The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, ffflHAT the Trustees or Commissioners under an TA(?t passed in the 52d ye;ir of the Rei^n of I, late Majesty King Genrge the Thinl, intituled. An Act for enlarging tin: Term and Powers of two Acts of his present ?oi, lt(,I)iiii-ii I" h')(d: t;: ,icn:} ['!int.uM)Dt.)..h..?, so far as the same relates to the Flint,•Holywell. and Biostyn Districts," will meet at the Mouse of EDWARD JONES, their Clerk, iu WELl. <1'I:"IE1' in the Town of HOLYWEIX, III! WKDNRSHAV, the 27th day of M.VUCH next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon,fur the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of erecting a Chain or Toll Bar upon or aero's a certain part uf the Bagillt Road, in the Flint District aforesqid,.iie(!r to the Walwen Toll House, in the Township and Parish of Holywell. By Order of the said Trustees, I EDWARD JONES, CLERK, Well-street, Holywell, Feb. 27th, 1833.

TO BE LET, And ellterl'll1t}lon immediately, or at Lady Day lIext, HARNAGE, THE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE MRS. WILDE. rjlHE Houe eonists of Entrance Hall, Drawing J. and Dining Rooms, and Stmly, on tbeground floor; Boudoir, five Bed Rooms, and a Dressing Room, on the first floor; and four Attics Kitchen, small Servants' Hall, Dairy, Brewhouse, &c. There, is a three stalled and a two stalled Stable, Saddle Room, Coach house, and Cow-house. The Gardens are very productive. HAKNAGE is situated seven miles from Shrews bury, near the Wenloek Road, and commands a most beautiful and extensive View of the Country around. The whole is in thorough Repair. The Tenant may have 20 Acres (or less) of Grass and Meadow Land, surrjunding the House, Apply (if by letter, post paid) to the Rev. R. CORFIELD, Pitchford, Sajop.

I CARNARVON SPRING ASSIZES. These assizes commenced on Saturday last, before Baron Bailey. On Saturday afternoon his Lordship was met by David Price Downes, ESt;, of Hendrerhysgethin, High Sheriff of the county, accompanied by the usual procession, who escorted him to the Shire Hall, where the commission was read with the usual formalities, after which the court adjourned till Monday. On Sunday, his lordship, accompanied by the High Sheriff, went in state to St. Mary's Chapel, where, after morning prayer*, an excellent sermon was preached by the liigi, Sheriff's Chaplain, the Rev. Howell Hughes, of Carnarvon. On Monday morning at nine, the Court proceeded to business, when the following gentlemen were sworn of the GRAND JURY. R. GAil NONS, of Carnarvon, Esq. FOREMAN. Robt. Thos. Carreg, of Caneg, Esq. Samuel Owen Priestley, of Trefan, Esq, John Lloyd, of Trail wyn, Esq. Richard Jones, of Diuas, Esq. John Rowlands, of Plastirion, Esq, Thomas Parry Jones Parry, the younger, Esq. William Turner, of Parkia, Esq. John Morgan, of Weeg, Esq. William Roberts, of Carnarvon, Esq. Benjamin Smith, of Tal-y-sarn, Esq, Thomas Churchill, of Vron, Esq. John Evans, of Ty'n y Coed, Esq, Simeon Peter Boileau, of Carnarvon, Esq. George Johnstone, of Carnarvon, Esq. Owen Griffith, of Tryfan, Esq. John Roberts, of Carnarvon, Esq. Robert Thomas, of Erw, Esq. Joseph Goddard, of Carnarvon, Esq. Thomas Goddard, of Carnarvon, Esq, William Little, of Gwydyr, Esq. His lordship proceeded shortly to charge the GranddJury. lIe remarked, that it always gave him much pleasure to see,as he did on the present occasion, a numerous attendance on the grand inquest, because it shewed that the higher ordeis took a proper interest in the welfare of the com- munity at largc, His lordship then proceeded to the calendar, which, he observed, contained only one case requiring any observation from him- That case was one of burglary, in regard to which he felt bound to state to the Grand Jury, that the act of making forcible entry into a dwelling-house under cloud of night, even although no property was removed from the premises, constituted the crime of burglary. In conclusion, his lordship called the attention of the Grand Jury to the law, as now amended, relative to petty juries, He had no reason to he. lieve that the lists returned under the act by the High Constables in the different parishes were incorrect; but it was the duty of the magistrates to whom these lists were delivered, to inspect ihem carefully, and see that the burden of serving on petty juries was divided equally amongst all whom the law rendered liable to it. The Grand Jury then withdrew, and the Court proceeded to the trial of the following cases. PIIITCHARD v. EVANS.—Verdict by consent, foi plaintiff subject to reference. I LLOYD EDWARDS, ESQ. AND ANOTHER V. IIlGII EDWARDS. Mr. Lloyd opened, and Mr. Jerris stated the case for the plaintiff. The learned gentleman observed that his client the plaintifr let a farm to the defendant; but having become dissatisfied "ilh his management of the land, he caused the de- fendant to be served with a notice to remove, which was served accordingly indue time allll in legal form, but the person who sened the notice died, the defendant took advantage of that all,) some other frivolous circumstances to retain possession, which rendered the parent action of ejectment necessary. Mr. Jervis culled the following wit- nesses for the plaintiff. John Evans, agent to It L. Edwards, knew the defendant, who has for seveml yeats held alld paid rent for Gwaenhynog; drew a notice to quit, and gave it to T. Johnston t,) serve on defendant, at same time with three others-one was for AIr Williams, who lived close by defendant; asked Johnston on 23d April if he had served notices, who said he had, and returned duplicate with memorandum subjoined on 23d April. Crnss examined by Mr. Hill—was not agent fOr plaintiff when defendant entered on possessioll saw his name in the rental; never received rent as the part of G,ifntii, in defendant paid his last rent in October generally paid half-yearly, but yearly for the last two years; witness in Oct. last asked defendant if he would remove in March, when he refused. EllenDaviesremembered Gwvn Williams dying; on Monday following, Johnston served her with notice to quit witness lived hard by defendant; saw Johnston in defendant's rick yard, and after- wards saw defendant with a paper in his hand. David Williams, father of the preceding witness, was served on the 9th of April with notice to quit his farm saw the defendant a fortnight after, who said that he, witness was going to leave, but that he, defendant, would not quit defendant ac- knowledged having got waming at same time a> witness. Cross examined-flops not know if defendant ean read writing; defendant said witness's warn IlIg was worth nothil1!! defendant merely looked 1t warning, lii1 not read it aloud; defendant did not sav from whom he got the warning. Ellen Pan'y h,1 servant wilh defendant bell G Williams died; sv.v J ohiMou with papers, In hi hand with her muster next dõlV. JMnxton went out through the rick yard as if going to Williams. Owen Roberts saw defendant ut blacksmiths, near Michaelmas, when he ohened defendant was sulky, who answered, yon would be angry if obliiied to quit >our place Witness asked why he quitted defendant said, it was oot his land lord's doing, hut his neighhonrs envied him; defendant acknowledged having got warning from Johnston. Cross-examined—Several persons were then at the smithy, but cannot say if they heard the eon- versation. Mr. Hill for the defendant put-it to the Court as to whether sufficient evidence had been given to prove warning to quit. His lordship considered the eviclcnee sufficient. Air. H. R. Williams proved having served notice on the defendants' agent in London, to produce notice to quit; defendants solicitor, was served on 6th March. Richard Parry, parish clerk, proved the burial of Gwyn Williams on llth April. Ann Johnstoll proved the death of her husband on the 6th of July. Mr. Hill, for the defendant argued that notice had not been served in due timebesides the farm was not held hv him but by his father-in law —Notice, even, if proven to be given, was not proven to be regular—notice had not been served till 13th instead of Oth,—therefore irregular as not half a year before llth Oct.—The time of quitting was dependent on the time of entry-there was no evidence on this head, and it could not be proved by time of payment, which is similar throughout the country, witbuut reference to time 01 entry- If he could prove that notice was not given till 13th April, they must find for defendant-and even il notice oil 9th were proven, there was no proof of time of entry. Mary Lloyd knewH. Edwards and r. Johnstnit; saw Johnston in defendant's barn with a printed and written paper in his hand, which he read to defendant's wife and delivered to her; said it came from Nanhoran, saw Mrs. Edwards give the paper to defendant; it was on the 13th April; remem- bers the day, because she expected a similar tliiiig, a wllrning herself. Cross examined by Mr. Jervis-Jolinston went through the front door of tlie barn in departing; remembered the 13th as she was happy the time ww passing by, if warned, witness must have ••ted on Old Michaelmas day; she expected a warning the week before; expected it on the llth did not know what the paper was that Johnston gave to defendant's wife. An agreement to grant II lease by the late Col. Edwards in favour of Griffiths, the father in law, dated in 1827, was here put in for the defendant and read i-hut the Courtdceidcd that it could not be received in evidence. 31 r. Jervis made an able reply, commenting upon the various and contradictory defences set np, and the evidence of Mary Lloyd, which he described as unworthy of credit, in the face of the evidence onhe numerous witnesses for the plaintiff, and the admission for the defendant himself. As to the nature of the tenancy, in the absence of any special agreement, the custom of the estate and of the country, must be taken as the rule, and this rule would be supported by the receipts given to the defendant for rent, if his advisers chose to produce them. His lordship summed up, recapitulating thcevi dence with great minuteness, and thejnry returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with Is. damages. INDICTMENTS. David Parry, journeyman blacksmith, in the employ of Daniel Thomas, at Clynnog, indicted for stealing from his master's house betwixt £3 and 1:400 in gold and silver coin, pleaded guilty, and received sentence oflransporlaliOlI for life. Evan Williams, alias Jones, was indicted for stealing four gorst knives and some other iron ar ticles, the property of John Williams, Llangybi. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Llovd stated the case for the prosecution, and calle,i the following witnesses. Jolill Williams, the prosecutor, is a blacksmith, at Llangybi, knows William Griffith, who brought him iron to make knives for a gorst machine, at dusk on a Thursday, or Friday night, in the beginning of December; witness and son made the knives, and left the smithy locked up at nine at night, and the windows fastened left knives inside the front window next morning found the back window open, afterwards missed the knives and bolts; searched for but could not find them. Cross-examined by Air. Jervi?—prisoner is a blacksmith, and lives about a mile from witness; the prisoner is lately set up and has shorl horses for some of witness's former customers; the knives were finished all but grinding, which alter, their appearance a little such knives are common. IVin. Jones, son of the prosecutor, remembered iron being brought from Mr. Griffith, which he and his father made into gorst knives, and left in the smithy on the evening of the ad December; missed them next .'ay, and went to Charles Griffiths, in "hme IImchine he found the knives an,1 bolts; knew his own workmanship. Charles Griffith, employed the prisoner to make him a gorst machine about the 27th of November; on the 3d nf December, witness went to him, but no knives had then been made; told prisoner he wanted the m"ehi:1e much, when prisoner said it would be ready next erening; saw the prisoner next day coming to his honse with the five knives (If tiw machine which he ground there, and l1txt dav hroLt.{hr the machine fllll; put it together; the prosecutor and William Gr¡:j¡h, came and took the knives from him. A clerk of Mr G. Jones, so! < itor, produced the knives and bolts which were ,tincd by the pre eedintr \Yitl1(,!oõt< Mr. Jerv is, (or the prhwr}¡r, cross examined the prosecutor as to the identity of dlC knives and holts, with great ability, hut enuld not lit all shake llis testimony. This was the ca«=e for the prosecutor. In d, fcnce the prisoner said he madE: the knives to tit the holts, and called 1] IIgh Jones, his brother, w 110 remembers the pri- soner coining to his house on the night of the 3d December, at eight o'clock, and the prisoner did not go out again till morning hetweeu seven anti eight, having slept with witness, who lives three or four miles off the prosecutor. Cross-examined by Mr. Lloyd-prisoner several times slept with witness about that time; prose- cutor's house lies between the prisoner's and wit ness's, prisoner looked at the clock when he came iu, and remarked the time as he had a girl to visit. 1\h, Richard Griffith, with whom the prisoner had been apprenticed, gave him a good charactei for honesty. John Jones, with whom the prisoner hall worked twelve months, Evan Francis, farmer, who had known the prisoner fifteen years, Hugh Roberts, labourer, who had known him from infancy, and i host of others gave the prisoncr a good character, from his childhood to the present time, His lordship summed np ut great length, and the jury rctu lied a veMiet of guilty, with a recom- mendation to mercy on the score of character.— Sente.iced to tn\ la m-mths imprui.iim. nl and hard iitlwur. (;, With Tlllghe" of Llandwrog, was indicted for stealing 101b. of brass and some rope, the property of Mr. John Price, and others, at Cilgwyn, 011 the 3d December. lie pleaded not guilty. ]\1" Hill stlled the case fur the pl'Osel'ulion,an,1 called Edward Davies, who dealt in crockery, at Cil. gwyn Quarry bought L'tb. of brass at Id. pertb. in exchange, and 1 ttb. of rope at £ a tb Horn the prisoner on the 27th December; sent it to Car. narvon prisoner said ell the Jca, illgs at th Quarry belonged 10 him. CI\Isexami',e,1 hv Mr. Lloyd—travelled the country as a hawker, basket maker, and labourer passed theQuarrv ,111 going to the prisoner's,liiit SU,y nothing except the rope in question lung there, which prisoner said was his aud sold to "Hue," for 7d; never bOI1!¡I.tlhills of the sort there before, the rope was seized from his child while earning it to Carnarvon witness was appiehended but set at liberty after mentioning that he bought the rope and hrass from the prisoner; none but an 01.1 wall was present when he bought the brass und rope, Lydia Davies, wife or Ihe prceedillg witness, got the hrass from her husband, and hrnllght it towards Carnarvon, when meeting Mr. Griffiths, of Trevan, be asked where she got the brass; sl", said it was some old sttifffroiii a mill. lUr, EIaus, tool; it from her afterwards. Cross-examined—her husband never dealt in such artirllls before. John Edwards, engineer at the Quarries, identi- fied the brass work as having been made fur tile use of the Quarry; the casting produced was new and had not been used it was laid in a 100m till it should be wanted; it was the property of the Quarry company, and ordered by him for them, Cross examined by Mr. Lloyd—Mr. J. Price,ami Mr. Evan Evans, wèrc the only propridors of the (,¿lIarry, witncss knew; Mr. Pany, the steward kept the key uf the place where the brass was deposited. Owen Parry, delivered the key of the warehouse, to the prisoner, 011 Christmas day, and prisoner kept it till after the 28th the brass was there be. fore he gave the key to the prisoner. Crossexamined the warehouse was never broken into to his knowledge. Mr. Owen Griffith, had seen the warehouse a few days after the 28th December, and there was no proof of its having been broken it contained pro- perty in iron and blass, which would not fetch above £100, but had cost much more. The prisoner made no defence, but the indict- ment having stated the articles stolen as the pro- perty of John Price, and others, instead of John Price, and another, his lordship directed the pri- soner to be acquitted. John Rowlands was indicted for having burgla- riously broken into the house of John Jones, in the night of the 7th of February, with intent to steal. Mr. Lloyd stated the case, and called the fullotv ing witnesses. Jane Jones, wife or the prosecutor lives at LJan, gien her husband works from home. On the 7tli February she padlocked her door, and went out from eight in the morning till ten at night. It was moonlight when she returned observed a light inside her own house citlie(I otitto heriieigii, hour Catherine Jones, whereupon the light dis- appeared; witness found the padlock gone froOl her door; the prisoner lived two doors off her.— Catherine Jones ran away, and witness saw a man in his shirt.sleeves run away with his coat on his arm the prisoner was the mail saw his face he fled over a hedge. Witness went to prisoner's hotise the door was fast, but his wife opened it; witness went up to his bed, but could not find him. On examining her own ho ise, nothing was taken away, and she found the paolock in the house next day. Cross-examined—could not tell if there were two men in her house, but believed at the time that she saw a second mau peepingoutnt the door; never said that she did not know who broke into her house; never said she would send him out of the country, or that she onlv hated two peisons, the great greyhound, and Catherine Jones. Catherine Jones was called on by Jane Jones, on the night in question; went with her to her door, which had no lock upon it; witness ran back and saw a person whom she did not know coming out in his ,hirt sleeves; afterwards went with Jane to the prisoner's house, but did not see him the night was cloudy. Pierce Jones, brother of Jane Jones, went to prisoner the morning after the bnrglary; said his sister accused him, and he ought to clear himself; witness then went to prosecutor's house and exa, mined the soft parts of the road in which lie saw footmarks; called the prisoner, who came with a bundle of children's dogs and shoes; nÎtness (Ie- sircll him to take off his shoe, and on fitting it to the mark observed that though of the same length, that was not the shoe which had made the mark; prisoner said his other shoes had been made clogs off; said he had been at Cae Cerrig at eight the preceedingnight; afterwards ,aid he hall gone there at ten o'clock. Cross exainitied-it did not rain much after ten that night, but the ground was wct in the morn, ing; tile footmark was narrower than the pri- sonei'j shoe examined the footmark at day break witness's sister has not been good friends with, the prisoner; thcre was ill will betwixt them for- merly; they had quarrelled when 1V0r)¡illg together in Denbighshire some years ago, The prisoner made no defence, but called Margaret Roberts, who swore that on thecighth or February, Jane Jones told her, that two persons had ColllC out of her house, but she did not know tlieiii before the burglary, Jane Jones said that she wishe-l milgi diawl were hanged or sent out of the country; Fanny Jones and Sarah Thomas were present at the time, Fanny Jones remembeis the housebreaking, saw Jane Jones the next morning, who said she did not know who had broken her house but she had seen two persons come out of it. His lordship here stopped the case, observing that the, was no evidcnee against the prisoner, save that of Jane Jones, who might very likely have been mistaken; and on the other hand, there were two wilnesses who had sworn that Jane Jones had next morning declared, tiiat she did not know the persons who had hroken her house. In these circumstances he submitted to the jury, whether they should hear further exidence or acquit the prisoner. The jury immediately pronounced a verdict of acqltit/al, Jane Jones was indicted for obtaining fiom H m. Roberts, shopkeeper, Kevin, groceries and spirits on false pietences, stating, that the goods were for the use of the family and servants of Captain Parry, a gentleman residing ill that neighbouihooil. The case for the prosecution was distinctly proven, the pnsoner was found yaithj, and seittcdiid /0 six months' impirsonment.