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CONWAY PETTY SESSIONS. WORKING HORSES IN AN UNFIT STATE. CASES FROM LLANDUDNO JUNCTION AND PENMAENMAWR. Mr Kneeshaw presided at Conway Petty Sessions on Tuesday, the other magistrates on the Bench being Dr. R. A. Prichard, Messrs Owen Owen, E. Wood, J. Adey Wells, J. Allanson Picton, and John Dowell. DRUNKENNESS. Evan Jones, Bodnant, Conway, was fined 2s 6d and costs for being drunk on licensed premises. Richard Kelly, St. David's-road, Penrnaenmawr, was fined Is and costs for being drunk and dis- orderly. Hugh Jones, 31, David-street, Penmaenmawr, and Hugh Jones, Glan-y-Wern, Penmaenrrawr, were each fined 2s 6d and costs for drunkenness. Margaret Roberts, Gyffin, was fined 20s and costs for being drunk whilst in charge of a child. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. Martha Owen, Penmaenmawr, was fined 20s and costs for neglecting to send her child to school. Henry Jones, Penmaenmawr, was fined 10s and costs for a similar offence. CHIMNEY FIRING. David Jones, Crown-lane, Conway, was sum- moned for permitting the chimney of his house to take fire on July 28th. Mr J. W. Hughes appeared for the defendant, who said that the chimney took fire quite accidentally. The Bench imposed a fine of Is and costs. "A TERROR TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD." Ellen Jones, Custom House-terrace, was charged with using improper language, evidence i?/-fUV?or^ Prosccution being given by Jr.C. Davies. Sunt. Rces said that the defendant had been previously convicted for a similar offence; in fact, A "laS a terror to the neighbourhood. A "fine of 40s and costs was imnosed. SUNDAY DRINKING. Richard Lewis Price, Devon House, Madoc- etreet, Llandudno, was charged with being on licensed premises during prohibited hours. Sunt. Rces stated that defendant was found at the North Western Junction Hotel, Llandudnt) Junction, about 7.30 on Sunday evening. The house was over the three mile limit, but he con- tended that as the defendant was not on any business he could not be regarded a bona-fide traveller. Defendant was fined 5s and costs. CHARGES OF POACHING. Thomas Williams, Brick-terrace, Gyffin, was charged with being in unlawful possession of game. P.C. William Jones (66) stated that at 2.30 P. on the 18th ult., he saw the defendant on the high road with three other men. When they saw him they ran away, and defendant dropped eleven rabbits. Defendant: This was my first experience in this line of business. I had a glass of beer too much, and went out with the other men. This will be a lesson to me, and it will be the last timo I shall do such a thing. Defendant was fined 20s and costs. Robert Jones, Brick-terrace, Gyffin, was sum- moned for being in unlawful possession of game. Evidence was given by P.C. Jones to the effect that upon searching the defendant he found six rabbits in his possession. osse Defendant was fined 20s and costs. NO LIGHT. Griffith Richard Jones, of Gorswen, Roewen, was fined 2s 6d and costs for riding a bicycle without a light on July 12th, at one o'clock in the morning. A LLANDUDNO JUNCTION TRADESMAN AND HIS HORSE. Thomas Evans, greengrocer, Llandudno Junction, was charged with working a horse in an ujifit state on July 2nd Inspector Gibbs,- R.S.P.C.A., who prosecuted, said he saw defendant driving the horse in a lurry with about five or six cwt. of vegetables, the horse being lame. He stopped the defend- ant, and told him that the horse was not fit to work. Defendant then replied that he knew the horse was a bit lame, but that he did not work it much. Mr Roberts, veterinary surgeon, Old Oolwyn, was passing at the time and at witness request he examined the horse, and told the defendant that it was unfit to work, and upon his advice the horse was taken out of the cart. Mr Robert Roberts, veterinary surgeon, corro- borated the foregoing statement. Defendant said that he was sorry it had hap- pened, but he did not believe the horse was ■r?e; been driving horses in the district for over six years, and no one ever made any complaint against him before. bought^ t?a'rman the horse lame when you Defendant: I would not have bought it if I knew it was lame. The Chairman (to the veterinary surgeon) Is this horse fit to work. e a The Veterinary Surgeon: No, it is not; it is the oldest horse I know, and must be abouit 30 years old. The Chairman (to defendant): Are you willing to have the horse destroyed. Defendant: The horse has been sold. Defendant was fined 40s and costs, including veterinary surgeon's fee. p „ AWN WAY ASSAULT CASE. it. rf. Roberts, late of the George and Dragon Inn. Conway, was charged with assaulting W. H. Watson, Llewelyn-street, Conway. Complainant and his little daughter gave evi- dence for the prosecution, the daughter stating 1 7 fLalii,n- and defendant d his hand on her father's throat. .J™ Vk £ Stated that when he arrhed on the Tev- and Watson was wash- the blood off his face. Defendant said he had entered Watson in the P°"fiV *or a debt- ant'- followed it up with °r<kr !isun £ t him. Defendant al- leged that in consequence of this Watson came up kL, t f1 fluxion and threatened torn, so fchat he (defendant) complained to the pc-J'ce. H,> subsequently fo-Jlowed Watson to the yard and told film that h3 would have to stop hais threats. He aHeged that Watson threw a stone at Jura. The Chairman (to oomplainant); Did you hit him with a rtome? ComDlamailt; Yes, I did; he was tryW to throttle me. if he could. J b RW. Evans staged that Roberts had com- plained to b;m about Watson going about tell.ing people of the County Court case, and he also sa.:d tha.1 he would give Watson a good hiding unless he stopped talking about him. He (the sereeant) told him not to take the Jaw into his own ji&nds. a The Bench considered the case proved, and fi led Robert^ 20s and costs. "LACK OF JUDGMENT." John Wilkarris, 6, Victoria-terrace, Pornnaea- was charged with working a horse in an unfit. itate. Inspector Gibson. R.S.P.C.A., said he eaw de- fendant drivinsr a hctrse attached to a spring cart- He stopped him, a.nd called his attention to the fact that the horse war, lame, to which defendant replied, "Yea, it is," and furtiher said that the horse belonged to the Co-Operative Society at Penmaenmawr. The horse was well cared for. but it was not fit to work upon this oocafton. The Chairman, in fining the defendant 20s and costs. had that he had been a careful man in the vast. but this time had shown lack of judgment. A SUNDAY INCIDENT AT TALYBONT The adiourned case of David Roberts, Abbey View. Dolgarrog, for falsely representing hinv seif to be a bona-fide traveller at the Bedol Lnn, TaJybont, on Sunday, June 21st, was next heard. Defendant pleaded guilty, and the Clerk said that at the Imt court the defendant admitted he was in the house, but did .not admit that he pre- tended he was a traveller. Miss Jones. barmaid at the Bedol Inn, wild the remembered the defendant coming to the tou,se on the Sunday in question, a.nd she served him with a pint of beer, being under the im- pression that he came from Llanrwst. He had told her so on the previous Sunday, when he was in the house. Sunt. Recs stated that the defendant lived well ■within the three mile limit. A fine of 10s and costs was impoeed. WORKING A LAME HORSE. Thomas Jones, Glanydon Cottage, Clonway- xoad. Penmaenmawr, was charged with working a .horse in on infit state, and Wm. Lloyd Wil- liams. Malvern House, Penrnaenmawr, branch manacer for Messrs E. B. Jones and Co., was charged with permitting the horse to be worked. Insnecor Gibson, R.S.P.C.A., prosecuted, and Mr J. \V. Hughes appeared for both defendants. P.C. Jones stated that about 6 p.m. on July j27th he saw Jones driving the horse, which was attached to a. spring cart, the animal being very Jame. The horse had two knee caprs on, and he asked defendant to take them off, to which he replied, "There is .nothing under them." How- ever, after taking the knee caps off he noticed a wound on each knefe. Iatee he visited the stables with the inspector, when they saw ttae de- fendant Williams, who said he did not think that the wounds on the knees were the cause of tihe lammem. He also stated that the horse had fallen down about three weeks ago, and that he Md bathed the wounds that morning before it went out. In replv to Mr J. W. Hugbes, witness admit- ted titat Williams had explained that the home was one wtuoh stumbled very often, ood, there- y fore, it was only natural f<xr it to have knee caps. Inspector Gibson stated that he went to the stables at Penrnaenmawr, and saw the horse, which appeared to be well fed, but both its knees were broken. a.nd the enimal lame. The next day he visited the stables again, and noticed tiha,t, tihe kneeo had been dressed. Later hot saw the driver, who said that he knew the horse had broken knees, as it had fallen down about three weeks ago. Mr Bueluiel, veterinary vt feurgeou, of Conway, had seen the horse, and told defendant it was not fit to work, but would get alright in time. Mr J. W. Hughes said that Jones, who'was 18 yerrfrs of age, was in charge of the horse. On Julv 4th Jones took the horse to tlie smithy to be ahod, and in returning home it etumbled and broke both knees. Williams then ordered it to lay up until July 8th. when he was told that it was acr-un fit for work, and had worked from that d;iv u.ntil the date of the alleged offence, when it worked all day, but on returning home showed fonie signs of lameness. The defendant Jon's gave evidence, corrobo- rating his solicitor's statements. Mr Williams also gave corroborative evidence, and said he had no knowl-fdce at all tihat the horse was suffering { rom oaiin. The Chiininan Paid that the bench considered the case proved, and finsd Jones 10s and costs, and Williams 40s and costs.

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