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Ton-Pentre Police Court. Monday, December 1st, before the Sti- pendiary (Mr Lleufer Thomas), Alderman, Enoch Davies, Messrs. T. Morgan, Dan Davies and Thomas Williams. HOTEL LANDLADY AND CUSTOMER. Emily John, landlady of the Glamorgan Hotel, Williamstowil, summoned John Jones for having been drunk and refusing to quit the hotel premises. There was a cxoss-summons against Mrs. John for as- sault. Mr Stanley Jones prosecuted and Mrs. John said that the defendant entered the public house bar at 9.45 p.m. on the 22nd November and asked for a drink. Wit- ness declined because he had enough whereupon he used bad language.. and caught hold of an empty pint measure. Witness also grasped it and in the strug- gle it struck him in the face. She asked him to leave and he refused and the ser- vices of the police had to be enlisted. James Griffiths, who was in the bar at the time, corroborated. Defendant's story was that when he was refused a pint of beer Mrs John sttuck him in the face with a pint measure. He could bring "hundreds of witnesses." The Stipendiary: One bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; one witness here is better than hundreds at Williams- town. Supt. Edwards said the defendant had a long list of previous convictions and the defendant expressed Irs willingness to drink- only one pint of beer per day. He was fined 40s. for refusal to quit and for indecent language he was placed on probation. TREORCHY HOUSE. SHORTAGE. I Henry James Provis, Treorchy, ap- plied for possession of a house in Senghen- ydd-stvett, Treorchy, now occupied by Clifford Channing. Mr W. G. Spickerntll was for the ap- plicant and Mr E. W. Hammond for the respondent. Applicant stated that he wanted the house occupied by respondent for the former's son whose wife and children were sepai^ted because of his inability to find accommodation. Replying to Mr Hammond witness said that the increased rates amounted to about Is. 6d. per week. He had not looked for alternative accommodation for the respondent because he (witness) had not the time. Applicant's son, a discharged soldier, with a wife and three children, said that since he was dispossessed of his house four months back he had lived anywhep-e-in a stable some nights and on a couch on others. His wife and children lived sep- arately and his furniture was stored' in three different places. He would be willing to share respondent's house. Mr Hammond submitted that as the rent plus the increased nates amounted to a total of 36s. per month, the annual rental being consequently over t20, the application was outside the jurisdiction of that court. Mr Spickernell replied that payment of the increased rates had not been en- forced. The Stipendiary: That does not make any difference if there is liability. His Worship adjourned the application for a week to consider Mr Hammond's point. COWARDLY POLICE ASSAULT. I TREORCHY CONSTABLE'S EXPERIENCE. James Lloyd and Geraldus Davies, Tre- orchy, ex-soldiers, were fined LG and JE8 respectively for assaulting P,C. Edmunds and were placed on probation for having been drunk and disorderly. Mr W. G. Spickernell defended Davies. Thomas Watkins, manager of the Park and Dare cinema, Treot:chy, said that about nine p.m. on Wednesday, November 26th, he heard a disturbance between the defendants and an attendant bcause the former would not give up their dockets. When witness approached one of the defendants askd "Who the are you? You have a big chest on you." Witness noticed that, they were under the influence of \irink and invited them to the office so that they could have money returned. They, however, refused to do so and in- vited the manager to summon a force of police. When witness was giving instruc- tions to send for the police a defendant asked, "What have you been doing for your King and country?" P.C. Edmunds arrived and asked them several times to leave the hall and to give up their dockets but they refused. They, however, eventu- ally did so and the officer got them out- side "paging mad." P.C. Edmunds stated that one of the defendants said to the other, "Here's your check back; that policeman will get a check on the head when we get him out- side." The officer proceeded to say that when outside Davies after lighting a c gar- ette struck witness in the chest. They closed and both fell to the ground and after the constable had got Davies on his feet and was proceeding towards the police station he received a blow on the head from behind and the defendant, Lloyd, jumped on his back, placed his (Lloyd's) liand over witness's throat and dragged him ta the ground where he was kicked several \&imes. Davies escaped while wit- ness was hanging on to Lloyd andi mem- bers of a Hostile crowd which had gathered got between the officer and Lloyd with the result that the latter also escaped. Wit- ness then proceeded to thQ police station and (reported the matter to P.S. Rees. The two officers then went in search of Davies and found him in bed at his house where lie was re-arrested and conveyed to the police station. On the following day the constable saw Lloyd at the police station where he identified him. Lloyd said, "I own I was with Davies in the hall when the scuffle was on in the Square but I did not k'ck you." P.C. Edmunds added that he had suffered from severe pain ever since. Joseph Thomas Hope, who was present on sub-poena, corroborated and said he heard Davies say, "Watch me give this a bump." P.S. Rees gave evidence of finding the two men. Mr W. G. Spickernell said that the de- fendants were riled because they were not allowed into the cinema after having been given their checks. After leaving the hall they went to a public house and were rather surprised that they were followed by the constable. The latter was un- doubtedly anxious for them to go home and with this purpose in view caught hold of Davies' arm an act, said Mr Spickernell, which was not very tactful. Davies did nothing except to resist the action of the constable and during that resistance they both fell and any knocks sustained by the officer were not deliberate. Lloyd also denied the allegations of the prosecution. GILFACH GOCH WIFE LECTURED. I Edw. Fletcher and Gwenllian F.etcher, Garden VTiiiage, Giifacli Goch, were sum- moned at the lostance of the N.S.P.C.C. for neglecting their four children. Mr Lewis (Mesa:s. Spicketts) prosecuted and Inspector Watson gave evidence of o vis.t to defendants' house where he found one of the children clad in an old coat instead of a dress. She was nursing a baby in a dirty piece of sheet. There was very little furniture and in a back room was a quantity of hay which appeared to have been slept upon. A boy had been neglec- ted for a number of years. P.S. Harries said the house was very dirty. The man appeared to be hard- working but the woman did not seem to have any idea of house management. The wife It is not my husband's fault, at all; he gives me all his money. Dir. David Evans said' lie found three of the childrtn very dirty but their heads were not verminous. They were also well nourished. In witness's opinion they were neglected to such an extent as to be in- jurious to their health. By the Stipendiary: He did not see any actual signs of injury except a sore on a girl's knee which might have been caused by falling. The summons against the husband was dismissed and addressing the wife the Stipendiary said, "Your responsibility is a serious one. You are an able-bodied woman and ought to be able to manage better than this. You ought to have more self-respect than to go on in this way and have these things published abroad about you. You have a good, a very good husband, and you ought to pull yourself together." She was bound ovar for twelve months. TREALAW BOY BIRCHED. I Two Treaiaw brothers who were charged iast week with stealing L30 from a Jony randy shop were brought up for sen- tence One was placed. on probation and ordered to attend Sunday services and the other was ordered six strokes with the birch rod. Charged with receiving the money, the father, Edward Edwards was fined £5 and the mother was bound over and ordered to pay 15s. costs. WHITE SHIRT CASE AGAIN. I The adjourned case came up for hear- ing in which John Rood, Treorchy, work- man at the Fernhill Colliery, Treherbert, summoned Ed gat- Jones, a fellow work- man, for assault. The case was gone into the previous Monday, the allegation being that de- fendant thrust a white shirt over plain- tiff's shoulder at the Fernhill Colliery in the presence of about 900 colliers under the impression that he was a non-unionist. It was later found out, howevelr, that plaintiff was a full financial member of the lodge, and Edgar J'ones had authorised an expression of regret to be made on his behalf for the incident, but the Stipendi- ary adjourned the case for the presence of the defendant. To-day Mr Spickdrnell, who prosecuted, said a pleasant relationship had now been established between his client and the committee, the latter having expressed their regret on behalf of Jones for the unfortunate indignity Rood had suffered. They recognised now that it wa,s due en- tirely to a misapprehension, Rood having been for many years a full financial mem- ber of the lodge. The workmen's committee had invited him back to Work at the pit, had made things pleasant for him, indemnified him for the loss of time, expenses, and advo- cate's fees. As far as the committee was concerned they wished to say they dis- countenance any such incident. Mr E. W. Hammond, appearing on be- half of the Lodge Committee, said the whole regrettable incident was entirely due to' a misunderstanding. In permitting the case to be withdrawn, the Stipendiary said he wished all mem- bers of the Miners' Federation and all other persons to understand that the practice of putting a white shirt over. a man, whether lie be a full financial mem- ber or not, would never be tolerated in that valley. He thought it was a great Insult, especially to a man Ii$:e Rc)od, wlig was a member of the Federation. Having regard to the way in which the Lodge Committee had acted, however, he was prepared to allow the case to be with- I drawn.

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