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Carmarthen County Police Court. SATURDAY.—Before Mr C. W.Jones, Car- marthen (in the chair); Mr Dudley Williams-Drummond, Portiscliff Mr J. Ll. Thomas, Gilfach Rev R. G. Lawrence, Middleton Hall; and Mr T. Parkinson, Castle Pigyn. AN UNLICENSED DOG. Thomas Jones, labourer, Penrheol, Aber- gwili, was charged with keeping a dog without a licence —P S. Thomas said that on the 24th ult., he visited the defendant's house on the premises he found a dog, for which no license had been taken out. About a week afterwards, defendant came and asived the sergeant to overlook the case, because he had killed the dog —The Bench inflicted a penalty of 10s inclusive. DRUNKENNESS. Henry Thomas, mason, Kidwelly, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in the parish of St. Ishmael on the 5th April.-P.C. Daniels proved the case.- Fined 5s and costs. A ROW ABOUT A HEIFER. Charles Fro;t, Llandovery, was charged with stealing 7s 6d from Thomas Rees. We rnl 1 wyd, Tivle eh-ar-Be ttw s. Mr James John appeared for the defence. Thomas Rees stated that ho visited the last monthly market at St. Clears, and sold a heifer to the defendant for L6 5s. He and the defendant then went into a public house to complete the transaction. Defen- dant put down £.5 5s on the table, saying 'i that that was all the money he had and that was all the animal was worth. Witness then said the defendant should not have the heifer, but that ho would take it home. Witness went out of the tavern with the intention of going home, but was followed 0 tD by three persons—one of whom was defendant's master. A second bargain was then struck between the latter and the witness to sell the heifer for five guineas. They went into the Holly Bush—a public- house opposite the station—where witness called for some beer. He tendered half a sovereign in payment; but when he was picking up the change, defendant knocked it all out of his hand on to the ground. Defendant then picked up 7s 6d saying, I am going to keep this," He showed a 5s piece then which he intended keeping, and handed back 2s 6d. Defendant eaid he was keeping the money because he had bought the heifer in the first place, and ought to have had it. Cross-examined by Mr James John, the witness denied having had several drinks before he made the bargain with Frost. After making the bargain, he did not start to drive the heifer to the station. Ho told the defendant that he would have to pay for the animal before he took it to the station. He sold the heifer three times altogether. First of all, he sold it to Frost for ;E6 5s; then he sold it to Frost's master for £ 5 5s and on the way to the station he sold it to a third man for Y,5 10s. He could not say who the third man was. Frost did not pick the os out of his hand but from the floor. Frost did not tell him that he was keeping the os to make up for what he had lost by the heifer being sold to someone else. Both parties took off their coats to fight. Defendant struck witness once; witness then ran away. He did not inform the police of the matter until the following Monday. When ho spoke to the policeman the latter merely told him what be ought to have done at the time of the bargain. Anne Lewis, the landlady of the Holly Bush Inn, corroborated the evidence of the previous witness as to the sovereign being put down. She put the change down on the counter. A scuffle then took place between the parties. She did not know how Frost got possession of the 5s piee; but she saw it in his hand and saw him throw the half-crown on the floor. She could not remember what Frost said; but she recollected him saying that he was going to keep the 5s. C) The Bench stopped the case at this point, and dismissed the charge. The decision was received with applause in court. A WOUNDING CASE FROM LLAN- LLAWDDOG. Daniel Thomas, labourer, late of Llan- elly, was brought up in custody charged 0 with unlawfully wounding William Yeltand, gamekeeper, and James Evans, of the Quarry, Llanllawddog. William Yelland said that he was at the Stag and Pheasant, Llanllawddog, at 5 p.m. on the 7th inst. He was in company with three men—James Evans, John Jones, and John Daniels. Prisoner came in with a woman. He was singing and dancing the whole time, and wanted to stand witness some drink. Witness made a remark in Welsh to one of his friends that the woman was very like "Mart Llwynderw." The prisoner thereupon struck witness with the handle of a stick, thus splitting the latter's lip and knocking out one of his teeth. Witness fell to the ground and became un- conscious. He had only had a pint of beer. Defendant appeared to be sober as well. Witness had only been in the house five or ten minutas before the prisoner entered. In cross-examination, the witness denied -■ having made any improper overtures to the [ prisoner's wife. James Evans, the Quarry, corroborated the evidence of the last witness. He did not hear the latter make any offensive 1 remark to the prisoner's wife. Had any j such remark been made in Welsh, he would have understood it. i John Jones, the Stag and Pheasant, also gave corroborative evidence. 3 P.S. Thomas said that when he arrested t prisoner, the latter said he knew very well t what he was charged with-that it was for ;• striking a man at the Stag and Pheasant. Prisoner offered to go quietly with the 8 sergeant. On the road, however, he became g so abusive and threatening that he bad to e be handcuffed. When charged, the prisoner said, "If I had a revolver I would have Ý killed them; I am sorry I did not kill them." Prisoner then made a statement according to 1 which the men in the public-house had 2 treated his wife as a nymphe de pave. He 3 also said I should like to cret hold of that. 4 red whiskered man whom I tried to strike." It would appear from the prisoner's state- O ment that the red-whiskered man had said 0 some very ugly things about the wife of the 0 former.—The Sergeant further stated that o the prisoner made for the crowd several q times when arrested, and threatened to 0 shoot them. At the same time he tried I 0 to draw something out of pocket. Prisoner 0 was very excited, and drew a knife when g he was handcuffed. He was drunk at the it time. Cross-examined by prisoner, witness denied that there were twelve men armed 1 with sticks accompanied him when he made 2 the arrest. There were only three men, and nine came afterwards. 3 James Evans, the second complainant, Q then wrent into the box, and gave similar 0 evidence on the other charge. Prisoner reserved his defence; and the 1 Bench committed him to take his trial at the Assizes in June.

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