Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder

ABERAVON. Before the Mayor (Mr. W. J. Williams), Jlr. Y. Owen, and Mr. Oliver Adams. I Drunk and Disorderly. Thomas Wellington, labourer, Aberavon, was charged with being drunk and disor- derly in High-stre'i, Aberavon. Defendant wa,' Denton, an assistant a ë a local cinema, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in High-street.-P.C. Watts 6aid defendant was very drunk, and refused to go away when requested. Defend- a at said she lbid received some bad news, which caused her to take drink.—The Bench adjourned the case for three months. Bad Language. I Hannah O'Keefe, Sandfields, Aberavon, was charged with using indecent language. —Defendant: I admit it, and I am very sorry. It is the first time. J got into a tem- per through a neighbour calling me names. —Fined 10s. Sunday Trading. I Frank Berni, Erneat Viazaini, and George I Parks were each fined 5s. for Sunday trad- I i a f-

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SWANSEA SOLICITOR DIES UNDER' OPERATION. V-ie regret to have to announce the death of Captain E. Taliourd Strick, eldest son of Mr. T: N. Talfourd Strick, clerk ami solicitor to the Swansea Harbour Trust, and gVandson of Mr. Edward Strick, Coroner for many years of the Swansea and Gower district, and formerly of the firm of Messrs. Striek and Bellingham. The deceased gentleman was educated at Clifton College, and articled in his father's office, with which he has been. connected ever since, in later years as a partner. A solicitor of considerable capacity and promise, though he did not come before the public very much, Mr. Strick was a gen-eral favourite with all who knew him. He took a very keen interest in the Church Lads' Brigade, and was largely responsible for its mitiafidn and success at the Mumbles. This took up a good deal of his spare time. Shortly after the commencement of the war. Mr. Strick entered the 6th Welsh as second-lieutenant, and his sterling abili- ties were recognised by a rapid rise to tile rank of captain. Unfortunately he contracted throat trouble some few days ago, and .passed away under an operation on Saturday evening. Ha-leaves a widow, nee Miss Bishop, a. member of a well-known Carmarthenshire famUy, and one infant daughter. Mr. Strick was only 32 years of age. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon at the Mumbles Cemetery. The funeral, which was of a semi-military character, was Large and representative, i contingent of Garrison Military Police aoted as bearers. They were in charge of Captain Soares and Lieutenant Collins. The Oystermouth Church Lads" :Brigade was also in attendance in charge of Mr. Tom Hvans. Prior tD the interment, a short "rvice was held at Oystermouth Parish Church, the srurpliced choir taking part, under the conduotonahip of Ifr. W. Davies^ junr. (Bl a c-kpill) who also prpsided at tho organ. The mourners included: Mrs. Talfourd Strick (widow), Ir. and Mrs. Talfourd Strick (father and mother). LmUeaaut Courtenav Strick (brother^. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Meek, Mr. Robert Eaton, Mrs. Courtenav Strick:, Mr. r. H. Strick, Mr. Shipley Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bishop, Mr. Charles Bishop, Miss Bishop, and Mr. Hugh Bellingham. Amongst others present were Messrs. Roger Beck, Aeron Thomas, C. W. Slater. Villiers Meager. Colonel a.nd Dr. Lloyd Jones, Colonel Morgan, Colonel Yaogihah- Ed wards, David Glassbrook, Tercy Player.W. Laugfearne Morgan, David Seline, Frank Andrews, Ernest n. Leeder, j. Il. Mules, A. O. Schenk, Dr. Nelson JoBes, 1L W. James, Frank Edwards, T. Jones, ? ?ichard-. Major Pollard, Captain. D. H. Williams, Lieutenant A. C. Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Furneaux, Cajttain Davies (King's Dock), and the Swansea Harbour Pilots. The officiating clergy were the Reçs. Latimer Davies. Sil a = Phillips (Mumbles'), and the Rev. W. William-s (Newton).-

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LOCAL COMPENSATION POINTS His Honour Judge Bryn Roberts gave jjHtgraent at the Swansea County Gouru in the case in -whi-ch William Rees. a work- man in the employ of the Swansea Naviga- tion Collieries, Ltd., claimed compensation at the rate of -61 a week in respect of aa accident which occurred during his employ- ment. The judge found for respondents, awarding 3s. 9d. per week, each party to i pay their own costs. Mr. Villiers Meager (instructed by lir. John Jenkins) appeared for applicant, and Mr. Trevor Hunter- waa briefed by Messrs. Gee and Edwards for 1"8- go o n den ta). COAL^RIM^tER GETS Ll A WEEK. His Honour awarded oompeneation of Zi a week as from itarch slot last to Henry George, a coaltrimme'r the respondents be.. ing the Glynoorrwg "Ooel Co., Ltd. Mr. J. Evan. Rowlands appeared for applicant. A DEPENDANTS ENGAGEMENT- It was mentioned in &not.h?r tompcnea? t" case at th? 8waneo& C<nmty Count to- d ay tbat- ano of the d?pend?ate. a ydung lady.of 16. was ?.n??gsd to be married, In making the Apportionment, Judge Bryu fiobarte remarked he bed to bear in mind that the engagement vicht not cmne -Qfi, (Lattghjerf. It transpuvM that the ymmg man had enlisted.

 Amongst the T?st recrwts to join th? colours is th? fev. J. Morgan, the popn- lar curatc of Llansadwi'n aad Hauvr<ia.? We uiiderstncd that the rev. g?WM<MS? W.?? ui thiit tborev. geot&egMoz., has joined tiic

A-r*rARMER'S -STOR-Y. CURIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A yOUNG SOLDIER. At Swansea Police Court on Wednesday, i John Archibald Bevan (19), -liori-iston, was brought up in custody ana charged on remand with attempt- ing to obtain the sum of i5 by means of ialso pretences i'rom John Williams, Caarieon Farm, Velindre, Llan- gyl'elach, on the 2nd and 3rd of June. lievan had been twice before the court on this charge, but the police had on each occasion not been ready to proceed with tho oaae. On Wednesday last, it wili he remembered, Major Anderson, the rec raking officer for the district, was in otrtirt, <ui<i he Had intiina ted that as lie vim was a deserter from the frtli Ba.tt. isouth Lancashire Regiment, he could not be admitted to bail. When the defendant realised that he jKxmld be j^tmndwcl in custody, he collapsed, and had to be removed in a tainting condition. Superinten d ent Leiheren again con- ducted the case for the police, whilst Mr. lidward ifarries defended, and Major Anderson, who occupied a seat with Superintendent Letheren, watched the HiaSo fok,tiko Army authorities. John Williams, Kilfaeri Farm, Velin- dre, said that on the 2nd inst. he was in the farmyard when defendant came up to him and Pulled a letter out of his pock«t, saying he was under the Govern- ment, adding, All farmers have to enlist p);'Q-nee.n Prisoner then gave him a letter j- io„T.ead- The address on the letter was *fLqiidon/' .Mf^Hurries objected to any reference of the letter, as it was dot produced. Defendant then took the letter back, and placed it in his pocket. Mr. Harries again objected, but the SBeneh overruled the objection. t Proceeding, witness said the letter was 1 feigned H. H. Arthur." Defendant said, You must enlist at once, and we will put an older man to look after your farm t,util you come back. An old soldier or com rone else." Witness asked him of what age. would the men be recruitable. He replied "Fi-om IS to 4f). Witness told .1JtJii,: lie" was over age, upon which j^efeiirtant replied, I don't believe you. j yo u born and registered? -Wihies-s, told him, whereupon lie replied, tell you what you can do. Von can feuy yourself out for oil condition tlvat you go and do six months' training afterwards. Matthew Thomas, Lletty JVIorfil, paid me JS5 and he is free." Wit- ness replied, I will not pay until Tsee a doctor, and if I am medically fit I'll pay Wilnftg. agreed to sign a. promise to B<»v;iii the money if he was medically frt: Bfnian then pulled a pocket-book from his pocket, and wrote on it, This is to certify that John Williams is willing I f, to pay me £ 5 if he is medically fit for ..service. Witness signed this in lead. Prisoner then said that he would write London to the authorities, and tell .them that Williams wa.z ,both over age and medically unfit. Prisoner produced a pai»«»r„ on which was written, This is to certify that I, the undersigned, have called and have seen John Williams, mliaen Farm. and have found that he is I Signed. H. M. Arthurs. M.F., •C.I*(Laughter.) Next day, prisoner again called at the farm, and handed witness a letter stating that he had received it that morning amont several others. The letter read a.s follows: C Headquarters, M.P., Wins- eohsiff, London, W.C. Dear Sir,—On the "authority of Mr. H. M. Artliuro we find that you are not qualified for the Army as you are over age. We shall be very glad if you could pay Mr. Arthurs the sum of 10s. We shall also be very glad to send you your certificate of birth. You n,.Jh'f1k. Mr. Arthurs for working so ?M? ?,?-ou. Had it not been for him! ??ou wouM have been in the Army now. ,W6 remain, A. A. Johnston, F.R.C., I) C. Reynolds, M.R.C.P." (Laughter.) Witness said that he did not under- stand it very well, and prisoner told him that it meant he had to pay 10s. Witney 6ftid he had no money on him. but would meet him the following day, or the fol- io-ring"'Saturday at Morriston. Prisoner paid he could not, as lie had to be at Neatli on the following day and Car- •ftf»rthen 6n the Saturday, and asked him •Hfo -HtfrrMv lOs. from a grocer with whom lie dealt. On the way to the grocer's shop they met a man naine-I Will. "fhomas, to whom he showed the letter. Thomas advised witness not to have any. -thing to do with prisoner. Prisoner then left him, and witness did not see him again until he identified him from eight or nine other men. In reply to Mr. Harries witness said he thought conscription had come into ,Jorcei and that .too Government could ■jpnpress him into service. Witness ab- ^rlute1^ f^Ugved prisoner's story. Mr. Harres: Did you tell your wife tyiything of this?—No, sir. ar,,t you tell your wife?—I have not got a wife. sir. (Laughter). fitness told a number of his friends that compulsory service had come into force, and they. too, believed it. He showed the letter to William Thomas that he was sure about it." William Thomas, grocer. Post Office, .11, spoke to meeting prisoner and the last witness. Mr. Williams shmved him the letter, and witness said to PTisoner: "By tliio letter you want from Mr. Williams to get him free the Clerk (Mr. Thcrpc). Sup- j^o^iiig you knew you were mt-dicaily fit, and you had S3 in your pocket that day, vould you have paid him ?—es ,sir Wm. Thomas, grocer, Post Office, J^aixgyfelach, spoke to meeting prisoner ^aad the last witness. Mr. Williams showed him the letter, and witness -said- to prisoner: "By this letter you want l?s- from Mr. Winiams to get him frOO from j?iniDg the army. Prisoner said "No, I don't .want money from him! I simply brought this letter up. I didn't no what was in it until Mr. Will tarns opened it." In reply to the '?s?wifcess'he &aid he did not-h-'Row p!-isbne? Whereupon the laUN ?id, Arthurs from Morriston that will ff-o'di h1/ Then he added, "Since this aifBirhasgonesofar it won't finish here," and walked away. "Matthew Thomas, the man mentioned by- the first witn*,Fs, said he had never seen prisoner before nor had he paid 'anynioney to him. Major Anderson, of the Royal Artil- lery, the recruiting officer in charge of theSwansea area, said prisoner had no authority to-assist recruiting in any way. P.O. {«?) John Jones deposed to ar- 'restiiig prisoner in Woodfield-street, 'MofristoTi, on June 12th. He was taken to tlie Morriston Police Station, and 'wlien charged replied, "I know nothing jtbout the t5." He was identified by the 'first witness, whereupon he said, "I ad- mit being up Velindre and seeing John Williams." He was wearing a war at the time of his arrest. Prisoner, wlio elected to be tried sum- marilv, plekded guilty to attempting to 'VjbtMfi lft5.but not guilty to the chiirgft Obtain So. The B«nch rifetired for some coasider- able 'tinw, giiid' on their return to court tMr. A. H. Thomm) sail had g'iven them a great deal of trouble. Prisoner was a young man, atfdi the Bench felt that they could not blast his future by sending him to prison, and, they had decided to bind him over for 12; months in the sum of £20, and two sure- ties of each- Bevan- wktls then charged with being a deserter ;trom the fith Battalion South Lan^a«liirje Regiment.—Ho was remanded csoork j

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MARRIED ONLY SIX MONTHS. I A sad case came before the Swansea Bench, when Ruth John, of Big Fields-terrace, Dunvant, summoned her husband, Thomas John, for persistent cruelty, and also applied for a separation. Mr. Henry Thompson appeared for the applicant, and Mr. Edward Harris de- fended. Mr. Thompson, in opening, described the case as a peculiarly sad one. The applicant was only eighteen years of age, and the parties were married in January of this year. After six months' married life it had become necessary to apply for a ceparation order. The grounds of appli- cation were that the husband had been persistently cruel. Mr. Thompson thought it was only fair to say that defendant had met with a serious accident at the colliery and that might have affected him. At this juncture, Mr. J. H. Rosser sug- gested that an endeavour be made to get the parties together again. Mr. Thompson said an attempt had been made, but had proved futile. Mr. Kosser made the suggestion that the Chairman (Mr. A. II. Thomas) and Dr. Joseph Da vies should interview the parties to see what could be done. Mr. Thompson: I am afraid that even their benign infiuertce will not prevail. Both Mr. Harries and Mr. Thompson. however, agreed, and the husband and wife met the two magistrates in the retir- ing room. They soon returned to court,, and the Chairman announced that a settlement was impossible. Mr. Edward Harris said that to avoid mud-slinging, which would perhaps result in the parties becoming still more ir- reconcilable, lie would admit persistent cruelty. Complainant, who appeared in the box with a baby in her arms, said that in February last defendant drew an open razor across her throat and threatened to kill her. A separation order was granted, defen- I dant to pay 12s. 6d. per week mainten- ance. I I

ECHO TO SWANSEA MOTOR SMASH. I There was an echo of an accident on the site of the new Slip Footbridge. at the Swansea County Court on Monday, when Thomas Samuel Williams, builder and cycle agent, of Ola Lodge, Yetalyfera, sued Messrs. ltees and Kirby, Ltd.. constructional engineers, Morris- ton, for £ 22 18s. lOd. damages to a motor cycle and sidecar caused through the al- leged negligence of defendants' servants. Mr. Trevor Hunter (instructed by Messrs. Ed. Harris and Company), ap- peared for plaintiff, and Mr. Villiers Meager (briefed by Messrs. Leeder and I Morris) defended. Plaintiff's story was that on Sunday, May 9th, he and a friend named Rapsey had been to the Mumbles, and were re- turning between 10 and 11 o'clock at night plaintiff driving the motor cycle and Rapeey occupying the side car. Oh the way another friend, Richard Thomas, was picked up, and he was seated on the carrier behind. When approaching the site of the new bridge he (plaintiff) saw a red light on his left, and thinking the right side was clear he turned the machine in that direction, and ran into a windlass and lteap of stones. There was no light on the right hand side of the road where the obstruction was placed though, said Mr. Trevor Hunter, there appeared to have been a lamp there, but it was either out or had not been lit. psey was tin-own out of the side-car, but it appeared nobody was hurt seriously. The cycle and car were badly damaged, and were taken to R. E. Jones's Garage, while plaintiff and his friends went home in a taxi. Certain parts were damaged beyond repair, and ho had to get a new chassis and a new basket, coat- ing c £ 9 5s. Mr. Villiers Meager (to plaintiff): I put it you saw a row of white lights instead of red. » Plaintiff: From what I can recollect there was a row of white lights behind the red ones. "■ Further cro.examinpd, plaintiff said he and his frietids went into no licensed house at the Mumbles. William Rapsey, licensee of the Ivy Bush Inn, Poniard awe, corroboraetd. His Honour fennd for

AMMANFORD. I Monday.'—Before Messrs. Dd. Richards (in I the chair) and Johii Had a Good Drop. I I had had a good drop and ivid too much to say, I suppose," said Win. Jones, a labourer at the Liandebic lime kilns, when brought up on a charge of drunkenness disorderly conduct .tt Aminaniord on Satur- day night.—Clerk: Are you guilty?—Yea; but I can't eay anything, because I vas drunk.—Inspector Da vies said he was on the cross roads very noisy, and said to ru officer of the Royal Welsh Fusliiere passing, "Come here, you That's my regiment. I want to speak to you." Having refused t-o go away, he was locked up.-Deiandant was fined 12s. or or 14 days' imprisonment. lie took the alternative. Glanamman Defendant. I Wm. Evans, Brown-hill, Glana-mman. was I summoned for drunkenness and disorderly conduct on the Drefa.ch-road.-The Chair- man told the defendant that if he went on at, the present rate he would be put on the black list, and if there was no improvement in his conduct the sooner he was put on the black list the better. A ma.n with eight chidren going on as he was ought to te I athamed of himself. lie would have to ray 15s. Fit and Proper Person for France. Thos. Dyer, a, young companion of the lakt defendant, was similarly summoned. He told the Bench that that was his first visit to the court, and wuld be his last; that was a facL-Chairrdpn I hope it will be. But if I bad any option to-day I should send you out to France. You are a fit proper person, 1 think, to go there, and they will keep you sober there. You will be j fined 12s. Parents Summoned. A number of parents were summoned by School Attendance Officers J. Bowen and J. Williams for not sending their children to school regularly. They were dealt with as follows:—Lewis George Davies, Prospect- place, 12s.; Thos. Evw-ks, Prospect-place, Gar mint, 10a.; Arthur Jones, Ynysdomlyd, Glanamman, 10s.; Wm. Jones, Cwmgawr- road, Brynamman, 10s.; Mrs. Parry, Cwm- gawr-roxd, Brynamman, 12s.; Thomas Chris- topher. Twyn, Garnant, 10s; Griffith Thomw, Margaret-street, Amniaiiford, LI; Thomas Evans, Penygroes, 12s.; and' Win. ltees, Ua-ndeble, 10s. The last case was described as a tMJi one, the boy bein £ an incorrigible truant Reec.-lirointee-d-.W-d<) -all -he could to get the boy to school, and he -eaid he would welcome the assistance of P.S. Davies. ¡\ n attendance order waa also made. The parents were generally admonished by the Bench for not sending their children to school as they ought to. Trespass on G.W.R. Line. I There was a big array of defendants for alleged trespassing o ) the G.W.H. line be- tween Tirydail and Paintyffynnon, as fol- lùws ;-Thomas Williams, John Davies, Jno. Morris, Wm. Morgan, Joseph Evans, Geo. Watkins, R, Phillips, -Rees -Isaac, Cecil Isaac, Thos. Jones, Jno. Thomas, Daniel Lee Kees Isaac (2), Jenkiu Jenkins, J'no. Jonee, Geo Saunders, Thos. Clayton, Richard Iiunt, Dd. Morgan, Stanley Morgan, Wm. Koberts, Geo, Edwards, W. H. Hopkins. IIy. Hopkins, and John Walters. All pleaded guilty with the exception of Bees Isaac, butcher, who said he wanted to 6])eak .a bit. —Mr. T. R. Ludford said the trespassers were caught oir three days (May 14 and 15, and June 1). The Bench would see that a large number of workmen were walking the lin,) between Pantyffynnon and Tirydail, but with the help of the magistrates the railway company were determined to put a stop to it. There were two reasons why they should be stopped. One, a special reason, on account of the critical times through which this country was going, the railway I company being exceedingly anxious to keep everybody off the lines for reasons which would be quite patent to the Bench. If a large number of local peoplo got on the railway lines if afforded the opportunity for other undesirable people to be there too. They :wanted to keep the lines re- stricted entirely to the company's service, to put it plainly, for war purposes. Another reason for the proceedings was that all these men were risking their lives by tres- ptussing on the line. He asked that pen- alties be imposed so that these defendants may know and that. other workmen may know that they will not be allowed to trespass any more.—Evidence was given in the ca-ses of absent defendants by Bombar- dier Holland, and Bombardier Phil Britten, and Detective-Inspector W. H. Morris.— Rcec; Isartc, butcher, contested his case, but during the evidence he admitted that he walked 10 yards on th.3 line.—Chairman: It is as much isin offence. to walk ten yards as to walk ten hundreu yards. Yon had better be taking your place with the other defen.- ax..ts.-Ad dressing the defendants, the Chair- man said most of them were guilty of walk- in? on the line, believing that they did not do any harm. Speaking for himself, he had a pass for doing so, otherwise he t-hould have been amongst the crowd very likely. It wol-i very unfortunate for the preeent defendants that they had been caught. Others had walked over that line anl had not been crtught. They were very sorry to see them. and did not know what to do with them. However, they could not possibly let them off without inflicting a small line for th3 sake of the public, so that they may kno-r that there was danger in walking the line, and that they were not allowed to do so. But they would put tII2 fine as lightly as they could.- Each de- I fendant would have to pay Zs. 6d. and costs. I Not an Honour to his Nation. I Private W. J. Michael, whose home is at Waunboeih, liandebic, was charged with being a. deserter from his regiment, the City of LonoonRoyal Fusiliers.—Deputy Chief Constable J. Evaas said a wire had been received by them from the commanding offi- cer of the regiment iii responSe to an in- quiry. stating th'i.t they knew nothing of Michael. Michael afterwards explained that he, enlisted in the regiment under the false name of James Morris.—P.S. Richards said he saw the defendant on the Drefaoli road on Friday jjght dressed in full uni- form. He was asKea to produce his pass, but he replied, "I can't do fib; it's at home." He subsequently said. "I came out from Carmarthen prison yesterday morning after doing a month for stealing a bicycle at UaneIly." Whilst in custody he told, witness he was only a des.ir&er from the Lancashire Fusiliers. He said hi deserted from them at Catford in Ja-nuary, and enlisted again in the City of London Royal Fusiliers on thi 3rd of Febru^o', at Manchester. He sub, sec uent-ly deserted from Cuem on the 15th of March, at and after- wards had undergone imprisonment.—De- fendant admitted the,sergeant's statements tu be correct. He wu* removed in custody to await an escort, the Chairman observing that he w'M not by any meiaps an honour to his nation. It was regrettable that he. fli.cutld.haAc. iiw. jimtnrm.rn.,——— Serious Penygrocs Charge. l Sidney YiiIl. and Oswald J. Dayi# (19). two brothers, of Penyctocxs were brought up in custody on a joint charge of unlawfully wounding one John Commins, Tynewydd, Cross ha mi. at Penygroes, on Saturday night.—Deputy Chief Constable Evans said the injured person was not in a fit Bo-ate to appear, and what he proposed doing was merely to call evidence of arrest and ask for a demand.—P.S. Bcyiion said he ai rested Sidney Davies at 5.30 p.m. oil Sunday. After being cautioned, he baid, "I was drunk. I don't remember anything: about it. I had a, bottle wit-h me but I grave it to the boys before I began fighting." At 7.30 that morning he arrested the other defendant on the same charge. He said, I knocked him when h-t had knocked Sidney on the floor. I did not toucii him s?i'ter. I heard the sound of the bottle being smashed when Sidney wns beating Com- mins." Witness said he had acoompanied tha doctor to see the injured person in bed tho previous day. He was not in a fit state to appear, there- being two lacerated wounds on the scalp, and three or four ribs on the right ride broken.—Accused were re- manded in custody for a week. I

LLANGADOCK. Before Mr. D. Jones-Lewis, Col. Lloyd-1 Harries, Co. l'edar and Alderman C. P. Lewis. i An Old Age Pension Case. I Thomas Davies, tailor, residing at IJan- gadock, was charged with an offence under tho Old Age Pensions Act. Mr. A. F. Hubbard appeared for tho. prosecution, and Mr. It. Noyes (Samuel Griffiths and Noyes), Ainmuritord, for the defence.— Mr. Hubbard said defendant was charged with making a false representation when applying for an old age pension. He had not disclosed the fact that he received S12 a year for work that he did at the parish church and cemetery at Llangad- oclc, a feature common in cases of this kind. Defendant was 75 years of age, and another unfortunate feature was that he had lived up to the time of this offence a long and respectable life as caretaker of the church and cemetery. Nevertheless, they were bound to take these proceedings in view of what occurred in connection with his claim for an old age pehsion. These representations were made from avarice, old age, nor a natural tendency to make money at any price.—Mr. J. Mac- hail, the pension othcer, said that a claim for an old age pension was made by de- fendant on the 7th of February, 1911. Shortly afterwards witness saw him about it. The statement made-as to his means was that his family paid the rent. £ 9 10s. per annum, and his average earnings for tailoring were 5s. a week. Defendant was granted 4s. a week by the Llandovery Pension Committee on the 10th of March, 1911, and the first payment was made on the 17th of March ok that year. He re- mained an oW age pensioner up to the present year, when witness called on the 12th January. Defendant was not then in, but he saw his daughter. Witness called shortly afterwards, and then saw defen- dant, and told him that he had come to deliver a new pension book to him. lie read over the following declaration to him:—"1, the above-named pensiner, Thomas Davies, hereby state that to the best of my knowledge and belief, all my means were truly stated to the pension officer before I was allowed a pension." Witness asked him if that was correct. He replied, "Yes, and added that he had told everything. Witness then read over the 'portion of the. declaration to him I wmch Was to the effect that since a pen- sion at the rate of 4s. per week had been allowed him, there had been no increase in his means, of which he had not" in- formed the pension officer, and defendant sai dthat was so. He further read from the declaration to the effect that defen- dant had fulfilled the conditions and con- tinued to do so. Defendant again agreed that that was correct, and signed the form and also the pension book. Witness then told defendant that his daughter had told him ho (defendant)- was at the church, and asked him if there was a meeting in church, and he replied-. "X es and that there were e?iigs there were there in con- nection with the war." Witness asked if he went often to these meetings, and he said, "Yes." Witness asked him if he did "Yes, I open the doors and light- the lamps." "I suppose you get something for doing that?" the witness remarked. Defendant replied, "Yes, a c ouple of pounds, but it isn't worth talking about." Questioned further, defendant said the exact amount was £7. Witness asked if he had this S7 a yeajc when ho applied for an old age pension? He said, Yes." H easked him why he did not tell him about it, and defendant replied that he thought of giving it up. and therefore did not think it worth while to tell him. Wit- told him that lie would have to look into the matter thoroughly, as it would make a difference in his position, and that lie would call to see him again. He next saw him on the 25th of Jan- uary, when he told defendant that he had some questions to ask him, and warned him to tell the truth and to hide nothing. Witness them read over the particulars of defendant's income, which he had taken at a previous interview. Defendant then Said that the house was now in his eon's name, that he paid the rent, that the busi- ness belonged to the son, and that he re- ceived a few shillings occasionally for working for him. Defendant again said he had been receiving £7 from the church. Witness then asked him if he had given a correct statement, and defendant answered u" es." Witness then re- marked, Why did not you tell me about the :£7 when you applied for the pen-j sion? He replied that ho didn't think it worth talking about. Witness then asked, Do you think that if you had told me about that .£7 it would have affected the pensioa pH Defendant replied N o, I never thought about it." Wit- ness asked how it was paid, and defendant replied 35s. a quarter. Witness left him and went back shortly afterwards and said to him, You told me you received JUT a year from the church? Defendant answered Yes." Witness then said jDo you still stick to that ? He replied, "Yes," and after a pause, he said, I didn't say anything about the mmtery. My daughter said after you went out, "Why didn't you tell him." Defendant said that the reason was that ho was too confused. U You told me," continued wit- ness, that you were paid 358. per quar- ter? Defendant replied, Yes from the. church, and I get X-5 from the cemetery." Why didn't you tell me the truth at once and be done with it?" asked wit- ness, and defendant replied, I was only thinking about the Church." When he saw defendant on the 2nd of February, he asked him if he had been reoeiving £ 2 since he had the pension. first of all, and he answered that he had.—Cross-ex- amined, witness said he had been in the district about five years. Apart from this prosecution he had found defendant a re- spectable man. lie did not know that he had been sexton for 25 years.—Do you know that the chairman of the Pensions Committee in 1911 was Mr. Mervyn Peel ? —No; I can't say. I don't know who was chairman then.—Will you take it from me that Mr. Mervyn Peel was the chairman of the committee at that timPF-Yes, if you say so.—Do you know that the latei Mr. Mabon Davies was on tee ooemmittee ? —I know he was a member for oometilhe before his death.—Aid. Lewis: Up to the time of his death.—Mr. Noyes: Mr. Mer- vyn Peel as one of the churchwardens at Ll-angadock would pass the cheques for these X12 a velti- -and cign the chequer- Not necessarily.—Mr. Hubbard said that the Rev. J. Titus, vicar, was present on aubpeena. and these questions could be put to him.—(Chairman: Say it is t-rn-e that Mr. Mervyn Peel did pass these ac- counts, that, wonld not justify the defen- dant in making a false <sta4ea»«it.-—Mri Noyes: If ire-wTTe-crrr the committee-hsr would know defendant was receiving £ 12 Probably fee .was not at tl^at meeting.—Aid. Lewis said Mr. Douglas .Tones was clerk of the committee and kept a record of what passed.—Mr. Hubbard said there was no case against Mr. Peel.—T}ie Bench (laughingly): -No. not yet.—Proceeding, witness said he found no difficulty as a Scotchman in making himself understood by the "Welsh people. Taking his 'total income at It's. 4d., defendant would still be entitled to a pennon. Defen- dant did not tell him that has earn- ings since 1911 had not been 406. a week Al Hubbard in,: or anything-jike it. Mr. Hubbard inti- mated that the second charge, that making a false representation at a later date for the purpose of continuing th2 old age pension at a higher rate thttn lic- was entitled to, would be withdrawn.— Formal evidence was given by the Rev. J. Titus, vicar of Llangadock, who said that joinny with the churchwardens, j'e paid defendant by cheque S3 quarterly.— Members of the bench said that to their knowledge defendant bore an excellent character.—Mr. Noyes said that defen- dant was 75 years of age, and had passed the allotted span of life, and even be- fore this case his memory was failing, and he also suffered greatly in health. His son and daughter had, especially during the winter, to carry out his duties of lighting the fires and the lamps, in the church. lte had admittedly borne an ex- cellent character, and Air. Noves should like to point out that, although his friend in his opening statement correctly stated that the defendan in a case of this kind, if proved, had rendered himself liable to six monfhs" imprisonment without the option of a fine, the Bench might, under the Summary Jurisdiction Act, either tine him or dismiss the summons and bind him over for a period not exceeding three years to come up for judgment if called upon. The story he (Mr. Noyes) had been told differed 'considerably %frohj that given by .the Pension' Officer'in the- box. Defendant Was suffering froni a' failinl- memorv, and was considerably 1 flurried at the time he was interviewed. He was a Welshman, and when an Eng- lishman endeavoured to get details from a Wel&h-speaking Welshman he didxnot like to part with them. Ho would do m very much more freely to one who could converse in his own language. He did not think that he had deliberately kept anything back. He asked the magis- trates to. take into consideration the anxiety tie defendant had gone through -since- the summons, had been issued; of that he -could vouch, as he had been up to see him 6eve.raltimes; He had passed through a very hard time indeed, and this was the first time a summons of anv kind had been issued against him, and naturally in his failings it affected him greatly.—The Chairman said that they had come to the conclusion to bind the defendant ovet for six months in the sum of X10 to come up for judgment if called upon. ■ This was a very serious offence, as there were so many people get- ting pensions, who had no right to. by de- ceiving the: Government. by not stating Jvjiat was quite tme. Their decision- in this .caee inlht net be --taken- a.,T- a 'ÍJl'emr' dent. Other cases which might come be- fore them after this would be dealt with very much more severely. They took into consideration the excellent character of the defendant, and in cases of this kind character went a very long way indeed. If there was a little bit of a doubt char- acter in most cases would, so to speak, turn the scale, and in this case the de-. fendant, being of such a good character, and being so old—75—and his also his not being in Uio best of health, that was the conclusion ,t1ít\ bad eomf to. Tha defen- dant must consider that they were taking a very lejiient course. They had power to punish him a great deal more, j but they were not going to do it in this eaæ. He would have to pay the costs.— Mr. Hubbard said that the desire of the prosecution was to make it widely known that where these false representations I were made prosecutions would follow. I" Drunkenness. r "Lewis Pricef I^wis, Sunny bank, Llan- sawel, was charged with being drunk and disorderly.—P.C. Reynolds said that on tho 27th of May, at 7.30 p.m., accom- panied by P.C. Thomas, he saw defendant very drunk, cursing and swearing in Church-street, Llangadock. Defendant also insulted women who passed him. Witness requested him to go away several times. Defendant eventually complied, and going up the street, endeavoured to enter thie Plough Inii t Whs -pushed but..—P.C. Thomas corroborated.—tn fining defendant 5:2, the Bench said that as a young man he ought to be ashamed of himself acting as he did. Instead of drinking as lie did, and making a fool of himself, he ought to have enlisted, and gone to fight the battles of his country.— Defendant said he had tried to enlist.— The Bench said that tfcey wouldn't have him because of his drunkenness. He ought to be ashamed of himself. He was a disgrace to his country. If he cama before them again life' would be very severely dealt—withi There w--rq 10 previous convictibfis against defendant. I School Attendance Cases. There were a number of cases of ir- regular attendance at school, and the bench pointed out to the defendants the serious loss caused, not only to the child- ren by suoli neglect, but also to the coun- try. The first defendant, Morgan Wil- liams, Maesyffynon, Llanddausant, for the non-attendance of his son aged 121 years, said that he was without help on the farm. He had. allowed his servant man to enlist in January, and the boy was in change when at. home of a team of two hordes. He was tenant of over a •hundred' acres of land.—The Bench ordered defendant to pay the costs, 5s and whilst sympathising with him under the circumstances urged him to send the boy to school as often as he posisbly could.— John George, Coedtwlk, Llangadock, similarly charged in respect to his daugh- ter, was fined 105.. The Bench said that this case was on different lines to the one they had just heard, as defendant did not appear.—Hopkin Davies, Coopers' Arms, Gwynfi, was charged with a similar offence in respect to his child. The Bench fined defendant 7s. 6d.—James Davies, a labourer from Llangadock, was also sum- moned for not sending his daughter to schools.—Fined 5s. 6d.

I LLANDOVERY. I Friday.—Before Aldermen C. P Lewis I <md T. WatMnt. (Deputv Mayor). j School Attendance Cases. The only business the Bench had to dispose of was the Rearing of a number of school cases brought by the School At7 tendance. Officer, and the granting of a oomimtal order applied for for, non-pay- ment of rates by Mr. Rhys W. Price, solicitor, against Evaji Price, labourer, Highest re&t. For neglecting to send her son, aged 13J years to sohoel regularly, Ann Bowen, Abermydon Farm, was ordered to pay costs, 5s. 6d. Elizabeth Davies. Geincerrig Farm, for a like offence was ordered to pay a similar amount. Wm. Williams, Nelson. Cot- tage, Motbvey, was similarly charged in respeat to two of his children. The Bench said that as there appeared to be some doubt as to the actual distance f.i-om the liamnts' house to the school they, -Would not; nne him this time, but hoped he would take this as a warning, ajid send the, children regularly .to sojwol. Dd. Davies, Garden-street, was- sum- moned fewr negkoting to send his child, aged in the seopfld ataiJidardi, to sc&ool regularly. There were previous ounces of the same kind agaiiwt deftgdabt.-rj^ines Preston, Old Toll Crate, was smnmoned for not sending his daughter, a#ed nine years, to school. It appoarad that,, in this: case the child had never been fiehool-, as -•sHe- iArof>5iea;U—Tkf>r • •■«««>■—was- ad- journed to enable defendant to produce a w

SWANSEA. Friday.—Before Messrs. H. A. Chapman (in the chair), J. Devonald, David Grii. fiths, John Kees and Dr. Nelson Jones. Franz Pederson (33), a seaman, was fined 5s. for being drunk and incapable in SebastopoWtrect, St. Thomas- Annie Robbins (38), made her 29th ap- pearance on a charge of riotous conduct in King-street.—She was sent down for three months. Harry Yates (15). John Thomas (18), and Arthur Miles (16), were summoned for gaming with cards on the steps of a house in Byron-crescent, on Saturday last. P.C. (42) Goad proved the case. The father of Miles 6aid that the boys were gambling for cigarette cards. They had no money.—The Chairman said they must lglte notice of the offence, and the boys ,WO,Lild be fined Is. each. Saturday.—Before Messrs. A. H. Thomas (in the chair), J. H. Rosser, S. L. Gregor, and Thomas Jones. j Mary Davies (36). married, was sum- moned for using abusive language to Lizzie Jane R.oberts.-A fine of 19s. 6d. or 14 days was imposed. Theophilus Evans and J. Davies were summoned for allowing their cattle to stray, and were ordered to pay the costs. i George Kees was eunmaotted by Katie Evans for abusive language. Mr. D. Clarke was for complainant, and Mr. Hy. Thompson defended. Mr. Thomas offered an apology, and the case was withdrawn.' Mondav.-Before Messrs. Richard Martin (in the chair), R. W. Jones, and Thos. Williams. Morgan Ellis was charged with being drunk and begging in Wind-street. He was sent down for a month. Charles Dickinsen, Richard Willis, and Benjamin Hopkins were summoned for playing pitch and toss on the Strand on Sunday, June 13th. Hopkins was fined 10s. or seven day, and the others 20s. or 14 days Stanley Ansell was summoned for driv- ing a horse attached to a wagon on the wrong side at the corner of Waterloo-street and Oxford-street. Fined 10s. William Blako claimed k3 16s.. wages he alleged to be due for service as cook on the ship Cimbri. Captain Smith, the master of ship, appeared. The Bench held that Blake was entitled to 40s. Alfred Defrere was summoned for fail- ing to keep a registry showing particu- lars of persons over the age of 14 years lodging at his house. The Bench imposed a fine of 10s. James Wise was summoned by tho Swansea Guardians for neglecting to maintain his daughter, Blanche Wise. An order of 2s. per week was made. John Jenkins was summoned for not maintaining his parents. John and Agnes Jenkins. William Steel was summoned in respect of his mother, Eliza Steel. Albert Carson was summoned in respect his daughter, Violet; and Frank Simmer, a soldier, of the Swansea Battalion, was summoned in respect of his father, Frank Simmer. Jenkins was ordered to pav 4s. per week, and Albert Carson was ordered to pay Is. Gd. per week. Steel's case was adjourned for one month, and the ease against Simmer was withdrawn. Tuesday.—Before Messrs. William Lewis (in the chair), J. Devonald, David Meager, and Richard Lewis. David Thomas denied being a deserter from the 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment \at Cardiff since June 4th.—He pleaded that it was all a mistake, as he had been discharged from the Army.—He was re- manded to await an esoort. John Davies was summoned for allow- ing his eon, Reginald, ag-ed, 12 years, to street trade after 9 p.m.—Fined 2s. 6d. Dennis Casey. summoned for allowing his son, Charles to street trade after 9 p.m., was fined 5s. Wednesday.—Before Messrs. A. H. Thomas (in the chair), J. If. Rosser, W. J. Lewis, J. Gumming Evans and Dr. Joseph Davies. Richard Bell and Patrick Raffcrty were charged with being absentees from the 1st Welsh Howitzer Brigade, R.F.A., at Bedford, since June 19th. They were re- jnajided to. await an escort. Harriet Barrett, charged with being riotous in her conduct on the Strand, said that what P.C. (24) Tabram baq't.old i the Court in his evidence against her, "wots all lies." She was sent ft) prison for two months. I Henry Gregory, Arthur Bowen and Daniel Edwards were fined 10s. for being drunk and disorderly at Pontardulais. Janet Morris was charged with heir." riotous in her conduct on the Strand on ;}i<? .15th iAst. P.S. (2) Williams said de- fpnlhmt, had to be taken to the Police Station on the hand truck. She was sent to prison for 14 days. Thursday—Before Messrs. W. Thomas, Ben Jones, William Edwards, Rogef ■ Thomas, and J. Lovat Owen. Margaret Llewellyn summoned Rose Huntley for assault. Both defendants were habitues of the Strand. The case was adjourned until to-morrow morning, defendant promising to go away to Car- diff. Mary Jane Hughes summoned William Henry .Roberts to show cause. An order of 3s. tid. per week aad the usual costs was made. Emma Richards summoned William Jenkins to show cause. The case was ad- journed for a fortnight. William James Phillips, a labourer, wasr lc-f,iit to prison for a month for neglecting to maintain his wiie. Mrtry Ann Phillips, now .chargeable to the common fund of Iuon aijwe A -(,. t