to call Ben's attention to the faC^- ^0st ^'[n ette smoking -during the interval is jjiifl- habit. And not only was it not enough indulge in the "pernicious, weed" 1jfi if 8'?' he must keep it up in actual play. te(j o> common sense-—is that what is e^Pv :v.r man who is chosen to represent blS .]j League match? Personally. I ^^t'n1?11' 'rt backed up his- cap Sain if, there all 3 js ordered him off the field. If the ^^r{1 worth abstaining from smoking for 1 ^,e bs"r for at least a day, then, the sooiie^ gl1lCc~' should we give up any idea of get'11* ful side in Conway- the p"1-?ft t I shall not attempt to dilate upon character of the game. All I sba' was"not football. I1 Another noteworthy feature of the the unpardonable roughness v i, C:[-,c i-sed the home side's display. The 'P;1'•; game was, praticallv speakins. 110 series of fouls, but ^the referee lenient in regard to this particular bi~a rules. In conclusion, I cannot help eX|a-jts 3 hope that next season will find o«r *• rungs, at least, higher up the laclae

Prestatyn Football Notes- WORK OF THE PAST SEA^0^. The Prestatyn Football Club wound up this season on Satur friendly match with Colwyn Bay 3$ but owing -to the "Bayites" failiH^ jof a-n appearance, the Prestatyn -e_ played an eleven, picked by seC1'et, 3^1. composed chiefly of the reserve- tf Reserves played well, and were 3 goals to nil. The disappointl11en Ot the non-appearance of the "Bayites fl felt by the Prestatyn players, who f on "wiping out'" their heavy defea ^e- Bay earlier in the season. Taking all -through, the club can count it a,oCal Ctue'J I one. They-entered for both the -s and into consideration first attempt, ihey acquitted the credit. In the Amateur Cup they nd ^ftf1 by Rhyl Reserves at Rhyl in the s 1 fltV by three goals to two, whilst 111 ( pO e:f1¡19t Wales Junior Cup Flint U.A.C. I se^'a ally won the Cup) beat them m #7 by two goals to one. With all <■ n their erstwhile rivals, it may be s b°h t>" were unlucky not to win one, 1 tvrl •°e"j)ee^ the.se games. Last season bav,e one m'atch, but this seas.on th e; bero beaten four times, though it n1"; ^etter b-ered that the club has got into p pany. Their record for the «e #* ■ follows Played 10, won 13. 1 <t goals for 59, against 34; point* very fair record. „„ttle^ <e Nothing definite has b £ :|n. ^e'atn *j season, but the members of t ^t on entering the North Wales pre"' 0-ft Mr Bulcock, J.P., again acted .1 f f the club, whilst Mr S. Smith. y[c-rga^>'T,(:i Davies. Messrs T. Littler. D- aI-|d Allan, J. Cunnah, T- H. Roberts; p. W ton were vice-presidents. >f • undertook the duties of |,eJcret.-on of e the past season, to the ^ati:;fact',(l>cc^v-'r For Football Reports and TabW^ .^Tcing °'

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Conway Board of Conservators for tho prcsoeu- tion; defendant, who denied the offence, being represented by Mr R. O. Davies, of Blaenati Festiniog. In his opening statement, Mr Rc.b&rt: ex- plained that the Melinycoed stream ran v.-iihhi a few yarc^' 01 the' Melmj'coed village, a little place situated between Bettwsycoed "and I.lan- l'wst'i, and was a tributary of the river Conway. l'wst'i, and was a tributary of the river Conway. It was remarkable that the offence in qne.-Fon took place during the quietness of a Sunday morning between nine and ten o'clock, when the noise of a discharge of explosives could be heard very distinctly. The facts were fiw. It appears that Mr Edward Thomas, a resident of Melinycoed', was on his way to morning ser- vice at his own chapal, when, on arriving in the vicinity of the pool, known as "Llynlleuaa," he heard a report, and on looking in the direction of the. pool he saw the water rise skywards, and the defendant kneeling by the riverside.. fie also saw another man. but they would not deal with him that day. Witness went to his place of worship, and when he returned about an hour and! a half later defendant was still near the pool. No conversation took place between them at the time, neither v¡as a search made. On the following Tuesday morning Thorn a < made a search, and found on the. rivet- bank two long ,ticks, He carefully searched the pool, but found no sign of any fish, and it was a well-known fact that the pool was generally very well stocked. On the following Thursday morjn.i.ng, |in consequence of information re- ceived, ene of the conservators' keepers, in company with Supt. Jar vis, proceeded, in search of the defendant, to Llanrwst. They eventually saw him in Market-square. Charged with using the dynamite on the day in question, defendant denied ever usinr!. stich a thing. Further taxed by Supt. Jarvis, defendant ad- mitted: that he and another man had gone for a walk to Coedllycla;n, which was within a stone's 'throw of the spot in question. Two of the conservators' keepers had instituted a search in the stream, and thev had found a number of dead fish in pools below Llynlleuad. bearing marks of being destroyed by some powerful ex- plosive. Evidence fully bearing out: this statement was given by Edward' Thomas, and the two conservators' keepers, Robert Williams and Moses Roberts. ,C said his clii.nt gave an absolute denial to the charge. As a matter of fact, defendant -was no6 near the pool at all, and there was nothing but the evidence of Edward Thomas to be given in support of the allegation. Thomas said he heard' the re- port, but was it not singular that no other person would come forward1- to corroborate the statement, despite the fact that it wa.s Sunday morning, and also that there quite a do-zon houses close by the spot where the explosive was said to have been let off? He would al-o remind their worships of the laxity shown by Thomas in the affair. He did not attempt to approach th.e offender. Having regard to the seriouvsnes's of the offence one. would have thought he would at least have satisfied' himself more fully before he went to his place of wor- ship. Moreover, no information whatever had been given until a. couple of days afterwards. Defendant would tell- them that on that particu- lar morning a friend named Edward Tories called upon him to inquire where he could get s-ome watercresses. Defendant, who had been employedi at Coedllydan, knew" for some on that farm, and offered to accompany Jones in his search. They went for the cresses, and found some, and he (the speaker) would call a witness to prove that defendant was1 seen proceeding homewards with: some cresses in his handker- chief. Evidence 1"8, given in supoort of this tene- ment by the- defendant and Ed. Jones. The Bench dismissedl the case. 4