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MANSLAUGHTER. I 'MANSLA:GHTER. I VERDICT IN SWANSEA SHOOTINGI CASE. The Borough Coroner (Mr. J. C. Morris) I resumed, at the Guildhall, Swansea;, in Thursday, the inquiry concerning the death of Private Enoch Daniel Dudley, of the 6th Welsh Reserve, the victim of the shooting affair in Wind- I street on Christmas night. Sergeant William Hopper, Pentrege thin-road, who is charged with the wilful murder of Dudley, and wounding of Private Gates, was in court. Mr. EL Thompson watched I the case for Hopper, Mr. Edward Harris was for the relatives, and Mr. Laurence Richards watched the case for the Public Prosecutor. Mr. W. H. Jones, Oxford- ¡ street, was foreman of the jury. The following evidence was heard after eve went to press with our previous issue. Dr. Woodwell Gabe, house surgeon at Swansea Hospital, said Dudley was quite dead when brought to the hospital. In the post-mortem examination made with Dr. Trevor Evans he found death to be from wounds caused by a rifle bullet. The bullet wound, with skin margin slightly lacerated, was between the second and third ribs on the left side of the chest, and there was a small punctured wound two inches above the inferior angle of the right shoulder blade, where the bullet left. Thomas Lauder, 5, Roseland-terrace, St. Thomas, a new witness, said he saw the escort coming up Wind-street, heard the order given, saw the sergeant in front of the halted men. From behind them, he thought he saw the middle man in the front rank move slightly, and the next' thing he saw was the sergeant's rifle lev- elled at this man. He heard the report, 6aw the fire, and the two men drop. Al minute or so later Hopper was smoking a cigarette and had one hand in his pocket, seeming quite cool. Geo. Hy. Llewellyn, lioensee of the Hansel Arms, an ex-policeman, said when lie arrived Hopper, with a rifle and fixed bayonet, was standing looking at the two men on the ground. He asked Hopper, How did this happen ?" and he replied, I shot them." Asked why, he said, "Because they were mutinous at the docks." On making an examination, he, told Hopper that one of the men was dead, and he replied, I know all about that." P.O. Skinner now arrived, and witness said to the constable, This (Hopper) is the man that did it." He said, That's right." P.C. Skinner had a conversation with Hopper, and then handed the sergeant and his rifle to him, while he made arrangements to deal with the injured. As people were ques- tioning Hopper, who kapt making state- me.nts. witness told him the least he said the better. He replied, a It's done, and it can't be helped." On the way to the station be said, "I am very sorry. I had to do it to defend myself. They at- tacked me first. Hopper had a very •mistook, and witness thought him sober. He had drawn witness's attention to a ajrstdh on his face that had been done come time previously. P.C. Alfred Skinner said when he ar- I rived one of the men was apparently! dead, and Che other was groaning. He! sent for the ainbulance. From something' he was the previous witness, he tsked what vr" the matter, and Hopper replied, I shot him." He helped in the removal of thb men to the hospital. At the mortuary he found in one' of deceased's pockota a bottle containing a enmil quantity oi whisky (produced). He thought Hopper perfectly sober; he was quite calm. By ttie Foreman There was no bayonet on deceased's body. TIM rfto had no cartridges in ft, and had no signs of being recently fired. The witness Llewellyn, re-called, said lie saw Sergeant Hopper take off the de-I ceased's belt and bayonet sheath (he did not observe whether ther" was a bayonet) J and o?n his coat. I Thomas Cornelius Nicholls, 17, Phillilis-I ■ parade, sand one of the prisoners while Killing on had his bayonet out at his not threateningly, but as if to hand it to the guard behind him. He be- lieved the bayonet was unsheathed. He agreed with previous evidence as to the sergeant raising his rifle and firing. He said to Hopper, "You've shot this man; he's dead," and he replied, The ought to have been dead hefor." He then handed him a rifle with which he bad shot him, leaving another, with. bayonet fixed, in his other hand. The rifle had no bayonet attached. Asked what was the matter. Hopper said, These .men have been mutinous on the docks. One of them struck me on the face." (Pointing to the scratch mentioned pre- i viously.) There was an unsheathed bayonet, which a civilian had in his hand. I He did not know where this came from. He thought the middle man in the front row (Dudley) was stipding., perfectly still just before the firing. The witness Private Thomas, recalled, rpoke to receiving the rifle. which he thought to be the sergeant's, from the Inst witness, and from it came an empty cartridge case. There were other live cartridges, so he put the cut-off in and banded the rifle to Corporal Gray. Corporal Thomas Gray corroborated this. He found four live cartridges in the magazine. He handed the rifle to Lieutenant Hopwood (from whom Lieu- tenant Williams had said he received the rifle he produced). William George Hnxtable, 3, Fleet-; street, said to some people who gathered Hopper said, He rushed at me with his bayonet. I asked him to give it. He refused. I shot him." A gentleman remarked. I., You shot him-yon did your duty?" He re- plied YMI." It seemed to him a further remark of Hopper was to the effect, It's Hme the was dead." He saw the f tergeant speak to a member of the guard 1 who, he believed, went for an ambulance. P.C. Geo. Williams said in the Central Police Station charge-room the sergeant said, I was coming from the docks. They wanted to fight me over there, and I iii Wind-street they started again. One of tkem struck me in the face, so I shot fhem. I'm sorry for them—oate is dead —but I did it in self-defence." Detective-Sergeant J. J. Hayes said to I tifett Hopper said, It was mutiny. One bullet struck the two men. They had been carrying on for some time." Later, F,ergt.-Major Miller was also to inter- view him, and, cautioned, Hopper Said, I went to disarm them, when one of them threatened to put his bayonet through me. I put my rifte up and off it went." Summing u-p, the Coroner eedd it seemed almost impossible that the gun could have accidentally discharged. If it was a oaee M" murder, there must be malice etioroe- thought. The quarrel end the low of whisky—and perhaps temper-was evi- dence to support this view, but there was jonaiderable evidence that be had been indulging in intoxicants, end that might have prevented caljn, considered inten- tion forming malice aforethought. In- eufeordmatioa < in military law was a seriowe offence, but-was there evadettce to whov anything that would excuse the (hooting of Dudley in the summary man- ier in wfeidk they had been told he thot p After twenty mmntes deliberation, the iier.v Toiled that Hoppw sfeo* Dudley, and VHat flbe flfeootittg was deliberate, but with- HI: intenfciosi to cause death: a verdict ti nmnslaogjiter." PoRee Court Proceedings. ) At Swansea Police Court on Monday morning, Mr. R. Martin, (in the chair), t)-. Nelson Jones, Mr. Hyam Goldberg, end Mr. W. Williams, resumed the bearing of the charges against William Ifform),-r eM). a sergeant in the Reserve nf the 6th Welsh Regiment, of causing ( .P. death of Pte. Bnoch DMHwt Dudley at Winu-street, Swansea, on Christmas night, and of shooting and wounding Pte. Lewis Gates with intent to murder. —Mr. Laurence iiiciiardts appeared for the public prosecutor, and Mr. H. W. Thompson for the prisoner. Military evidence had been previously called, whilst a coroner's jury, it will bo remembered, had returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against; Hopper. Evidence was given by Thos. Cornelius Nicholls, Phillipie Parade, who said be saw the shooting. When he told Hopper that Dudley was dead, he said, "The ought to have been dead before," adding that with Gates he had been, causing mutiny on the dock, and that one of them had struck him on the face. lie saw no provocating movement by Dudley or Gates before the shot was fired. A new witness was the wounded man, Lewis Gates, who still look ii weak, and sat while giving evidence. He was still a patient at the Swansea Hospital, he said. On Christmas Day he was on sentry duty at the South Dock in the afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock. fiprgt. Hopper was in charge of the guard. When he went off duty he and Dudley, who was off at the same time, went to the guard room to put their rifles in. At about 5 o'clock they went up to the town without leave from Sergt. Hopper, for the latter was not there. A little after 6 o-Icloti- they went into a public-house, and later into another, meeting Corpl. Knight. They had six or seven drinks of ale, and about 9 o'clock the three of them went back to the docks. Dudley and himself were not quite sober. On arriv- ing, they went to the cookhouse, where they saw Sergeant Hopper, whose condi- tion ho did not notice. At 10 o'clock Dudley and he went on sentry duty, their posts being near each V>ther. Nobody posted them. Later there was a bit of a scuffle on the floor between Dudley and the sergeant, the cause of which he did not know. He tried to part them, but could not. He thought ho heard Sergeant Hopper shout- ing for the guard, and went back to his post. The guard fell in and took Dudley and himself away, and marched them up to Wind-street. Somewhere in Wind-street Hopper ordered Halt! Left turn," and said something (he did not know what) to Dudley. He then saw Sergeant Hopper putting the rifle to his shoulder and heard the shot. He saw Dudley fall and immediately fell himself, he being behind Dudley. He remembered no more. Dr. Howell Woodwell Gabe repeated his inquest evidence as to Dudley, and as to Gates said there was a small punctured bullet wound, between the sixth and seventh ribs on the right side. This he took to be the entrance wound, while the exit wound, much larger, was three inches behind it. In the clothing there were pieces of. bullet (produced). What he found was quite consistent with his being JI behind the first shot. The wound was not in itself serious. David Richards Evans, licensee of the Adelphi Hotel, Wind-stieet, who was too ill to attend the Coroner's inquiry, said he heard Hopper say, I shot them II both." Other witnesses were: Wm. George! Huxtable, 3, Fleet-street, Swansea; Thomas Lauder, 5, Roseland-terrace, St. Thomas; P.C. Alfred Skinner, George Henry Llewellyn, licensee of the Mansel -43-ms, P.C. George William-s and Dettc- tive-sergeant T. J. Hayes. J'he latter said accused "aid 'l'we mi-tiny. One bullet struck fie two mav; they had been carrying on for souv. tin* To Sergt.-Major Miller he said, "I went to disarm them, when one thr" teLed to put his bayonet through me. I had my rifle up, and off it went." When c^argx d with shooting Gates, he said, What do you you want to make two charges out of it for? R was all done in one act." Hopper was perfectly sober, and had a driad scratch on the right cheek. Charged on Monday with the murder of Dudley, he said, "I did not murder him; it was an accident." Charged with I wounding Gates with intent to murder, he said, "It is absolutely wrong." Now charged, accused said: H I am not guilty, sir. I told my company officer, fieut. Wllliains, exactly how it hap- pened afterwards. It was a pure acci- dent, and I am very eorry about it." The magistrates committed Hopper for trial at the Assizes.
DEATH OF MR. PHILIP HAWES.
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DEATH OF MR. PHILIP HAWES. We regret to record the death of Mr. Philip Hawes, of 14, Morgan-street, son of the late Mr. Samuel Hawes, foreman of the mill department of Messrs. Vivian and Sons, and son-in-law of the late Rev. F. Samuel, Zoar Chapel, Swansea. His illness was of short duration, but of a severe character. Prior to his retirement, I Mr. Hawes, who was aged 56, was for some years one of the cashiers of the Borough Treasurer's department of the I' Swansea Corporation, and also a director of the Swansea United Breweries. He was a keen and very active business man, and was highly respected and popular among his many business and personal friends. He leaves a widow, but I no children. The funeral took place on Wednesday.
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CARDIGANSHIRE WORTHY. i I w Late Mr. Morgan Evans, J.P., i Dakford, Cardiganshire. Ho was an uncle )f Dr. Trevor Evans, Swansea, [
SWANSEA QUARTERI SESSIONS.
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SWANSEA QUARTER I SESSIONS. UNUSUAL ALIEN CHARGE FOR THE I JURY. The Epiphany Quarter Sessions for the Borough of Swansea were opened at the Guildhall, Swansea, on Friday, before I the Recorder (Mr. W. Llewelyn Williams, I K.C., M.P.). Charge to Grand Jury. I The Recorder, in his charge to the I Grand Jury, observed that after an interval of a few months that Court sat again, and he was glad to say that,! though the calendar showed a larger number of prisoners than waa usually the case, the number was not consider- able, and the charges made against the prisoners were not very serious. There was only one case of an unusual character, and that was the case where Hassan Mohammed, an alien, was charged with having landed at Swansea, a pro- ,hibited port. He did not think there would be any difficulty in finding a prima facie case against is man, but he might have a perfectly q&od defence in law. The case was of some interest, because it brought them in Swansea in intimate touch with the great war which was en- gaging -the attention of and transforming the whole world. "It is somewhat curious," commented Mr. Williams, "that you gentlemen should have to deal with a matter of this sort in Swansea to-day, be- cause a thousand miles away a country is at war with Great Britain." Under the Aliens Restriction Act, it was not legal for an alien enemy to land at any pro- hibited port. The man said he was a Greek, but that was a point for the Grand Jury to decide. Value of a Coat. I Michael Sullivan (38), seaman, pleaded I not guilty to stealing a lady's coat, value 12s. 6d., the property of Kate Kerslake, wardrobe dealer, Wassail-square, on Nov- ember 10th. Mr. Maday Samson prose- cuted in the absence of Mr. Howell Owen. who is serving with his Majesty's forces. The evidence for the prosecution was that prisoner took the coat off a peg outside the shop, wrapped it up in brown paper, and threw it into a cart standing by. He then walked away. Mrs. Kerslake said ,i-o coat was valued at 15s. The Recorder: It has gone up since the war. (Laughter.) Mr. Samson: Is that.on account of its historic interest, or ccunmercial value ? '(Laughter.). Prosecutrix: We get what we can for it. When charged by P.C. Tovey, Sullivan replied, You didn't find anything on me." He now said it was a drunken freak. Prisoner was found guilty. Inspector Draper, of Scotland Yard, handed in a long list of previous con- victions, the last in 1913. The Recorder said prisoner had been committing crime since 1899. There were 20 convictions against him for stealing, assaults on police, and other offences. He wat; almost inclined to send him now for a long period of imprisonment, but as prisoner had nothing recorded against I him for 12 months, and as he understood he had been working on a trpwler around the Irish coast, he would not do that. It was, moreover, a temptation to men of his class to take articles hanging outside shops when in drink. Prisoner would bo sentenced to nine months' hard labour. Patriotic Duel Near the Dock. Albani Ballerini (26), engineer, an Italian, was charged with unlawfully wounding by stabbing John Watchman, fuel shipper, Lambert's Cottages, on Nov- ember 21 fit. Mr. Trevor Hunter prose- cuted, and Mr. A. C. Thomas was in. structed by the Recorder to defend. On the night of Saturday, November 21 si, said Mr. Hunter, Watchman and a man named Morris wero walking home about half-past eleven near the North Dock when they saw three foreign sailors. The foreigners jostled Morris, and chal- lenged him and his friend to fight. Morris took his coat off, gave it to Watchman, and tackled the foreigners like a true Britisher—(laughter)—knocking all three down. He then saw a knife in prisoner's hand, and, calling out something to Watchman, the two men wisely ran away. The three foreigners followed, and caught up Watchman, who was stabbed in the arm by one of them. A bloodstained knife was later found on prisoner. Prosecutor said the trouble started over prisoner calling out that he was a Ger- man, and asking Morris if he was an Englishman. (Laughter.) It was a sharp flight, and the foreigners went down like ninepins. (Laughter.) Morris said after the foreigners j v.? fled I them they called out, We are Germans; kill the English! Witness replied. "N o place for Germans here," and. taking off his coat. went for them." (Laughter.) There were about seven foreigners there altogether, and he knocked three down. Further evidence showed the wound was not a serious one. The jury found prisoner guilty. with a I recommendation to mercy, and the Recorder passed sentence of one month's hard labour. Already Punished. I A plea; of guilty was tendered by Philip Griffiths (31), labourer, to two charges of breaking and entering and of stealing jewellery, &c., of the total value of .£50, but as the charges had been taken into account at the recent County Quarter Ses- sions, when prisoner was sentenced on other charges to 15 months' imprison- ment, the Recorder friformed him he was relieved of the duty a passing any fur- ther sentence.' Turk Who Landed in Swansea. I Hassan Mohammed, Turk, a fireman, 'ur k- a fLreraa--i, who came to the port on a Norwegian vessel, was charged with being an alien, he landihg at a prohibited port contrary to the Aliens' Registration Act. It ap- peared that he had signed on his ship as a Greet, and that he came ashore to complain about his wages. The Recorder pointed out that the man had committed an offence, doubtless in ignorance, and the jury, having found him guilty, the question was what could be done with him. He had first-<i»sa discharges from British ships, but he could not, as an alien enemy, be shipped on a British vessel now. Were he discharged he might be cast on the streets, and that would be most improper, and he under- stood Turks were not sent to concentra- tion camps. The only solution he. could suggest was that as he found. defendant was a paid-up member of the Seamen's and Firemen's Union to ask that Union to see what could be done for him. Mr. George Gunning, the local secretary of the Seamen's and Firemen's Union, was called. He said Mohammed was a member of the Union, but not a financial member; in other words, he was out of compliance. Mr. Trevor Hunter (the prosecuting counsel): Being an alien, would he be ablo to obtain a ship from this port? Witness: Yes. a Greek, Italian, or Norwegian vessel. Mr. Hunter: Would there be any diffi- culty?—No; I don't think so. The Recorder: Will you do your best to get him a ship? Mr. Gunning: Yee, sir. Mr. Hunter announced he had received a telegram from the? Home Office bating that Turkish subjects were not at present to be interned as prisoners of war, unless there were definite grounds for believing they were spies or otherwise dangerous. ¡ The, Recorder, through an interpreter, told prisoner that so long as the war lasted, he would have no right to land m this-country without the express porrnxs- eio.u of the Hoi&e Secretary, nor would he be able to serve on any British vessel. He wuM only be employed on the vessels of neutral countries. He believed when pri- soner landed in Swansea he was ignorant of the law, and therefore he was not going to punish him beyond what he had already endured. The Recorder advised Mohammed to get away on a neutral ship to a neutral country, where he could earn his living without any offence against the law. He sentenced him to two days*. imprisonment, which meant his imme- diate release. The Fireman and the Mack." I George Palmer, fireman, 45, was found guilty of stealing and receiving a mackin- tosh coat from the premises of Archibald John Dunn, in Wind-street. A long list of previous convictions was proved at Cardiff and Swansea, and sentence of nine months' hard labour was passed. j You Despicable Creature." I Frank James James (3S), a collier, who appeared in the dock wearing the uniform of a private in the 6th Welsh Regiment, pleaded' guilty to stealing two cotton shirts, and other garments valued at ;e., the property of Thomas Edwards, at Swansea in November last. Prisoner said: I am very sorry. I was drunk at the tiine." It's no good to talk to you," said the Recorder. You began your career of crime in 1895, when you were a youug man of 18, and you have pursued it ever since." Eleven previous convictions were proved against prisoner, one being for 12 months, and another for three years' penal servitude. óC You had a great chance to reclaim yourself," the Re- corder proceded, when this war broke out, and you joined this battalion of the Welsh Regiment. You might to-day be expiating all your crimes by fighting for your country like other men of your battalion who are on lie field in France, but just before the orders came you de- serted—you despicable creature, past re- clamation! I can find no hope for your future, and I can only warn you that if you persist in your career of crime you will be dealt with under the Habitual Criminals' Act, and be sent to a long term of penal servitude and a long period of detention to follow, in order xo protect society from men like vou." Prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour. Price of a Horse. I John Jones (06), described in the calen- dar as a butcher, was indicted for steal- ing four S5 bank notes and £ 4 in gold, the monies of John Haines, on December 11th. Mr. Trevor Hunter prosecuted, and Mr. Griffith. Jones was for the defence. The case for the prosecution was that Haines, who is a fish hawker residing in Williams'-place, Jamee-street, went to Neath on the day named, and sold a hoi-se for £ 24. He received from the purchaser four bank notes of -c.-) each and £4, in gold, placing the money in a leather case in his inside pocket. He came back to Swansea in the afternoon, and went to Fulton's public house in College-street. He there met prisoner, who was following the occupation of a commission agent, and whom he knew by sight, and they drank together. Prisoner borrowed a shilling from him, and they later visited the Wyndham Arms and the Gore Inn, Goat- street. Inside the latter house a dispute aroe between the two men, who appeared to have had enough to drink. They went outaide, and Haines took off his coat, in the pocket of which were the bank-notes and money, as a challenge to fight. He laid it down by the door, but no struggle took place. Before prosecutor could realise what had happened, Jones picked up the coat and made off, Haines losing sight of him. Later in the day prisoner changed one of the notes at a tobacconist's in High-street, and another at a public- house in the town. When arrested the following day prisoner had two of the notes and a quantity of loose money in his possession. He told the police lig re- ceived one of the notes from a man named Ward outside the Station Inn, and had had the other for months. A sig- nificant fact, however, was that the four bank notes ran in consecutive numbers. Prosecutor, cross-examined, denied that he allowed Jones to handle the notes. He also said that four days after the kffair in Goat-street he found his coat, minus the leathey case and money, on a trolley. Prisoner's defence was that he tried to negotiate a deal with Haines. The latter flourished the bank notes about in the public hou, and eventually put four of them into his (prisoners) hand. He subsequently lost sight of Haines, but could not account for changing two of the notes, ae he had plenty of money on him of his own. The jury found prisoner guilty. Dctective-Sergt. Johnson said he had known prisoner for ten years. Since separated from his wife he seemed to have gone on the "double path." He got 1118 living by frequenting boree fairs and similar places. His parents were very respectable people at Pontardawe. The Recorder said he was always pre- pared to help men like prisoner to re- deem their character, and in view of all the circumstances and the fact that this was his first offence of the kind he would only sentence him to one month's hard labour. Bogus Guano Case. I Horace Livingstone Kidson (45), described as a grocer, admitted a charge of obtain- ing two sums off 2s. 6d. by means of fal-se pretences. Mr. Griffith Jones, who prose- cuted, said pri-sonerr had gone up and down the country living on fraud. His practice was to call at people's houses and allege that the occupier, who would be out at the time. had ordered from him certain guano which, however, was not guano at all, but simply ashee. Kidson said he was a jobbing gardener, and only coiiirnit-t-ed-the offences when on the spree. The Recorder sentenced prisoner to three months' imprisonment, to commence on the termination of a sentence of twelve months he received at the recent Quarter Sessions at Cardiff. I Lodging-house Affray- I A sentence of six months was passed on Joseph Rowe (26), labourer, for unlawfully wounding Charles Edwards at a lodging- house at Swansea. Prisoner threw a basin at the prosecutor, severely cutting him in the mouth. The Recorder remarked that he took a serious view of those offences against the person. Remarkable Swansea Case. I Isaac Silver (39), tailor, surrendered to L-aac Silver (39), tailor, eurrenaered to his bail on a charge .that, being the occupier of No. 5, Dynevor-place, Swan- sea, he unlawfully used the house for the purpose of unlawful gamill, on Oct. 31st, 1914, and divers other dates, and he was further indicted with permitting the house to be used for such purposes. Mr. Maday Sanxson prosecuted, and Mr. Trevor Hunter defended. In a lengthy opening, Mr. Samson pointed out the necessary requirements of the law to prove a case under the Gaming House Act of 1854, and submit- ted that the case against defendant would be proved if he could adduce evi- dence of obstruction of the police, the presence of large numbers of playing cards on the premises; and thirdly, the resorting of a great number of men to the hoixse. Proceeding to the facts, counsel said defendant ww a tailor, and had a wife and two children. Xo. 5. Dynevor-place was a big house, and there were four exits on the ground Poor, two at the front, and two at the back. The basement, the scene of the dro-ma that will be enfolded," was heavily curtained, and it was used as a sitting room. On Saturday, October 14th. DetectiverSergt. j Johnson aud Detective-constable Barry j kept observation on the house from 8.15 J p.m. till 12.20 aua. Sunday morning. J Seventeen men entered that particular I night by the front door, at which Silver was seen by the police from time to time. Observation was also kept on a subse- quent Saturday from 8.30 p.m. till- 5 o'clock on the Sunday morning, and during that time 26 men were seen to enter the house. On Saturday, October 31st. between 8.30 and 11 p.m. the de- tective ain watched and noticed seven- teen men enter the house. At 11.10, counsel continued, Johnson and Barry proceeded to execute their search warrant, and knocked at the front door. Footsteps were at once heard go-ing from the front door towards the basement stairs, whitdi suggested that someone was standing just inside the ¡ door in order to give admission to anyone who might come. Directly afterwards i the detectives heard the noise of people running to the back of the house. They continued to knœk and the footsteps of I Oi l ver himself, one person—probably Silver himself, were then heard coming up the base- ment stairs and then up the stairs to- wards the bedroom. The next thing the detectives observed was three men running out from No. 6, Dynevor-place. The names of these men were Williams. Clarke and Jacobs. Johnson met them and took them back with him through No. 6 into the yard of No. 5, where two other men were standing. Detective- Sergt. Johnson then entered No. 5, de- fendant's house. Silver put his head I over the banisters and wanted to know what all this disturbance was about. Johnson said he had a search warrant, and had come in to search the hoxxse, whereupon defendant replied: I have been in bed this hour." Other detectives outside, continued counsel, saw other persons leave No. 7, so it seemed that when the raid was made, numbers 6 and 7 were used as bolting holes" of the other house. The men were searched. A sum exceeding £20 was found upon Williams, who was a well-known bookmaker in Swansea, and it was suggested that he was the presid- ing spirit—the man who found the capital and ran the show," and paid Silver no doubt. The detectives made a thorough search of the house, Mr. Samson went on to say. In the basement, the bedrooms and other parts of the house they found a large number of cards, totalling 357, repre- senting about seven packs. In the back- yard was found a revolver loaded in six c hambers, which was evidence that the game was not a friendly one. Elaborate preparations had been made for the people who resorted to the house to get away. Against the back wall of No. 5 was reared a ladder leading into No. 4, whence access could be had to No. 3, and !Om there by a backway the people oould get into Grove-place. When taxed with the affair, Silver said they were simply playing solo whist. I anx sorry to say I know nothing about solo whist," said Mr. Samson. The Recorder: I am sorry to hear that, as I was going to ask you about it ? (Laughter). Detective-Sergt. Johnson bore out counsel's statement in evidence. When the raid was made he said, they found both Jews and Gentiles, and money was found on men as follows :-Silver. lis. 7s.; Nyan, V3 5s.; Coakley, t4 3s. 6d.; Williams, S21 3s. 4d.; Clarke (a tailor), £1 5s., and Maurice Jacobs (another; tailor), 3s. I' Mr. Samson: Jacobs seems to have been out of luck. (Laughter). f When Mrs. Silver came in after the r aid, witness continued, she had 19s. tii. in her handbag. The police dischargetl i two chambers of the revolver, and proved it was not a toy pistol. I Replving to Mr. Hunter, witness said an overcoat in which three packs of cards were found was claimed bv a. Mr Thomas. 20, Alfred-street. Cardiff, j another client of Mr. Verley Price, de-j fendant's solicitor. He understood de- j fendant had been unable to follow his (-,wploymp-nt for the last twelve months, and a prize-di-awing-war. being arranged 1 on his behalf. Mr. Hunter: Do you know that some of the people who were there were help- ing to ge4 this up?—I don't know. On some of the cards, witness ad- mitted in further cross-examination, were marks that might have been caused bv children. "John Griffiths, rate collector, proved the defendant's occupation of the premises and Detective-Sergeant Hayse, Detective Barry, P.C. Tovey, and Detective Tucker also gave evidence. Jonas Clarke, 6. Dynevor-place, said he saw a number of men climbing over the wall of No. 5. He allowed them to pass through his house to the street. This concluded the case for the Crown. Mr. Hunter submitted there was no evidence to go to the jury. The only evidence was presumptive. The evidence as to cards being found related to October 31st only, and it had only been proved that the house was used for this purpose on one occasion. That was not siiiffcient. The Recorder ruled against Mr. Hunter. Mr. Hunter; I call no evidence, your Honour. Counsel then addressed the jury. In his speech for the defence. Mr. Hunter remarked that from the way the wiinesses for the prosecution had spoken of No. 5. Dynevor-place, one would think it was the Monte Carlo of Swansea. It was not for the jury to draw inferences from deitain things to help the prosecu- tion. The jury retired, and after an absence of 10 minutes returned into court with a verdict of guilty. Mr. Marlay Samson, on behalf of the prosecutioxx, asked the Recorder not to sentence Silver to a term of imprisonment but only inflict a fine. He stated that sxxmmonses were pending against some of the men. who were found at the house Detective-Sergeaxxt Hayse said defendant was severely kicked when assisting the Metropolitan Police some time ago, and he was now suffering from chronic rheu- matiMU The Recorder said he could not help thinking that Silver was more sinned »gainst than sinning. He could only hope I that those men who had got him into ?hat trouble would help thm to pay tbf &ne he would impose. The maximum penalty might be as much as ?5M. but he was only going to impose a fine of ?:T) Hnd ?10 co? ta de?au?t of payment, the sentence was two months' imprison- I ment without hard labour. Engineer and Women. John Hayes (Z9), engineex-, surrendered to ihis ba.il on ø. charge of steal- ing five £ 1 notes, the monies of Colin D. A. Aitkeirhead, on Dec. 9. Mr. llar- lay tiamson unstrucitd by Mr. L. Kicharti^i prosecuted, and Mr. Trevor Hunter (briefed by Mr. Andrews) defended. Prosecutor was second engineer and prittoner third engineer of the steamship Gerent, of Sunderland, which was lying at the Prince of WaJes' Dock, Swansea, on the date named. It was alleged that prisoner took the notes from a wallet in prosecutor's coat, which was hang- r ing in the cabin they shared, after he had sent him down to attend to the engines. Two women who were on board with the i two men gave evidence to the effect that prisoner went ashore with them after going I back to the cabin to fetch some money. Prisoner, on oath, denied the charge, and said he had plenty of money of his own «^t I the time. After a long hearing the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The Recorder, addressing prisoner, 89-id the jury had taken a merciful view of the case. He hoped this would be a warning to him not to indulge in such wild dieaipa, tion, as he had done when he went ashore on this occasion. This was the last case remaining in the calendar.
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WESTERN MINERS' CHAIRMAN. I At the annual meeting, held at Siddall Buildings on Saturday la.st, the Western Miners' Association appointed Mr. D. Lloyd, Treboeth, to be the chairman for the ensuing year. Mr. Lloyd, who is employed at the Copper Pit colliery, Morrigton, was the local ehairmian of the workmen's com- mittee at that colliery for the paet year. He is a member of the Treboeth Public Hall and Library, chairman of the loral lVmperan<re Braes band, treasurer of the Shepherds' Friendly Society, as well as a pro-triinent member of the local Distriot Relief Fund.
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IMPUDENT TRAMP. I Sent Down for Two Months. I At Carmarthen on Thursday, Patrick Brady (22), a tramping labourer, was sen- tenced to two months' hard labour on three charges-.t-ssaiilting r.c. Enoch Pa vies. resisting apprehension. and j begging. Mrs. W, ilhani s. School House, Idole, said Brady called at her house and asked for some tea. She told him she had no hot water, and he said, "I will wait until you boil it," and sat down. She went for her husbajid. who was master of Idole School, but Bradv refused to leave the house, and the police were sent for. P.C. Enoch Davios said when he arrived at the house," prisoner was wtsring on the table in the kitchen, and «asd, I am waiting for my te«." He refused to leave. Witness ejected him," but when owfeside Brady bolted up the road, jumped over a hedge, and .Trln acix>ss the fields. Witness g-ave chase and overtok him. On the way to the police station (jthree miles dis- tant) Brady said, No Irishman willleave one constable take him in, so you wonM do iit, you -.11 He stood cut in a. fight- ing attitude, and a violent struggle ensued. Brady struck out and kicked out at wit- ness violentlv.
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A Berlin despatch a: that D,, f' WetU. the member of the Reichstag who ) entered the Fr?ch Army. has been deprited I of hie German nationality.
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BELGIAN FAMILY REUNION. An interesting re-union of a Belgiae mother and her wounded soldier son has taken place at Carmarthen. The son, who was wounded while fighting for hit native tand some months ago, has bees staying at the Red Cross Hospital, in Caiv marthen, for some time, and neither mother nor son until reggptly knew oi each other's whereabouts. While in Carmarthen, however, the son wrote to a friend in Holland. and the iaxter got into communication with thft mother. who was traced to Antwerp, and informed her that her son was in hospital at Carmarthen. She immediately deter- mined to set out for England to see him. Antwerp, however, being in the ocectpdb. tion of the Germans, she found it M easy matter to leave the town, but Me made for the Dutch frontier. After walking many a weary mile sh- at last arrived at Flushing, and embarked for England, reaching the West Wales town to embrace her long lost son. Shs speaks no English, but made known hei destination in travelling by exhibiting < card, bearing the words: Red Croai Hospital, Carmarthen." The lady does not care to speak very much of her experiences. Everything it quiet at Antwerp now, she says. She ha<J temporarily left her house during tht bombardment of the town, and her resi. dence was not damaged.
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The King has sent congratulations to David Stewart, of Lochore, Fifeshire, who has nine sons with thp colours. The Queen has sent, a phawl to Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson, of Swaffham (Norfolk), who hae six soldier sons serving.
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