The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

DENBIGH. "THE DRUNKEN STATE OF THE TOWN." A CASE which aroused considerable local interest was decided before the Denbigh magistrates on. Friday. W. Williams, cattle dealer, was summoned by the police for being drunk on the licensed premises of the Old Butchers' Arms, Denbigh, on the 20th of No- vember. The defendant, for whom Mr Edward Roberts, Ruthin, appeared, pleaded not guilty. Evidence was given by Police-con-stables Howel Jones and John Evans to the effect that the de- fendant was observed going in the direction of Crown-lane, where the Old Butchers' Arms is) situated. He was then "staggering drunk." The witnesses followed,, and found him on the licensed premises in question with half a glass of whisky before him. The landlady's atten- tion was called to his condition, and he was ordered to leave the house. For the defence, Williams denied the allega- tions of the police as to his condition, and stated that he was sober. The Bench found the. defendant guilty, and fined him 5s and costs. Thomas! Freeman, the licensee of the Old Butchers' Arms, was then summoned for sell- ing drink to a drunken person. Mr Edward Roberts appeared for the defendant. The evi- dence in this case was practically the same as in the previous one. The charge was consid- ered proved, and the defendant was fined 10s and costs, but the licence was not endorsed. In announcing the decision of the Bench, the Chairman (Mr Harrison Jones) said his fellow- magistrates, desired him to call the serious at- tention of the publicans of Denbiigh to the drunken state of the town. There was a large. number of cases of drunkenness and of using profane language coming ^continually before the court, and in view of this state of things it became incumbent upon the justices to show their disapprobation, although Mr Freeman in this case was not in one sense to blame, as the drink had been served by his young and inex- perienced daughter. On behalf of the magis- trates,, he bade the publicans take heed. --0-

For those Exposed to the Weather. Effects of Cold and Wet on the System. OUT DOOR workers, and those whose occupations necessitate their spending a good, deal of time in the open air, should take steps to fortify their systems against bad results. Cold and wet throw extra work upon the internal organs, and liver chill. piles, and rheumatism are often contracted during the winter season One of the best-known figures on the high road from Breadsall to Derby was Mrs Caroline Bennett, of the Mill Farm, Breadsall. Morning after morn- ing, through sleet, or rain, or snow, she drove to the county town with the milk. One day she was missed, and an enquiry showed that she had con- tracted a seveie chill, which had attacked her liver and compelled her to keep her bed. That other ailment which commonly results from cold and wet—piles—also affected her, and had it not been for Charles Forde's Bile Beans the results would doubtless have been most serious I suffered terribly for three or four months," says Mrs Bennett," the piles being so painful, and the lifer complaint taking all power to fight against pain out of me. I could not walk, being so weak, and I was getting worse and worse, no matter what medicine I took, when a relative advised me to try Chas. Forde's Bile Beans I soon found out the worth of them. They commenced to do me good after I had taken the first dose. In a week or two the piles disappeared, and, as I continued taking Bi!e Beans, the liver disorder I had suffered from ceased It has now left my system completely, and I am as well and as strong as ever. I shall always feel grateful to Bile Beans, and would advise those who suffer as I dtd to give them a fair trial." All chemists stock Chas. Forde's Bile Beans, or they may be obtained post free for is Id or 2s 9d per box from the Bile Bean Manufactm ing Co., Red Cross-street, London, E.O. They fortify the system against winter's trying weather, and cure liver chilis, piles, rheumatism, headache, digestive disorders, and constipation. Avoid imitations.

The Great Northern Railway Company have recently adopted a number of "high-capa- city" waggons for the working of the coal traffic between the West Riding and Nottinghamshire collieries and London. The waggons are con- structed throughout entirely of steel, and have a carrying capacity of thirty tons. The ordin- ary railway truck carries from eight to ten tons. Another Newspaper Ilorro 'r.-Mrs Jones (indi'gnantly) "These newspapers are just simply not fit to read." Mr Jones: "Another crime, I suppose?" Mrs Jones: "Yes; here is a description of the gown I wore at the ball last nigiht, that must have been written by some ignorant, amateur male reporter that didn't know a dress from a dromedary." a

'S Conway Petty Sessions, J Defrauding the Railway Company. I Cruelty to Cattle. MONDAY.—Before Captain Darbishire, Dr. R- A. Prichardi, Messrs J. Adey Wells, J. Allanson Picton, and G. O. Jones. Licence Transfer. 'On the application of Mr Vincent Johnson, the licence of the Red Lion, Llandudno, was temporarily transferred from Mr Hilton to I G. H. Maylor. Railway Travelling Without a Ticket. GLANWYDDEN ,MAN SMARTLY FINED. Edward Williams, a labourer, of Glan- wydden, was summoned for travelling; on the London and North-Western Railway witnout a ticket, and with intent to avoid payment of his fare. d Defendant, who did not appear, sent a friend named Thomas Jones to represent him. Mr Fenna said on the date in question Wil" liams arrived at Llanrwst station by the 10.40 a.m. train. In passing out of the station he, showed Mr J. Evans, the ticket-collector, the outward half of a ticket available between* Llandudno and the Junction. He then paid the excess fare from the Junction to Llanrwst- elevenpence. Defendant returned to the station at 12.50, and waited until the 1.3 up train came in. He had plenty of time to book- but he did not do so. This, the exceptionally keen-witted booking-clerk made a note of, and he also gave information to the guard in charg,e of the train, and wired to the officials at the Junction, from whence, on the arrival of the train, defendant proceeded to Llandudno. Be made no offer to pay the difference as between Llanrwst and the Junction either at De'ganwy* where tickets were collected, or the Junction. Evidence corroborating the advocate's state- ment was given by John Evans (the booking* clerk), Thomas Williams (guard), Williain j Hughes, and Inspector j. Thompson. The Bench imposed a fine of £ 2 and 15s 6d costs. Cruelty to Cattle. CONWAY YOUTHS CAUTIONED. Thomas Jones, W. Henry Jones, Sam Parry? Owen Jones, William Williams, Richard Roberts, Roberts Hurghes, Thomas F. Jones, Joseph Hughes, Hugn Parry, William J. Hughes, Robert O. Hughes, and Shem Hughes* all Conway lads, varying between 12 and 1° years of age, were charged, at the instance oi Inspector Kennedy, of the R.S.P.C.A., chasing and illtreating certain heifers- on the Conway Morfa on the 26th October. Defendants all pleaded not guilty. Inspector Kennedy briefly explained that the cruelty complained of consisted of chasing and twisting] the tails of cattle grazing on the Morfa. Miss Mary Hudson, a visitor staying with Mrs Hadley, on the Morfa, gave evdence as to seeing certain boys, chasing the cattle about' and dragging them by their tails. She could not identify any of the offenders, but the pr°* ceedings had been going on for a long time, and Mrs Hadley had repeatedly made complaints concerning the matter to the shepherd of the Morfa, and afterwards to the R.S.P.C-A., I officials. William Jones, a coachman in Mrs Hadley,sr employ, deposed to seeing a number of lad5 running after two cows. When he made his- appearance, one of them shouted: "Never mind, lads; its only old Hugh Watkin. (Laughter.) The Chairman: I thought your name WaS Jones. Witness: Yes; but as my father's name was Watkin they call me "Hugh Watkin." e. newed laughter.) Proceeding, witness said a young heifer was blowing very hard, and was covered with perspiration. There was a red cord tied round her tail, but he could not see any marks of beating or any other illtreatment. He only identified one of the lads, Parry by name. Inspector Kennedy said he had inspected the cattle a few days afterwards, and he found the tail of one of them was injured. Owen Roberts, the Morfa shepherd, said his attention had been called to the action of the boys, but as the proceedin'gs took place while he was away he did not see them. The Chairman thanked the witnesses for their, evidence. It was very necessary that such pro. ceedings should be stopped, and it was n- fortunate that the evidence of identification was not clear enough to warrant a conviction. There was no doubt gross cruelty had been going on week after week. Turning to the, defendants, the chairman said You will re- member you are only dismissed because yoU were not properly identified. If you were, yoU would be severely punished. You will under- stand that, won't you? Defendants (in chorus) Yes, sir. Sequel to Llanbedr Fair. Hugh Parry, of Llanrwst, was summoned for being drunk in charge of a vehicle at Llanbedr on the 3rd October, and, further, with furious driving at the same time and place. Defendant did not appear, but on the app-lica" tion of Superintendent Rees, the case was pro- ceeded with in his absence. P.S. Breese, of B-ettws-y-Coed, said h noticed the defendant was drunk, and called upon him to stop, but instead of doing s0 hø- whipped aS horse to a gallop, and in this way he drove through a crowd of people. Inspector Kennedy gavejt corroborative dence. Fined £ 2 and costs. Fireworks. lettin'g off fireworks at -the Junction, oli the 3rd September, tvan Jones, Broad-street, David j. Davies, and -5, Bric field-terrace, three Llandudno Junction boYs, were fined 6d each and costs. Ta his Brother's Rescue." John Parry and Henry Parry, carpenters,_ Maesynllan, Gyffin, were charged with heiW drunk and disorderly at Conway, on the 1 November, the evening of the municipal el tion. as The latter did not appear, and a warrant w issued for his arrest. John pleaded guilty- P.C. Williams stated the defendant Parry was very disorderly outside the p° station. His brother had been taken into c 1 tody for being drunk and disorderly outside Guildhall, and John came up to the station? citing, a crowd of people to help him to j brother out. As defendant refused to be qu he was taken in to keep his brother compan Fined 10s and costs.

CORWEN. STRONG OPPOSITION BY THE GWYDDELWERN TEETOTAL .r.MEXT. The Courtroo'm at Corwen was; crowded at the Petty Sessions on Saturday, when Mr J. H. G. Hufghes (Ruthin) appeared in support of an application made by Mr Evan Roberts, licensee of the Napoleon Inn, Oldham-road, Manchester, for a licence for the Blue Bell, Gwyddelwern, Corwen. The application was opposed by the Corwen Free Church Council and others, members of which turned up in full force at the hearing, and they were represented by Mr Jordan, solicitor, Bala. The house was one of the best known in the district, but since May last it has been closed for alterations and enlargements, and no business has been done on the premises, and these facts form the basis of the contention advanced by opponents of the licence, that -oiie house is not needed. 'Mr Evan Roberts stated that, prior to taking the Napoleon Inn, Oldham-road, Manchester, he was at Salford for thirteen years, and he had also been a licence-holder in Liverpool. Mr Hughes said he also appeared for the landlady, Mrs Margaret Ellen Roberts, now living at Highgate, London, an old lady of 80 years of age, who had gone to a great deal of expense in converting the Blue Bell from an old thatched house into a commodious and well- ordered hotel. Mr Jordan said he was instructed by a num- ber of inhabitants of Gwyddelwern and neigh- bourhood, and also by the, Chief-constable., 11 to object to the application, and he did so, in the first place, on legal grounds. It was admitted that the house nad been closed for a period ap- proaching six months, during, which time no business had been done on the premises, and it was important to bear in mind that the Licens- ing Act required, in such cases,, that formalities should be complied with as though a new licence were being asked for. In this instance such formalities had not been complied with- there had been no posting of notices on church and chapel doors, etc.—and on these grounds, at the outset, he took objection to the licence being granted. After quoting the section of the Act and cases in support of his argument, Mr Jordan pointed out that the purpose of the provision was perfectly clear. It was to pre- vent the public from being taken by surprise by an application being made suddenly for a house which had been closed. It was expressly enacted that where drink had not been sold under a licence, it was necessary to give notice as though a new licence were bein'g applied for. 0 Mr Hughes: It shows what an abominably weak case you must have. It shows that the teetotal element round Gwyddelwern is so con- foundedly against cases of this kind that my learned friend has to rely" on a technical objec- tion. Supposing I lose Lhis. time, I shall not lose next time. Supposing I put the notices on the church doors or any other doors you like, I can make a similar application a month hence. Whatever the teetotal fellows have to say about it, it has nothing to do with your wor- ships. The Chairman: We know nothin,g of what you will do in the future. We must agree with Mr Jordan, however, and dismiss the case for the present. -0-

FESTINIOQ. MEMORIAL BY THE WOMEN'S TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION. At Penrhyndeudr.aeth, on Thursday, before thirteen magistrates, Mr W. George introduced Mrs Morris, of the Festiniog Women's Tem- perance Association, who presented a memor- ial asking the Bench to use their authority as laid down in the Farnham case. Mr George said a like application would be placed before the justices by the Festiniog Free Church Council at the next court. The Bench decided to defer consideration until then. An unopposed application by Mr J. Hum- phreys for the transfer of the licence of the Royal Oak Hotel to Miss Owen, daughter of the deceased licensee, was granted. The üHwa.y Csmpaoy and their Hotel. Mr S. Moss, M.P. (instructed by Messrs R. O. Jones and Davies), applied for the transfer of the licence of the London and North-Western Hotel, Blaenau Festiniog, from Mr John Green to Mr Frank Barlow, the North Wales represen- tative of Messrs Woruiington, brewers, to whom the railway company have leased the hotel. Mr Moss explained that the licence was to be held by Mr Barlow for a short time only. They were looking out for a suitable tenant. The hotel was now under the management of Mr George Hayes, who had had 25 years' experience of hotel management. Mr W. George appeared on behalf of the Rev Samuel Owen, Calvinistic Methodist min- ister, to oppose the licence on the ground that the house was not required. The question arose as to whether such evi- dence was admissible on an application for a transfer. Mr Moss held that it was not, but the clerk (Mr J. Jones Morris) said the point had never been decided. Mr Moss said the police had served the appli- cant with notice of objection on the ground that on October 21 Police-Sergeant Bree,sle, who had been dismissed from the Merioneth police force, had been supplied with drink there when on duty. This they denied. Barlow, giving evidence, said it was not his intention to live on the premises. Replying to Inspector Roberts, he said he was not aware that in recent years the house was frequented by the lowest class in Festiniog. Police-constable David Jones ig.ave evidence to the effect that the house was being frequented by a class of people who would not be served in any other house in Festiniog because of their unruly behaviour. He was frequently called to eject persons, and sometimes he went of his own accord to quell disturbances. It was a very badly-conducted house. Police-constable J. E. Jones said he saw Police-Sergeant Breese enter the house on Oc- tober 21, and he remained there at least fifteen minutes. He went away before Breese came out; When he went in, Breese did not appear to be under the influence of drink. In answer to the clerk, the witness said that Breese told him that he was going in to see about a row a few nights before. Chief-constable Major ,Best said he had to dismiss Police-Sergeant Breese for bein'g drunk and disorderly on the night of October 21st. Breese admitted the offence. He went to the hotel slhortly before six, and some time later he was found drunk.—In answer to Mr Moss, Major Best said he decided to oppose the trans- fer rather than take proceedings against the management. He opposed on account of Breese. In answer to Mr George, he said he used to patronise the hotel himself once. It was splendidly conducted then, but it was very bad now, and the glaring, case of Breese had 'brought things to a head. Evidence havinlg been given by the Rev. LI. Owen, Hayes and a barmaid were called, and they denied that Breese was served on the night he was found drunk. Mr George, Mr Moss, and Mr John Fenna, ,the solicitor for the railway company, tnen ,addressed the Bench, the latter stating that the company would see in future that there would foe no suspicion of bad control, and that they intended restoring it the name it had when managed directly by the company. The Bench refused the transfer on the ground that Barlow would not be living on the pre- mises. They, however, granted temporary authority to Hayes for a fortnight,when the case would be again brought forward wi,th a fresh applicant. Another Refusal. Mr Moss next applied for a temporary trans- fer of the licence of Glynllifon, Festiniog, to Mrs Roberts, wife of the deoeased licensee. Mr William George objected on the ground that the house was not wanted, and that the applicant would not reside on the premises. Evidence was called, and the Bench refused the transfer. The re-hearing of an application for the trans- fer otf the licence of Glangors, Festiniog, in accordance with a mandamus from the High Court, will be taken at the next court. —