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LLANRWST COUNTY COURT A TREFRIW BILL OF SALE DISPUTE. AN INTERESTING CASE. The above court was held on Friday, before his Honour J-udsre Moss. .APPLICATION FOR ADJOURNMENT. The case in whion Elizabeth Junes, Trefriw, se-iks to set aside a settlement in connection with certain real estate, mti in which Hugh Sween- ey, of Cokvrad appears as defendant, was men- tioned Mr R. A GrilEfcn (instructed by Messrs Chamberlain and Johnson) appeared for the plai.ntiff, and Mr Allard for the defendant, Mr Ailard applied for a further adjournment t-o enab-U him to procure certain papers from America. Tms was granted. A WATCH TRANSACTION Mr Owen Williaims, watohmaker, Station-road, claimed from Harold Aroher, Ha^odunos, E4 Is 6d. the value of a. watch. Mr T. Latimer Jcnes appeared for the d'fence. Tiie plaintiff stated that defendant purchased a watch from him. and kept it for about twelve months without payment. At the expiration cS that oericd he brought the watch back, and asked plaintiff to accept it, as he no longer re- ) quired it, and he left the watoh on tihe counter in the shop. Subsequently defendant sent 23 6d by nest, aad requested to have the watoh cleaned. In reply to Mr Latimer Jones, witness denied that defendant had the watoh on approval. Defendant, who said he (had the watah on ap- pro /ai, and had returned it, paying 23 6d to have it cl aned. ills Honour gave judgment for plaintiff with ooets. COMPENSATION CLAIM. Thomas Hughes, Ty'nllyn. Bettwsycoed. sued the Glynne Mine Company, Capel Curig, for comr>ensation. Mr R. A. Griffith (instructed by Mr R. O. Davies) appeared for the plaintiff. The plaintiff said he was 32 years of age. On Juns 16th, while working- at the Glynne Mine, a epark cf sulphor got into his eye, causing the loss of 9yesight, and ho had been out of work since. When employed he earned 303 a week. I; R. Jones said the plaintiff had lost the eight cif his left eyo, and was unable to work for some time. His Honour made an o-rder for 14.3 a week durm^ the penxl the plaintiff was incapacita- ted ALLEGED DAMAGE TO A GUN. John Evans, Bodnant Arms, sued W. Tucker, rai!wav porter, Uolwyn Bay, for E2 6s, dama.ge aliped to h:w.) been done by defendant to a I gVn Mr R. 0. Davies appeared for plaintiff. Plaintiff stated tha~ lie lent defendant a gun, which was valued at f5 5s. Defendant kept it for twelve months, and when it was returned ho (plaintiff) alleged that it had bøEn damaged to the extent of 25s. He told defendant if he pni4 for the damage notibmg be said, but he refused He further claimed JE1 Is for kec ring the grin for such a, long period- H!5 Honour gave judgment for plaintiff for £ 2 Is. Od. A TREFRIW BILL OF SALE DISPUTE. A caoc ,f considerable lccai interest was heard m whioh Baron Wolffe, Manchester, sought to set. aside a hill d sale drawn out in favour of William Williams, 3, John-street, Llanrwst, on the goods of C.iAherino Jones, Gwydr House j Terr;penance Hotel, Terfriw. Mr J. D Jones for W. Williams, and Mr E. G. Asher, ■.nehester, fo- Baron Wolffe. | Mr- J. D. Jones said the case had been ad- journed from the previous court in order that an office copy of the affidavit might be produced. That was now in the hands of the court, together with the original bill of sale. Mr Asher said the office copy of the bill of sale, was nob produced, only the original bill of saIp. The Judge upheld that the production of the original bill of sJe together with an office copy of an attesting witness' affidavit was sufficient. Catherine Jones, Gwydr House Temperance Hotel, Trefriw, said she lived with her late hus- band at the Police Station, Trefriw. Her hus- band died in June last year, and she removed to her present address in November last. She Was in difficulties at the time. When she re- moved to her new house she had the same furni- ture as before. She also purchased some more at the time of the removal and paid about JMO for it, obtaining the money from her husband's juperannaation fund. In reply to Mr Asber, Witness said .none of the goods were on hire, they were all paid for now out of the bill of sale. She signed the bill of sale, and its contents was explained to her She was told she would get the money to go on with. She was not told that no one could touch her goods after she had signed the document. W hat were the circumstances which caused you to borrow this money?—I was unable to get on and I wanted to pay my debts How much did you get out of the bill of sale ? Forty pounds, which was partly in money and partly in cheques Witness said she received one cheque for £10. another for £ 5. and the re- mainder n casii. She was told that the legal charges would be about JB4 or B5, and she agreed to pay them, and did so when she received the JE40. She removed into a larger house because she had received notice that the other house was wanted. She intended to take visitors. She had only one lodger in November. She had no other means of livelihood. She had failed to pay back any of the money advanced on the bill of sale, but had paid E2 interest. His Honour: Are all the articles in the house | enumerated in the bill of sale? The Clerk: Yes. In further reply to Mr Asher, Witness said the schedule of the goods was read to her be- fore she signed it. She had not removed any of the goods before execution was levied; they were now complete. Replying to Mr J. D. Jones, witness said a money-lender levied execution on her goods. She rn..d agreed with her landlord to pay the rent in advance- When she cams to htm (Mr Jonas) to arrange the bill of «de, --he did not mention her debt to Baron Wolffe, and neither he (Mr Jones) nor W: Williams knew anything of her transactions with Wolffe. She said that Mr Jones arranged a loan for her and gave bar a cheque signed by Williams for £ 40. The efheque was handed to Mr Jones to pay some of her accounts. She made a declaration that she was tihe sole owner of the goods, and that there was no claim fQr rent, rates or taxes. The cost of the bill of aalo, including stamps was B4, and she received the baJanoe, and the owner of her goods was paid off. She paid interest to Mr Williama, who had not pressed bear. His Honour (to witness): You owed over E50 at ftie time? Witness: I dare say; I had not paid off then. His Honour: But you sworo in vour declara- tion that you did not owe more than L2fi? Witness: I did not mantion the money- lender at the time. Replying further to Mr J. D. Jones, witness oaid the bill of aajd was read over to her, and abe understood she wtts mortgaging her goods for £40. This was not her first transaction with Wolffe. By Mr Aaher: When she signed the bill of sale she bad a notice of execution. The goods were not on hire When the bill of sale was signed. NEGOTIATING A LOAN. W. Williams, 3, Jdhn-street, Llanrwst, olerk in the employ of Mr J. D. Jones, said he re- membered Mrs Jones coming to the office last November. She was anxious to clear off some pressing- debtors Mr J. D. Jones: Did I ask you if you thought your sister could arrange a loan for her ?—Yes. But you decoded to lend it ycursel"?—Yes. You have shares in property in Llanrwst?— YOM. Replying to Mr Adlher, witness aaid this was the only bill of Sale he had b.-»n identifi d with He had given two or three loans this year. Do you usually lend money at five per cent. ? —Ye«, but it was. six per oent. this tune. Your customers pay you back the instalments half-yearly ?—Yes- How long ihave you been in the habit of lending money?—Three or four years. Witness, replying to further questions said he knew Mrs Jones when she came to the office. He ref-erred her to his employer, Mr J D. Jones: He (witness) consented to lend the money sihe wanted, and he considered the se- curity she offered was good, and he considered six per cen/t. adequate to the risk entailed by liia. He lent the money aa he understo d the liability, was good He did not tell Mrs Jones that no one could touch her gcods. Did you lend the money yotlr-%elf *I gave Mrs Jones avy own cheque- Did you pay her with your own money ?—I prefer notl to answer; it has nothing to do with case. If the banker honoured His Honour: Come, answer the question, acet- quibhle. Witness: Yes, but I supplement my answer to tho.offcot that I gave her my own cheque, and it wu cMhed. W aa it your own money?—I have given my anawmr. (To the Judge): Am I bound to an- swer ? His Honour: If you do not reply I must ftak JIor the produotion tAl your bank book. You tnaat repay to the question. Was the money ytarr own or not? Witness: It was given me by a certain geo- tietnttxt. Xhoo the money was not your own ?—It wag I

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LLANRWST COUNTY COURT --