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PEXARTH POLICE COURT.

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PEXARTH POLICE COURT. MONDAY.—Before Mr. Llewellyn Wood, and Mr, T. R. Thompson. EXTENSION OF TIME.—W. J. Cole, of the Pilot Hotel. Penarth, was granted an extension of time on the ISth inst. A TREMENDOUS PRINCIPLE—VALUE la.—EH Marks. mason, 6, Grove-terrace, Penarth, for whom Mr. Lloyd Meyrick appeared, summoned Mr. Roberts for the sum of 17/3 for work done.—Mr. Belcher appeared for Mr. Roberts.—From the evidence it appeared that defendont instructed prosecutor to do some work for him behind Mr. Loman's shop. He worked 23 hours, and defendant told him to call at night and he would pay him. He went, and defendant asked him his charge, and he said gel. un hour as he had paid him before. Defen- dant said he should not pay him any more than he paid anyone else. He thereupon put down 16s. 8d., which prosecutor refused to take. Roberts had paid him 5s. on the previous occasion for six hours' work.—Mr. Belcher What are you men striking for ?—Witness Striking for 9d. an hour, sir.—Mr. Belcher And the masters would not give in, would they ?—Witness Yes. a lot of them. but no man like Mr. Roberts, sir. (Laughter.) Witness, continuing, said he had worked in the Rhondda Valley for S.l'I.. 10d.. and lOJd. an hour.- Mr. Belcher Are the Strike Committee bringing this case into court No. they are not, and I told them of it.—Mr. Belcher: And they would not have anything to do with it Witness Well, they told me to summon him.— Evan Roberts said he had been a builder in Penarth for 42 years, but he had never paid 9d. per hour. He had practically retired, and did not belong to the Master Builders' Association.—The Bench made an order for the payment of 17s. 3d. -and the cost of the eost. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CASES.—Richard Smith was summoned, at the instance of the Penarth School Board, for whom Sergeant Matthews appeared, for not sending his son to school.—Ser- geant Matthews applied that the boy might be sent to the Formidable Reformatory School.— Defendant said he did not wish his son to go to the school, as he had one soa there already.-An order was made that the boy should be sent to the Formidable." DRUNKENNESS.—Margaret Davies, a respectably- dressed woman, was charged with being drunk at at Penarth on Sunday.—The magistrates took into consideration the fact that defendant had been locked up all night, and that it was her first offence, and dismissed the case. MARRIAGE A FAILURE.—Henry Wilson, labourer, Penarth, was summoned by his wife to show cause why he should not contribute towards her mainten- ance.—Prosecutrix stated that on a Saturday night early in December, he came home at 2.30 in the morning, and turned her out in the street. She a was the mother of six children. Her husband earned about 30/8 per week. Sometimes he did not give her any money for nine months at a time, and in addition, her husband was always threaten- ing her.—Defendant was ordered to pay 15s. per week. ASSAULT.—.Jeremiah Lynch, boarding-house keeper, Penarth, was charged with assaulting John Anderson on the 13th inst.— In consequence of what he had been told he went to Jeremiah Lynch's house, which was his property, to see what damage had been done. He "saw twenty men drunk in two rooms." Lynch paid him some rent, and he went away. Afterwards he came back to see what damage had been done, and he told prisoner's wife that she was a bad woman to allow the sailors to damage his house. Defendant came behind him and struck him a heavy blow behind his left ear.—Defendant was fined 10s. and costs, or 14 days. FRACAS BETWEEN PENARTH TRADESMEN.— John Langley, hay and corn dealer, was charged by Gorge Jopp, coal merchant, with assaulting him on the 11th inst. at the Taff Vale Railway Station, Penarth.—Defendant denied the assault, which was alleged to have arisen through Mr. Langley asking for the payment of a debt due to him.—Fined 10s. and costs, or fourteen days' im- prisonment. xJDRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Patrick Kane was charged with being drunk and disorderly at the Wenvoe Hotel on Tuesday night, the 10th.— Police-constable Stead proved the case, and said that when he was called to put defendant out from the Wenvoe Hotel he was very drunk and refused to quit.-Fined 5s. THE PENCOITRE GHOST APPEARS AT PENARTH POLICE COURT.—Mary Ann Carroll was charged on remand with assaulting James Moist on the 26th. The evidence was repeated as has already been given in the Star.—Wm. Hawtin corroborated complainant's statement.—Fined 5s. and costs or seven days. VAGRANCY.—Six men named Billing, Gerroty, Walker, Hassor, Wiltshire,, and Hunter were charged with committing an offence under. the Vagrancy Act.—Police-constable Wm. Phillips said that early that morning at 3.30 he found five of the men sleeping around the Barry Lime Com- pany's lime kiln. He woke them up. They had received complaints from the Lime Company, that their tool chests had been broken open, and teols gone.-The magistrates dismissed the case with a caution.

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