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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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The uoper hall of the picture reprints: (T.f ft), General view in Hyde Park; (right), Mr Henniker-Heaton addressing the meeting. The lower picture represent: (Left), Mr Reginald Mortimer speaking from the Welsh Platform; (right), Welsh contingent marching to Hyde Park. I
I PROTEST AGAINST THE LICENSING…
I PROTEST AGAINST THE LICENSING BILL. GREAT DEMONSTRATION iN HYDE PARK. SCENES AT A REMARKABLE GATHERING. (From a Special Correspondent.) WW < The great demonstration organised as a protest against the proposals of the Government as em- bodied in the Licensing Bill drew one of the largest crowds known in recent years to Hvdo Park on Sunday afternoon. From the point of numbers the demonstration far eclipsed those at the great suffragist demonstration and at the gathering in favour of the Bill at which Mr Winston Churchill spoke, earlier in the year. The bulk of the people present were, of course, residents in London and the suburbs, but their numbers were added to by people from all parts of the provinces. From far Alnwick, from Car- lisle, from Plymouth, the remote parts of North Wales,, and all the great manufacturing centres men took full advantage of the special excursion trains which were run in connection with the demonstration, and it is estimated that at least 100,000 must have been present in the Park from the provinces alone. The scenes at the railway stations were of an extraordinary nature, the usual quiet Sundr-v traffic having given way to a continuous coming of adult passengers, ninety-four per cent. of whom were men, some wearing broad sashes, while in the coat of nearly every man was pinned the special badge in red, white and blue 'v^jurs, with the words "National Demonstration against Licensing Bill, Hyde Park, 27th September, 1908," circling the motto "Liberty and Honesty." The greatest part of. the passenger traffic was borne by the London and North-Western, the Great Western and Great Northern Railways. As early as 9.50 the first of twenty-eight .special trains reached' Euston from Birmingham, and from that time onward to about three o'clock trains ran in at frequent intervals. At Pad- dington the demonstrators began to arrive at 10.50. The traffic was very heavy, particularly from the South Wales and Devon districts. In all twenty-six trains were run, which according to an official entailed a staff treble the size of the usual Sunday staff, being on duty. The Great Northern trains were similarly crowded. The Midland ran 21 special. the London and South- western Railway, 17 the Great Central Railway, 14; the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, 9J the Great Eastern Railway, 5; and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, 9. From 14 different points in the Metropolis pro- cessions were formed in which were between eighty and ninety bands, and over 500 banners. Marching six abreast the first lot of the demon- strators reached the Park just after half past three. The point of meeting was reached from the Marble Arch, Hyde Park Corner, the Gros- venor Gate and Albert Gate, and from the time the first ooniingents marched through until the moment of the resolution being put, all had not arrived, some of the Lancashire and Cheshire parties having to struggle through a dense crowd at the Marble Arch at the moment the bugle sounded. The scene was a remarkable one though beyond its immense number, com- puted by experienced police officers on duty at fully half a million, it was not striking in a spectacular sense. Bands and banners were numerous, but amid such a throng they were comparatively lost, the more especially the latter. The contingents from the country, no loss than the great bulk of the Londoners present, re- sembled nothing so much as a football cup crowd, and the general spirit of boisterousness and yet orderly behaviour that characterised the great r' gathering, was also typical, though more subdued than the Metropolic is accustomed to on the day of the final. Practically the only platform around which there was any organised opposition was that occupied by the Allied Traders. Here the crowd got out of hand, and an attempt was made to overthrow the van on which the speakers were standing. A hoarding at the side was torn down, and the speakers were for some time subjected to heckling. Though the weather was threaten- ing, rain fortunately, with the exception of a few drops, held off, and thus in this respect the success of the demonstration was greatly aided. A STRONG DENUNCIATION. Twenty platforms had been arranged in the shape of a huge horseshoe, stretching from a .spot near the Serpentine-road round by the Marble Arch and curving towards the Reformers' Tree. The platforms were as follows -I, Allied Traders; 2, 3, South of England; 4, East of Eng- land; 5, 6, 7, Metropolis; 8, North of England; 9. 10, 11, Lancashire; 12, 13, 14, Yorkshire; 15, Home Counties; 16, 17, 18, Midland Counties; 19, Wales; 20, West of England. From each of those the following resolution was passed:— "lliiat this National Demonstration protests against tho provision of tho Licensing Bill, on the grounds that it will fail to promote tho cause of temperance, will violate those rights of property which luave hitherto been encouraged and recognised by the Sta c will t-e-nd largely to the increase of unempl y- truent. and wil-I intorfere with the r,a oil-ble liberty of tho oomtmuiity-" Mr Gretton, M.P., who, with Major Leslie Ronton, M.P., wao tho principal speaker at the East, of EiiigLand -datform, said he thought that, when thsy had listened to the spaaketrs very few of them would bo in favour of a Bill so unjust and iniquitous as the Bill they were there to oppose (hear, hear). Whether 1 h; Bill became la-w or not remained in their hands. The House of Commons, by reason of the wholesale uue of tha guillotine, had become a mere omnipotent machine to register the will of the Prirr»o Minister. It had oeased to le- Swioeent the will of tho p,opk> of toe (o.;n ry hear, hear). He asked them to consider tho series of bye-elections wihic-h had taken plaoe, allmost every one of wtfyioh the Government had lost by an overwhelming majority. The Lioenisirug Bill I had a. marvellous effeor, in stirring- the indignation and opposition of the country- It waa not a temperance Bill a* all, it was a fraud and a humbug. There was net oae line off temperance in it. Why did it deal with only one means of distributing al oholic liquor to the community, leaving grooe s' li- cejnoaj and clubs alone? Why did it deal only with England eund Wales, wimch the Home Office statistics woukl allow to be the sob ireat c-ot-tri,e,s ? "If this were really a tempcTanee bill," said Mr Grotton, "it would be worth soma great sacrifice. It will ruin a larg? sec- tion of the community and throw a vas num- bor out of work. I am sure you wall voice the opinion of the country and emphatically con- demn sudh an urn just measure (ohecrs). A MESSAGE FROM CANON KNOX LITTLE. Great enthusiasm was oreatcd by a letter read at several of the platforms from Canon Knox Littio, who asked to be allowed io wish sucoess to the groat, d~m- r:stration "agiainst tti ',i iniquitous Bill." "It is," wrote the Canon, a3 every one knows a dishonest and unj ist measure, prompted by ignorant fanaticism and political soite. It. is not a temperance mea- sure at all, nor I think, :hon,stiy intendr-d as such. If it wore what it profra^eu to be, then why is it only to touoh England? Why does it not attack {;luh? Why not grceors' lioemecs ? It is a Bill to curry favour with certain sects of people—many of wlliom, und ubedlv, mean well, but have not. seen the true b -aring I I the question—and to keep the present mis- chievous and inefficient Government in p It is a disgraoe to the 11a ion that s:i.. h a Bil' sliould Slave been introduced into Pailiament and iif it wor3 to become law, it would be -1 blow to national morality—because it is d 1 lion-est and an insult to tho English people because it is unjust. I hate inicnip: r a.nee of all sorts, and amongst all oth ir sorts. drltnkon with all rpy hoa.rt, but I hate in justice and cant and ihyp.xvrissy and sham more. I am entirely in sympathy wi h. you.- demonstration, entirely on religious mo a! grounds." "A MEASURE OF REVENGE." At the Allied Traders' platform, presd d over by Mr Montague M. W. Baird (cWnnan of the Allied Brewery Traders' Association Captain W. V. Fa bar, M.P., for Andove-r, sak- their object in being there that day, 'along witil (hundreds of thousands of their fellow-c untr;, men and women, wa. to enter their prote t against the great wrong which the Radical Go- vorrkmeint was trying to do to the Licensed Victuallers' Trade as a whole; and not only that, but to show up Uh-e cant and hypocrisy of the Licensing Bill vibicai was called a tempor affioe measure, but which was merely a measure of revenga against one particular trade, for having consistently held Con-er a: ive views. The CanimandmetRt "Thou sha.lt not staal" seemed to be at a complete discount with the present Government. That this Bill meant nothing 14,,11 than theft against not only thee eaneerned in tha trade, but also against those innocent investors, many of whom knew nothin.g of the brewing industry, was prov d bv the faot that in the past death duties had aiwav.s beern paid, on lioerwcd (houses. Thar. <oti.!<! neit b3 and had not been denied, and l (' any ordinary rnin to view with a.ppM'ih'etision his investments in land, milway4 and ever, other form of stocks. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was a success at the Board. (If Trede —in his present offioe he was by his ow.n con- fession a mere robber of other people's hen roosts. Amongst, the ones Mr L'oyd Georg priced most for that- purpose was the lioen.ue! victuallers trade. But had Mr Lloyd George considerod tlhat when he hoid kfllod tiie k e:ir~ tlior- would be no more golde.n eggs, cr was it possible That his nmbition was to crow loudest above his colleagues in the op'^tions l" war- fol- lowing? In the Lio -nsi rig Bill the cause of temperance was flouted by the mere fact tha.t I noitiiOt- bogus drinking clubs nor grocers' 11ceiloes were realt ,nth-both of wihioh were aknow- kdgted to he greater sources of drunkenness than any other cause. Was this a time, too, of .111 others, when unemployment sliould be- helped '1 and Costered when thousands of working i nen md women were unable to obtain work or food; and vet this so-called Liberal Government was attempting by every devioe in its power to do aiwav with omplcoyment on every hand, by threatening great industries. They had seen wh,it Newcastle did last Thursday; lefal) follow on these lines and throw out (ho Government of hen roost robbers (applauce). THE VOICE OF THE MEETING. At quarter past live, the time agreed upon for the resolution to be put, bugles sounded, and tiie Onairn an asked for the opinio.n of the aud- iences {!,r(.lnd each platform upon the cnotion. A eoerie of great ent.ausiasni prevailed, and the resolution was carried by an enormous majority. A gloom was cast over the proceedings around platform 5, which was occupied by speakers re- urTMntina: the Metropolis. WTnile tho speeches in progress an elderly man was taken ill, and wdh great difficaJty was g'ot out of tihe crowd and t«uken to the nearest open spaee. He, however, (';(>od within a. tfew minutes. It subse- quently transpi.red t-hat. he was Wm, Bell, aged about lIS, the landlord of the Grea.t Western public-house, Hampden-street, Harrow-road, who had marched from Paddington Green earlier in th" day with the Paddington section. money given to me to advance on good secu- rity.
SAD DEATH OF THE VICAR OF…
SAD DEATH OF THE VICAR OF NORTHOP. FOUND SHOT IN HIS GARDEN. A. painfld sensation was caused in the village of Northop on Monday by the news of the sad drath of the Vicar, the Rev. Clement Todd Davies, M.A- The reverend gentleman, who had oonduoted two services on Sunday, had not u501 ^°4 ^aJth for some time, and had boan attended by Dr. David Kdwaids, of Mold Dimng Sunday night Mr Davies complained of sleeplessness and pain) in the ohest. He gat up a few rmrurbes before eeven o'clock on Mom- <iay mormrng, and on leavine the bedroom, in Is Pavl^. "»aid The would be back ckreceiy. As ne did not rgturn Mrs Davies wteDt in search of him, and found him lying in the •pardeo unooiaoiouB, Heeding! from a wound in tihe bead, wuth a rerofner lying at his iiho unfortunate gentleman wias removed to Vioaxagie and Dr. Edwards was 8éI\4; for, buit the paltiQAt. suoouaatbed at 9.30 A.M. Mr Davias, who was 58 years of age, leave; a widow and six dhildren, with whem profound symjNllthy is expressed. He wat, an M.A. of Jesus College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1881, taking priest's c<rdia<s the following year. FrcJ.11 1882 to 1889 lie was curate of Rhyl, i-n 1889 he was appointed vicar ot Cae-rLdlWvh. Flintshire, where ho remained until 1E97, when ho wias appointed to the living of Nort,hep- Mr F. L. Jones, the Flintshire coroner, held an inquest on Tuesday evening at Northop. Dr. Edwards stated that in June last Mr Da- vies suffered from an epileptic seizure, which re- sulted in depression. No additional facts were forthcoming in the evidence, and the jury found that the rev, gen- tleman committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver while temporarily of unsound mind. Sympathy was expressed with the be- rea ved relatives by the coroner and jury.
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WELSH MINISTERS AND THE ARMY. COL. WYNNE EDWARDS ENTERS THE LISTS. Last July. Colonel Henry Howard, chairman of tih-j Flintshire Territorial Association, ap- pealed to Mr Lloyd George, through the columns cf the "Times." to use hi, i'lfluence with the Nonconformist ministers throughout Wales to stop tfteir ceaseless crusade against the Aitmy. This naturally led to considerable correspondence in. the Welsh press, tho general result of whioh Colonei Howajd sunnnarises in a letter in tihe "Tunes" of September 24th. Ile writes "Whc-in thuj, first Volunteer b-itdh left for South Africa, from Wales, of the lib who volun- teered 82 were nierribers cf the OHuro'i of En- gland mid two were Calvinistie Methodists. I t-alce two jx>pulir Territorial regiments in Wales. Th.) toted strength of ono is 406. 'Of this num- bor 275 are cnemhers of tihe Churcih of JCngland. Tho" testa 1 strength of the other regiment is 448. Of this numbet..508 arc memborti 01 the Church England and 33 Ionian Catholics From thee- figures v.e must conclude either that Nonconformists represent nniy c.w-fourtb of the ;>a ulition of Wales, cr that they are less patriotic th.n the rest (f thei' counfcnrmen. During th Bxix war the sympathies of the Welsh None nformists were strongly manifested f.n bohilif of fhe Bo- r". and I am reliably in- formed that :n one chapel tihe Nonoonfcnnisfc min is tor prayed that vie to y might be to t'e B ers, all 1 wli n the appeal during ti e Boer ANIVI." w vs made h ;tablip,h a ooripa-ny of Vol- unt era in the comty o-; Moricnet-h the fcllow- in- r.d-Jress W; issued 'to Che young meT) of M 5t ionethshiand signed by the leading ti^t, Wesleyan, Meth-o ist, a.n l Cengreg'-ticno! rrduisters in the 00 ntv-- "Ve understand that, an -effo t is being rrade to est blish a battalion d Voluntas in this county. At the present tim, when the dread "ul w-ar in Sr-ut-h Africa is attracting so much at- tention and the f ( r s 1 "iers is being -,el- b-, many, ncv ira' leek upon sueh a reciu st as n vo y n itur. 1 th ng, if not a thirnr whioh is nuit, .n&veaatrv. We cannot but feel the .,ff.t Ínl.!1e to entice the yomng irnen of oaur cSiurohes to j :,in suoh a society to be very dan- gerous, because such sc-cHi'-s hive Iwavs been the siuro3 cf imm-mal'tv. Be net. d'ec- ived; ovil or-imrouhioafiens cernint- gocd manners.' "— "Times," S?- t. ?4 h, 1C03. COLONFL WYNNE EDWARDS VIFWS. Colu-nal T. A. Wynne Edwaids, cf the Royal Welsh Fusilictrs, writes to the "Tia>es" from PI is Nantg-lyn, declaring that Colonel Howard's letter is calculated to do considerable injury to trie Territorial Army in Wales, as it gives a wrong' Lnl-ess n of the attitude of Welsh Nc.n- conformity generally towards tho force. Th-jre is a class which, partly from bigotry, but chiefly from an erroneous ide..1. of the con- duet elf military camps, is bitterly opposed to all forms of military training, and probably this class is mare numerous among the Nonconform- ists of some df the Welsh countics which have seen little or nothing of slioh training than in other parts of tho country which have been brought into ciosar contact with the military. In Denbighshire several of the Nonconformist lecwlera are among the most active m"mbc"R orf the County Association. These gentkm^n have used overy effort to ind-o^ young men to jcin. The mayors of several towns and employers of labour who belong to the Free Churches have out every inducement to their townspeople and empl,vo..Ps to enlist, with the result that by camp time 852 men nad bell emoll:-d, d whom 819. or 96 per cent., attended cat np for the full fifteen The following' 19 an extract from a nctlOO posted by a Nonconformist firm in th-i- wc-cits. After raining thirteen men who ,iud their per- mission. to attc-nd, it oil:- "Wo regret thar more of cur employees have nor, ioincd the North V.'nlcs Brigade. In cur opinion it is the duty of every eLie-bodied youth in Wales t'j join the Ircal Armvf e. We wish to Jussu-e our employees t" -,t we I >. k with favour U/V,Tl :,11 those who enrol themselves in the 102a1 corps, and shall afford, them every facility for following their s'rvioJ.' If the fvampio 01 these Welsh Nonconform- isi., was fcilowod bv employers of all throughout the United Kingdom, the success of cur Territorial Armv woukl be assured. No re- ligious census of the men of the Denbighshire Battalion has ever been taken, but by far the 41,7'9r proportion -o^-Cherri are This leir.' so, with the approval of the Army ('-iin'-il. T, anpoint,e,d the Rev. R. E. Morris, B.A., Oxon., Oalyinistio Methcxlist. minister at Wrexham, one of tho chaplains of the corps. Tho gentleman cam- to camp with us and re- mained the whole fort.nigiht as the guest of his brother effkxirs. When tho camp broke up I askod h;;11 to writ., me his impressions of the training. Yesterday morning I received tie following letter from him:— "Dear Colonel,—You asked me to write voa a letter giving my impressions of the 'Terriers,' and of camp lii'e. The whole thing certainly was :1.'1 eye-opener to me, and Iit my duty to inform my friends of this. I am able to tell them that thousands of voung men can re k-T)t together in exodlent oixler and very eff-erivaly trained as Roldiers; that t.le country owes a debt of gratitude to t-he gentlemen who so patrioti- cally undertake. the 3r:ht:t;s duty of t.roi,'ling them. I }-ve spoken to many, and all have been glad to hear, and seemed well disposed to- wards the movement. I seme of mv im- pression* to mv own conirresration the first, Sun- dav I occupied mv nulpit after my return, and t.ht)v al! ffemed to ba quite cl'-li^htM with the remarks. I have visited Merionethshire ind C r- na'-vensihiire. and took (In£-a,q;on to explain mat- ters to ieiTie of our loaders. Thev were quite prepared to encourage young mnn to join the very truly, "R. E. TMORRIS." While mon of this stamp are at the head of the Nonconformist movement t, old We'nh spin*, of loyalty and patriotism will not die out.
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Replying to Mr J. D. Jones, witness said this was his first advance on a bill of sale, and the last. He only advanced money on frre- Iholds. The matter between him and the lender was quite distinct from the bill of sale. If Mrs Jones did not pay he (witness) was Liable to the original lender. His name was n t entered an the document for the purpose of disguising someone eilse. Mr Asher objected to the description in the bill of sale. The lady is described as a widow, but he contended that her cccupaticnn—a lodg- ing-house keeper—should have been stated. His Honour: We have only testimony that fjh kept one lodger. Mr As-heir maintained that her occupation was that of lodging house keeper, and it mat- tftred not whether she had one lodger or a dozan- His Honour: Your contention would be good if I had been satisfied tfhat she is a lodging- houae keeper, but I have not. Mr Ashar contended the emission was fatal. As to the time the bill of 5I.1e was given, it had been admitted in evidence that an execu- tive was in process, and that part of the goods was on hire. He, therefore, submitted that the goods were in the custody of tha law, and that Mrs Jones was not the owner, and had no rigrht to assign the goods. His Honouir said no evidence had been sub- mitted to show there w>3re bailiffs in posses- sion. It wa," material to know when the bail- iff = in possession. Mr J. D. Jones: Mrs Jones called in the m'iirniny. Wilfcams ffuve her a cheque for E40, She endorsed tibe cheque, and gave it to m:" and I paid the amounts specified by her. She rotumuod in the aitnrnoon and got the balance —afll cm the same day. Mir Asher then submitted that the oonsidera- tipn drid rbbt pass on the presentation of the bill of aale. Mr J. D. Jones said evidence had boo ad- duced and proof given that the bailiffs wore palid before the ball of sale was exfouted. His Honour: But the money passed. 4-. Mr J. D. Jones: Oh, no. Mrs Jones endorsed ï the cheque and returned it to me. I His Honour: But you paid certain amounts on her behalf ? Mr J. D. Jones: I gave up the cheque on November 28th, and the furniture dealer was paid on the same day. One cheque was cashed on November 28th, and the other November 30th. Mr Jones then handed to the Judge some cheques. His Honour referred to a cheque made payable to Roberts, and Mr J. D. Jones said that it was Mr Lloyd Roberts who went to see the furniture people to try and do something for Mrs Jones, and got them to take JB9 13a. His Honour: Was the bill of sale done after the cheque was issued? Mr Jones: That is my recollection. I believe th- bill of sale was executed at 2.30 p.m. on the same day. W. Williams was recalled, and in reply to Mr Asher, said he could not definitely state the time, lmh it probably was about 2.30 n.m. Mr Asher proceeded to oontnd that the name of the guarantee was not disclosed in the bill of sale, which was sufficient to invalidate the docu- ment. He also contended that the consideration was not truly stated. There was an agreement for E4 or JE5 which Mrs Jones agreed to pay, and this agreement was arrived at before the document was executed. The sum. snecified in the bill of sale was £40, but Mrs Jones only received JB34 or JE35. and an agreement such as that mentioned invalidated the document. He was of opinion that the document was drawn out as a protection of Mrs Jones. Mr J. D. Jones submitted that Mr Asher had offered a wrong version of Mrs Jones' evidence. What she said was that she had asked for an estimate of the cost, which was only right for her to do. She had been handed over the whole of the E40, she endorsed the cheque, and as a matter of convenience he (Mr Jones) paid out the other creditors. He maintained that the reflection oast upon Mr Williams' evidence was unfair. JUDGE'S DECISION. His Honour, in giving judgment, said the claimant, W. Williams, sought to establish his claim to certain furniture seized by Baron Wolffe |n j ju^ffnient against Catherine Jones, the de- fendant. The execution being levied on the goods Williams sets in a claim of a bill of sale covenns the furniture, and the question was whether the bill of sale was valid or not. If so, then the claimant was entitled to his claim. The objection that the assigner in the bill of sale was wrongly described as a widow, whereas she kept apartments was not, in his opinion, fatal. ° Jhe statute was that a person's identity be sufficient to be recognisable as described. The objection that the furniture was in the hands of the law at the time has not been proved, the onus of proof resting on the person attacking the bill of sale alone. The objection that the true guarantee was not th0 person named in the bill of sale, was the most important objection. The claimant was not the fnva^id6 ?l'iaral^ee' therefore the bill of sale was mvahd. Ho, therefore, declared the bill of sale void. and the claim of the claimant therefore failed, and was dismissed with costs.