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V Moumoiithslurc Quarter Sessions.

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V Moumoiithslurc Quarter Sessions. The Easter Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the YCounty of Monmouth opened at the Sessions House, Usk, on Wednesday morning, when there were on the Bench, among other Justices of the Peace :—S. C. Bosanquet, Esq. (chairman), Lord Tredegar. Sir Arthur Mackworth, Bart., Hon J. Maclean Rolls, Captain Walters, R.N., F. T. E. Prothero, A. A. Williams, Albert Addams "Williams, C. W. Earle Marsh, F. J. Mitchell, J. R. Essex, H. Humphreys, G. G. Griffin, Raglan T. H. Somerset, A. G. Burchardt-Ashton, G. R. Edwards, James Straker, J. 0. Marsh, G. Geen, Ll. Llewelyn, S. A. Hiley, G. H. Nurse, W. Edwards, D. Jones, W. H Powell, W, Williams, W. Anning, F. M Humfrey, M. Wolstenholme, W. Llewellyn, Humphrey Mackworth, Esqrs. THE GRAND JURY was sworn as follows :— Messrs. W. Hitchcox, Newport, foreman, D. E. Williams, Lionel C. Corfield, Francis J. Heybyrne, Walter G. Flanders, George James Broackes, Francis Baldwin, Gilbert S. Baillie, John Burgess, Edgar Hinton Fawckner, Henry Fry, Henry Arthur Hall, Walter Hunter, William Willis James, Edmund W. Jones, W. Marfell, Philip Pither, Robert Price, Charles E. Ricketts, Enoch Stone. Harold H. Swalwell, Alfred M. Williams, and Heber P. Williams. THE CHARGE I to the Grand Jury was very brief. The Chairman congratulated them upon the fact that their labours would be light. STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE. I The Court's representatives on the Standing Joint Committee were appointed as follows, Mr Clay (Chepstow) and Major Herbert (Llan- santfraed) having expressed a wish to resign The Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Colonel Curre, Mr G. G. Griffin, Mr J. T. James, Mr R. W. Kennard, Sir Arthur Mackworth, Mr A. A. Williams, Mr R. Rickards, Mr F. J. Mitchell, Mr T. Parry, and Captain Walters. PRISON VISITING COMMITTEE. I On the proposition of the Chairman, seconded by Mr Edwards, Mr Albert Addams-Williams was appointed a member of the Visiting Committee for Usk Prison in the place of Col F. McDonnell, deceased. MAGISTRATES IN DIVISIONS. The Chairman said he was sorry that the Vice- Chairman (Sir Henry Mather-Jackson, Bart.), was not well enough to be present, and, in his absence, he moved the following resolution, of which notice had been given That the Clerk be directed to write to such Justices as have returned their names in more than one Petty Sessional Division to the effect that in the opinion of this Court it is not desirable that their names appear in more than one Division, and that they be requested to elect to which they desire to be attached, such election in no way interfering with their right to administer justice in any part of the County. Mr G. G. Griffin seconded, and the motion was agreed to. The Chairman remarked that this would not prevent magistrates sitting in any Division, if p uir required, but justices of the peace living in any particular district might be expected to know that district and the circumstances of cases best. The Chairman also moved :— That before an Order upon the County Treasurer, under 48. Geo. Ill, C. 75, Sect. 6, as extended by 49 Vict., C. 20, is signed, the Justice signing the same, or the Justices' Clerk, be requested to require the production of all "vouchers passed by the Poor Law District Auditor for the expenses incurred by the Churchwardens and Overseers of any Parish in which a dead human body shall be found cast on shore by the sea, or from any tidal or navigable waters; and be also requested to certify in such order that the expenses in question were proper and necessary expenses incurred in or about the execution of the Act. The Chairman remarked that the expenses had to be paid by the parish in which the body was cast up, and there appeared to be some question whether in some few cases the expenses charged bad been quite reasonable. The auditor himself suggested that the expenses should be audited before an order was made by the justices. There would be no hardship, because the money would be paid by the overseers out of the parish funds in their hands as overseers, and not out of their own pockets. Lord Tredegar seconded, and the motion was agreed to unanimously. A RISCA IMPROVEMENT. I The Court approved the diversion of a highway at Wattsville, Risca. Mr Corner, who made the application, explained that the Risca Urban District Council were making a new road, which would be wider, of easier gradient, and more convenient than the old road. AN UNFORTUNATE SURETY. I Three sessions ago, Dominico Gardiner, of Mon. mouth, who was charged with wounding his wife, failed to surrender to his bail at Usk., His brother. in-law, Mr William Baldwin, Monmouth, was his surety, to the amount of X50, and it was within the power of the Court to order that amount to be forfeited. At the last sessions, however, the Court decided to reduce the amount to be paid by Baldwin to X25. This bad sinoo been paid, and Baldwin was now informed by the Clerk that his recogni- sances would be discharged. TRIALS OF PRISONERS. I HAD HAD HIS WISH. I David Davies, 40, tailor, pleaded guilty to, on the 1st ult., at Pontypool, maliciously damaging a plate-glass window, the property of D. W. Simpson, to the value of between jg9 and £ 10. The Chairman remarked that prisoner's excuse for the damage was that he wanted to be locked up. He had had that wish gratified by being kept in prison a month, and he (the Chairman) hoped ¡he would not be anxious to get into prison again. He would now be sentenced to one day's imprison- mnent. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A BANKRUPT. I James Thomas, 27, fruiterer, was 190-2ll°o (pT^bat between the 15th October, Sn hLl December, 1902, at Ebbw Yale! aw'l'A of 22nd and 26th June, 1903, at Ebbw Yale befng an undischarged bankrupt, he unlawfully'obtained credit to the extent of L20 178 4d from Henry ITlook, fruiterer, etc., Newport. Mr Bosanquet appeared to prosecute for the P ° Prosecutor. f £ °?n*al evidence was given by Mr W. L. Daniel <wasnf an(l others that prisoner who wa, trading as a grocer and provision dealer, beine JteptTin Feb™ary, 1902, his liabilities Bdiudicaied i 8eP<^ber, 1903, he was again £ 711 Prison aU u>t' liabilities then being XDo' "?eiTCd bl' di!? bad informed thewS?S„°J!"minatI0U be creditors th bankrupt. The prosecution was V Public Prosecutor on a report from hi« W7 Judge Owen Frederick Wallpaper Manufacturer., Ltd., eai[1 thlt Zhen he took the order from prisoner he was not I™ that he was an undischarged bankrupt anfl prisoner did not inform him of the fact. William James Bailey and Henry Flook also said thev ■were not aware when prisoner obtained credit from them that he was an undischarged bankrupt. I Prisoner told the Court that he informed both Mr Lovell and Mr Bailey, a partner in the firm of Henry Flook, that he was an undischarged bankrupt. In the second failure the petition was filed on the petition of a creditor, and one item was a claim for JS385 which had been awarded in arbitration proceeditiges. In the second bankruptcy his assets were valued at £ 68. Annie Thomas, prisoner's wife, said she was present at the Westgate Hotel, Newport, when the order was given to Lovell, and she heard her husband tell him that he was the Thomas who had been adjudicated bankrupt. ClZZT The jury found prisoner not guilty on both charges, and he was discharged.

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