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LOCAL NEWS. I WREXHAM PETTY SESSIONS. J Before H. W. Meredith, Esq., Chairman; Captain I Panton, R.N,, and T. Griffith, Esq. STEALING BAt;;)", IX YORK-STREET. I James Ryan, a militia nan, was brought up charged with stealing 3lbs.of L,icon from the shop of Mr Cox, York-street, Wrexham. Mr. Cox stated that, on Sa- turday night last, about 11 o'clock, the prisoner came into his shop and asked for half-a-pound of cheese. He was rather tipsy at the time, and had it not been for some boxes, he believed, he would have fallen down. Immediately afterwards, he saw the prisoner make a suspicious movement, andin consequence, watched him. There was a pieco of bacon lying on the counter, about 3 lbs in weight, and he threw his pocketthandkerchief, over the bacon, put his cheese upon the top of it, and went out of the shop. He distinctly saw him do this, when he fallowed him into the street, and charged him with the theft. He then examined, and found nothiug at all upon him, neither the bacon, nor could he find the handkerchief. He looked about the street thinking that he kad thrown it down, but after a careful search. he could find nothing of the bacon or cheese. By the Bench: He made use of very obscene language to my wife and myself. There were a number of persons passing bv at the time, both militiamen and others, and ho must have had some person with him to receive it. Knew his face, Rut did not know his name. He after- wards sent for the police, and gave him into custody. —The prisoner, in his defence said, he knew nothing at all of what the prosecutor charged him with. In an- swer to the Bench, he said, he would prefer being tried before them, rather than at Ruthin. Mr. Cox observed, that after he left his shop, he walked steady enough, as if he were sober.-P.C. Richard Morris said, that on taking him into custody, he perceived that he was in liquor, but he walked very well. He used very bad language to him on the way to the lock-up. Sentenced to two weeks imprisonment. Mr. Meredith remarked t,) Mr. Cox that he would have done better, as he saw that a larceny was going to be committed, if lie had tpoken to him at the time and prevented him. STEALING A HANDKERCHIEF. Ryan was then put up in the dock, charged with stealing a handkerchief, the properly of Mr. A. D. Jones, draper, Church-street. P.C. Morris, after being sworn, deposed that when he took the prisoner to the lock-up, he searched him, aud found a black silk hand- kerchief, half-a-pound of bacon, some tobacco, a penny roll, and a black-pudding. He attempted to secret the haudkerchief by putting it on a table. By the Bench The handkerchief dropped on the floor, he could not say whether he meant to secrete it or not.—Mr. A. D. Jones deposed that the prisoner came into his shop about 7 o'clock, on Saturday night, and asked to look at some silk handkerchief's. He himself, was in the Show-room at the time, anl the apprentice waited on him. They could not bargain however, and he was called down. When he came into the shop, he saw the prisoner gõing out at the door, and called him back, but he refused to do so. The handkerchief produced was his-it had his own private mark on it, and was worth 2s. 3d. It is their custom generally to take the private mark off when they sold any article. The prisoner made no defence, but in answer to the Bench said, that he was a native of Wrexham, and had joined the Militia about 5 months ago. Sentenced 21 days at Ruthin for this < ffence. The remaining cases were heard in the Private Room of the Magistrates', who seem particularly anxious not to pander to the prcjutlicies or curiosity of vulgar news- paper readers—or reporters. The following, however, have been communicated to us. The overseei-i of Brymbo applied for the removal of Sarah Price iVoui Brymbo to the Parish of Hope. Order granted. CHARGE (;P STEALING COAL AT RUABOX. Jo3eph Steen u^pjaivd to answer a charge of sell- ina cr coal, on his own account, which really was the property of Sir W. W. Wynn, Steen is a brick- maker to Sir Watkin, and is in the habit of fetching what coals are required at the Kilns, from Plas Kynas- ton Colliery, near Ruabon. He has a horse and cart, and of late he has sild saveral loads of coal to several persons in the neighbourhood—amongst the rest, to Mr Jones, of the Cross Foxes. Mr Wigau appeared as prosecutor, and proved that not more than 3 loads of coal had been used for Sir Watkin since last Novem- ber, and Mr Jones, clerk of the said colliery, proved that he had had at least 20. As he had not made out finv of the bills to the parties to whom he had sold the coal the case was discharged—he having to become answerable for them to Mr. Dickon, the proprietor of the colliery. MARttYIXG XDEn. AGE. I Mr. W. Mercer, appeared to answer a charge pre- ferred by his father-in-law, Mr. J. Davies, of Stone Wall, Burton,, for marrying his daughter by license, she being under age, and also for swearing that she was of acrc. The couple were recently married at Gresford church, the bride being (so we are informed) between 18 and 19 years of age. The licence was obtained of Mr. Wickham, the vicar, when the defendant swore that she was of age. The defendant was required to find two sureties in.EIOO each, and himself in L-200 for his appearance on Monday next. Mr. John Roberts, Inukeeper, Marford, and Mr. Samuels, Red Lion, Chester-street, Wrexham, offered their bail, which was accepted. A charge of embezzlement w as then went into, but as it was remanded until Monday next, we shall re- serve the particulars (which have been furnished to us) until the case has been finally disposed of. THE ROYAL DENBIGH RIFLES.-This regiment was marched on Monday last from Wrexham to Wynnstay, for a day's recreation, preceded by their fine band. The men halted in front of the hall, unstrapped knap- sacks, and enjoyed themselves by skating and sliding on the fish-pond for a couple of hours. The band was placed in the hall, and played some of Herr Brosang's favourite selections. While the officers were partak- ing of a luncheon in the house, the men were also taken care of. The regiment was drawn up in line and the word given, Rear rank take open order," when each man was supplied with a liberal portion of bread and cheese and a pint of ale. CAUTION TO THE PULICF,Char,. Medgett, the consta- ble of the C division, has been sentenced to imprison- ment for nino months, and will be discharged fromjthe police force, for his brutal violence on the occasion of the late Hyde Park disturbances. Mr. Baron Mat tin, in passing sentence, observed,—" The public will now be satisfied that the police would not be permitted to use any unnecessary violence in the execution of their duty, and it was to be hoped that these proceedings would have a salutary effect for the future. The pro- secutor had been most brutally and unjustifiably as- eaultud, and therefore he mast not consider the sentence a severe one." FORGERY OF A LEGACY DUTY RECEIPT.—On Thurs- day, at the Exchange in Chester, before the mayor and borough magistrates, Ellis William Edwards, of Sont- ley, near Wrexham, and lately a solicitor's clerk at Wrexham and Oswestry, was charged with forgery. Mr. Hostage conducted the prosecution, being engaged by the Board of Inland Revenue for that purpose. 0 It appeared by the statement of the learned advocate, con- firmed by the evidence of three witnesses, that in 1828 a Mr. John Cheetham, farmer, of Marchwiel, died, leaving, besides other properties, X300 to become divi- sible anioiig the testator's three sons on the death of his widow. Mr. Thomas Cheetham, one of the residuary legatees, was the acting executor, and on the death of testator's wi dow, the business relating to the bequest was put into the hands of the prisoner by the executor. An application was received from the Board of Inland Revenue for the JE3 duty upon the legacy, and Mr. Cheetham gave the money to Edwards, instructing him to pay it. Shortly afterwards another letter was re- ceived from the Board, upon which Edwards said that lIe had sent the money by post to the Stamp Office at Chester, and had received soon after a document pur- porting to be a receipt, which he handed over to Mr. Cheetham. It was signed Henry Ilcsketh," the name of the late distributor of stamps for this district, who, however, died in September or October, 1853, and these circumstances occurred in March, 1854. Another letter from Mr. Trevor, from the Inland Revenue Of- fice, to Mr. Painter, the sub-distributor of stamps at Wrexham, to whom the Y,3 duty ought to have been paid, led to a letter being sent by Mr. Painter's clerk to Mr. Thomas Cheetham, and in reply he received the document which had been handed to Mr. Cheetham by the prisoner. It was in the handwriting of the pri- soner, the signature purporting to be that of Henry Heskcth. This paper was forwarded to London, and thence transmitted to Chester, where it was discovered to be a forgery, for the writing was not at all like that of Mr. Ilesketh, who had been dead for six months, the document had never before been presented at the Ches- ter office, nor had the money been received there. The prisoner on being asked if he had anything to say, re- peated the statement he had made about sending the money through the post, and intimated that had he been so disposed, he might have forged or embezzled thousands of pounds, but Thomas Chectham, being his b.othcr-in-law, was the last person he should have thought of doing anything of the kind to. He was them comnitted for trial at the assizes, but the Bench consented to take bail, the prisoner in X200, and two sureties in £100 each, 18 hours' notice to be given.— Chester Chronicle

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