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gnvjurt fnteUigente. COUNTY POLICE-—SATURDAY. rMasietrates The Rev. THOMAS POPE, M.A., and Lieut. W. PHILLIPS, R.N.] MACimx —Evan Griffiths was brought up under a warrant, and charged with refusing to maintain his motherless child, who was five years old, and had been placed under the guardianship of his grandmother, at Machen. Mr. Owen appeared for the defence. It appeared that the overseers of the parish had been applied to by the grandmother of the child for additional relief to that which she was herself receiving, in order to support the child, on account of the father discontinuing his paymenta towards the support of the boy. The overseers at once took steps to compel the parent to support his offspring, and the relieving officer for the parish of Maehen proceeded to Swansea, and had the defendant apprehended. The overseers now sought to recover 63., which they had paid towards maintaining the bov, and also £ 2 6s. 61., the amount of expenses inourre'd in apprehending the father. Mr. Owen stated, on behalf his client, that he was quite willing to main- tain his child, and that he had offered to take him away from his grandmother, but that she had refused to give him up. He had no objection to refund what had been received from the Poor-law Board towards the mainte- nance of his son, but the amount of expenses charged by the relieving officer, he considered enormous. He ulti- mately consented to pay the amount charged by instal- ments, but under protest, so that the expenses might be thoroughly investigited; MAGOR.—John Farr was charged with assaulting and beatincr Oliver Williams, at Magor, at about two o'clock on the°24th December last. The Bench considered both parties were to blame, and consequently dismissed the case. GOLDCLTFIF. -George Vaughan was charged with per- mitting liquor to be consumed in his licensed beerhouse, the Farmer's Delight, at Goldcliff, on Sunday, the 14th inst.—Case dismissEd. BASSALLEG,- William Edmunds was charged with assaulting William Pope, by throwing him down in the road and beating him severely, near Henllys church, Bassalleg, on Sunday night last. There had evidently been a previous disagreement between the parties, and the defendant had predetermined to serve the complainant out.-Pope stated that on the night in question he over- took Edmunds, and on passing him he politely said, Good night, Mr. Edmunds." Defendant replied, "Mr. Edmunds, is it; —— your eyes, I'll give you calling me Mr, Edmunds." After which he committed the assault complained of, and swore he would murder him out-right.—The defendant, who appeared consider- ably irritated, said, with great warmth, that Pope was continually calling after him, Mad Will," and his then saying Mr. Edmunds was all sham. Snch was the effeet of the name fixed on him by Pope and others, that go where he would he was saluted by the nick-name of « Mad Will," which he did not like.-Pope admitted having used improper epithets to Edmunda.-The Bench considered the defendant a most exciteable man, and thought if he would only govern his temper these oppro- briotfs names would be avoided. For the assault he would be fined 5s. and costs, 10s., or in default 21 days' -imprisonment. SERIOUS CHARGE OF RIOT AT RISCA. Nine respectable looking young men, named William Williams, Moses Moreton, Osborne Williams, John Davies, John Roberts, Edward Harvey, George Sirs, William Bevan, and Jonah Daw, were charged with rioting and causing a breach of the peace, at Rises, on Saturday night, the 20th of December, 1862. Mr. Owen appeared for the defendants. The prisoners were also charged by Henry Moses, of property, by smashing the windows and door of the house, and thereby placing the lives of the occupants in danger; The first witness examined was the landlady of the Commercial Inn beerhouse, who said I am the wife of Henry Moses on Saturday night, the 20th ult., a party of eight were in a private room in her house drinking. There were two other parties in the house the same evening, one of which occupied the club room upstairs, and were dancing; one of the navvies went up into the club room shortly after, when a raw commenced in a few minutes after it ceased, and I thought it was all over, when some other navvies went upet-irs, as I sup- pose, to get their chum down in about a quarter of an hour after I was in the bar, and heard some men rul- ing down the passage; they asked for the navvies, and then I asked what they wanted with them they used very bad language, cursed and swore, and said they would have the house down unless they could get them out *o fight; I told them the consequence, and re- qcftfted them net to c" foolish the navvies then closed themselves i.o the .m, and kept the door fast; my j tttaiband stood before the door, and one of tH*. w-n, | ward iiarTT* klWtiUg 1&9 ooor j SOffiS Of t?TP ( men had their ntrlc behs ui their hands: only those j who bad their uoiiorm on n £ .i bells; Jor-ah Daw had a sword they bad stones, poker", and V5i1c'«js weapone I :n their hantf"; Moses Moreton hud a stone tied 1 handkerchief; prce«.atty he went our. --md I the window arrash; a female told me to rur* 3,j fcofc-.nd, as they were aeing the SUJ.C itero 3a^3nep j seven engaged in breaking the window* could only recognise William Williamson Williams; they made a tremendous i/ r !.»««< midst or a:.u t.ies»_ ihe room aIi the ihe room aIi the t;»:l; the navvies remau^- ier if both parties iner~ the*1 bne\- \e various thing? about l*»w, IViie h.'d the sword, j w.-il amount to about *>-•• f > ) sad if he could get at tharn (f. ,v 68J e ^0U1 u'j them all <e > j cai''jay who commenced iha i:r»t j >ross-e*a John Roberts uv.<l bis wife, | row, as i •-« verv quiet people, *ud I -lo not | ^°JTe,e & to make a row I iay how thine £ •# room before the navvies went upstairs; raauy.v^ ^jrs ;rv Murder when I was faint, and John Roberts was bleeding; both into a bed'oom the navigators did Mt'teil m< that >ivey h id knocked her down I believe a rs&ri earned T-e>n, a shoemaker, and one of the 'he row swear that I did not hear SffSgyf-mi-dtr j'' there we*: about twenty or thirty ■nr>t see r hear anyone run ,c<1 to shorten iLe of the Bench, It was i:ot be called a riot, and if they .ashed, he was authorised to state that his -fould consent to pay for the damage done. ae Bench could not adopt that course, as a breach of the peace had been committed, and that was an offence against the public. P.C. Parkin resumed: I saw e large mob of people outside they were principally colliers; I requested them to disperse several parties sung out that they would murder the b navvies, or else that tbey would j break the house down amongst them I recognised John Davies, George Siers, Edward Harvey, Lewis Daw, John j Roberts, and William B'.vari, Roberts had his hat and I ;oat off, and his fare covered with blood; they' were taking oaths that they would murder the navvies; the I' parties that I have named were actively engagtd; saw stoues thrown through the window; a stone came through the window whilst I was in the house,and passed ever my head, struck the wall, and made an impression in the mortar; I got most of the colliars out of the Passage, when they commenced throwing stones at the front window a man named Denry Thomas was standing by me, when he received a severe blow from a brick thrown through the doorway, and whilst in the passage a piece of brick struck me on the leg; I was in tho house ,I about three-quarters of an hour; the stone throwing I Jaated a quarter of an hoar; the navviea appeared frightened; I dispersed the crowd outside, got the II navvies out, and accompanied them down the road, J then returned to tLe. houee, and found it all quiet. Cross-examined Daw did not apeak to me before I went in never spoke a wo:d tu him none of them i made any statement to me I put Roberta's name in the summons because he was there, *nd cohered with biood. i Thomas Speuerr said I am a haulier on thy railway was at the Commercial Inn on Saturday night, and was t t amongst the company of navvies who were shut up in the II room it is a rule to inflict fines for certain irregu'Rrites, | i »uch as late attendance at the stables in tha mooning, t smoking therein, &o., and the money so obtained is spent ) in beer, and drunk on Saturday night in aioom by them- | i se'vea i want up stairs to see the dancing, and one man i tbat w.is in the room asked me to drink oat of his pint; i I tasted it, and returned it: there were two or three <3 more who took share of the pint 1 was then asked tc f p»7 JB7 ^rhich I refa*sd one of them collared s me, aol a row began, when several of my party came I i io me, and "fter a iiule scuffling we all wel-t II town when nt go; down, 1 heard some one say, v "Tfaero an;, only two o^jiu^at pt tha fe—— he rt, a ad • irft'U MffgilMai out i" w9 'to our own room, «a<i shut the door in about twenty minutes after, I heard a row in the passage our party were afraid to go out but tried to keep the door closed stones and brickbats came in through the window a great many were thrown I was not struck, but some of my companions were the row lasted about half-an-hour. Cross-examined: I was drinking with Bevan, the crippled shoemaker I only tasted one pint; did not touch Bevan there was only one of my friends there in the dancing-room at that time I was quite sober; did not see the woman knocked down or trod upon; did not hear any one crying murder the policeman came with us when we went down the road no one insulted us after; do not know who broke the windows. James Lewis, a horsekeeper on the railway, was in the room with other navvies when the row in question occurred. He said, I was not out of the room from the commencement of the row till it finished I was struck in the head by a stone thrown through the door as I was attempting to leave the house there was a severe cut, and it bled a great deal I went back into the room I did not see anyone throw stones. (Mr. Owen here examined the wound) Cross-examined I never went up stairs, and did not see the woman knocked down there were two doors in the room that we were in it was the passage door that was broken in. „ J • i. Joseph Limmick, a lad, said: Last Saturday night, about half-past nine o'clock, I saw Daw take the sword from David" B,osser, and put it under his cloak; he went towards the public-house Mr. Grey, one of the Risca Company's clerks, saw him, took hold of his arm, and advised him to go home he said he would not, but that he would cut the navvies in pieces before they should kick Johnny Roberts aud his wife about Mr. Grey then went away. Cross-examined The sword was mine and his—what the Christmas boys" carry about. [The sword, which was a mere toy, was here produced.] Joseph Jarvis, another horsekeeper, said he went up. stairs in the Commercial Inn, on Saturday night; as soon as he got at the top he was knocked he never got into the dancing-room he was threatened to be thrown down stairs if he advanced further saw Thomas Spencer there one man was bleeding and another standing over him about twenty minutes after we got into our own room, and another row began I was much frightened. Cross-examined I should like to know who knocked me down, but cannot say. Sergeant Hale said About half-past eleven o clock, on Saturday, the 20Lh inst., I heard that a terrible dis- turbance had taken place at the Commercial Inn, Risca I immediately went there and all was quiet; P.C. Par- fitt to;d me what had happened I examined the house, and found seven large panes of glass and part of the woodwork in one of the front room windows knocked out in the window of the bask kitchen, in which the navvies were, five large panes were broken; a large plate glass over the front door, four feet by two feet, was also smashed; the panels in one of the doors was broken out; two chairs, a table, and a pair of tongs were also broken a large quantity of stones and bricks were lying on the floors of the rooms in the house; from marks on the doors it appeared as if stones had been thrown against them. Mr. Owen, addressing the Bench, said that there was no case of riot on the part of his clients proved, and he wished to know whether the Bench considered it as such if the Bench did not treat the case as one of riot, he should confine his remarks to the minor view of the case, viz., a row. The Bench intimated that Mr. Owen bad better pur- sue the case according to the charge preferred. Mr. Owen remarked that if it could possibly,^fflltr strued intaaol'^taji^efled in his experience. The law presumed that in case of riot the act had been premedi- tated, and that the parties engaged should meet ex- pressly for that purpose; this could not evidently be called a riotous assembly the rioters outside did not assemble-the cry of Murder" had been raised. The Clerk read the law on the point, which was to the effect that where three or more persons congregate together for the purpose of creating a disturbance, such proceedings might legally be termed riotous. The Bench, however, came to the conclusion, from the evidence which had been already adduced, that it could not, properly speaking, be termed a riot. Mr. Owen then resumed his address for the defence, in which he maintained the consistency of his clients in going to the release of one of their comrades, who, with his wife, had been shamefully acd cruelly used by the ~«vieatoTs, and more especially so after the cry of murder EaJ been raised and these facts he would prove by evidence, tiw the navvies were the aggressors, and that no rash proceeov-^g were began until the cry of murder r-Rounded from Ol., and of thoplaco to the other. I Xlic f'-llo*RV'.rlence wus I John M iima. « *K<u <,a Vfi„ nf fU- r.— 1 Inn, at eight o'clock ia tus taring of the I Saturday in question. Saw John R,)berts cooic into the I room, followed hy his wife, dpenoer, the navvyi '('as | then drinking wnh Be van saw Spencer strike Bevcu*, i aud also saw John Roberts, who *'ent to the rssuue of I- jPe»an, struck down to the ground; I it onto ria o3 to f i< 'Vh '"R"tcid them what had happene-i. I r t vCr' I not ren^er assistance to Roberts or JW _jjen j 8&w him down; ii was use- le9"?s lhere ,v-ny navvies there, t itness resumed: VCSL T went T0 the Crown I saw Morten there, and he leit and Commercial Inn> James Bevan, a cripple, said i u,. a r j was drinking in'he dancing room with a na> on j evening in quastion we were drinkin- together w_ drank thr?.<j pints of beer, and the fourth was coming in Spencer came and joined us I asked him to pay for a I pijjt; he said, That if I salted hln. to pay for a pint he would knock my hea1, through the window j I rnerely said in reply That i^was only fair be should i pay," when he struck Le he did not knock me down I was aitting on the benoh, and my crutch was under it; John Roberts heaid the ro#f and ran to my assistance, when he was immediate'^ struck down his wife oame to the rescue, and sh 3 struck down also the navvies were joining like o",e man to punish us; Mrs. Roberts was dead" OD *„ Q ground sba cried out Murder'/ as loud as abfi co^'d did not see B.oberts leave th^ | room, or Morris one i»_^vy wentdown,and another C" » up Mrs. Moses, who was in the room ,pPonmy lap, when Spen^, another t() the bottom, and t^re fJff alan for Mrs. Mog» 5 I believe y life to come tVotn there T did wa, nnv many people there as I ure the navigators struck,^ first. ould not think of cotite,]-: > vv;tQ j I was porreef1ysober, but thought it • upstairs. -jjj0 (jrown from 8ix jgers- I was in lhcri2 wtia,. tWf- or the evening rae,j •j19t fiaberfs and hi3 :amejn^audexc^nt at 0P„n to t,te (]0Mmcrf J were Moses*at the boU?m of ti e st<uri«, in the .un, saw »<• on^ ety.uirc,;l ;f John Roberts was j she ssid, I»o—you car. g» up ictc the j irooi?' Jr bn wb.s in the r»>m, with hi? a*oi around Ins j | mistress's ueck siie looked a» though she was .recover- j i:;g from faint'rg; John Roberts was bleeding at the back of his neau, aud Sua Was cc ulu«'U I came down and stood by the bar; Mrs. Moses aaid I must go o**t of the bar; I stood there for a fow minutes my water came there and told me to come away with her; I met Morton in the passage, and we all went back to the Crown, where -vc came from f, should not have left the Crown bad it not been for the I report I heard; it 13 false that Moreton had a stone »n a handkerchief; hia hands were in his pockots, Tho Chairman said that after patiently hearing the evidence on both aides, the Be^ch were oispcaed to take evidence on both aides, the Bepch were oispcaed to take a very lenient view oi toe .-ass. Although tn-y did not conceive that it nculd be justly teru ed a riot, they did consider it a row, and a very serious row; but, under the extenuating circumstances of the case, and the previous good conduct and respectability oi the defendants, tbey would or,; a fine 011 eight of them of £1 each, t, "ages and costs. I, They could not but with Roberta, who evidently acted egreited t-st he i had been so s'Tiui* ould thereto he I discharged. :-1 The Court di live o'clock. BC MGTOAY [Magiatr&tr Mayor aad JAMES layor.] Iayor.1 Henrv itb being drunk and disorde .table.-—The defendant said 1 jt was not so drunk as all th iie saw the defendant in the at jat about Llanarth-street, and T .ones- He cautioned him, and <1 -Fined 5s. and costs. Catnenne v. (Jar, a married wornau, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 03. or 7 days' imprisonment. f Charles Bartlett was charged with being disorderly and assaulting P.C. Franklyn:—The offioer said between two and three o'clook on Saturday evening be saw th(; I defendant with two others in the street. He ordered them away. One went a'ong Club row, and two i>p L'anarth-street. They were very vilaonlcrly, and wit- ness repeatedly ordered them away. The defendant ultimately turned on the officer, and struck him vio- lently in the face, giving him a black eye.—The defen- dant said the officer knocked him down, kicked him, and gave him a black eye. This the ofEcer denied, and called.PC. Gould, who stated that he had been ealled into the Ram some time before the hour spoken of by Franklyn, to quell a disturbance, and the defendant wa.3 thea in the house, with a black eye,-—Ficed 40." #r six w-iske'hard labour. Loft Kttfk'wu eJt&rgtt? wiUa UMttiUcf Morris.—The complainant's face was sadly bruised ani. | discoloured. From her evidence it appeared that thy J parties live in the same house. On Friday evening, < the defendant and his wife came home at twelve o'clock I They had been drinking. Some words ensued betweo■. complainant's mother and defendant, in the course s j which tha complainant was referred to in anything b j polite terms. This roused her ire, she interfered, a- i defendant struck her as she lay on the bed.—The deff" > dant said he had no peace because he was a Protests i and the rest of the people in the house were Ro j Catholics. (To complainant) On the virtue of }'• oath did you not bring the poker down on me, anu saj j there's a Tipperary stroke for you ?"—Complain •. j I did when you gave me a black eye; I wanted to save ray life, and you wanted to take it.—An animated l' "1" dialogue took place between the parties, in which c plainant's mother, who was called as a witness, with great volubility. The old woman said she du- see Luke strike her daughter, but she saw him on in bed choking" her and Luke charged her wi quenching the candle" that she could not see w a was being done. Ultimately, the defendant was ae 10s. and costs, or a month's imprisonment. William Bailey was sued for allowing beei to be consumed in his beerhouse after eleven o'clock. He had kept the Mechanics' Arma for four years, without any complaint being made.—Ordered to pay the costs. t> Thomas Power, landlord of the Homely Tatern beerhouse, High street, Pill., was summoned or allowing fighting on his premises on Thursday » about half-past ten o'clock.—P.C. Cox proved o offence, and said there was a regular disturbance, rower and a man named Mountain being the principal com- batants.-The Chief Superintendent said Mountain was in reality the landlord of the house, but he having been convicted of felony, the name of Power, who was a brother-in-law, was on the sign.-Fined L2 and costs. [L. A. HOMVRAY, Esq., here joined the Bench.] William James, master of the Margaret Evans, was summoned under the Harbour Act, with causing wiltul damage to the French vessel Anne Marie, Capt. Pierre Andret Codet.—The complainant, who was examined through an interpreter named Jacob Berlyn, said he was master of the Anne Marie. On Saturday, the 20th ult., he was moving his vessel up the river to Messrs. Bache- lor's yard. A warp,was out from the Margaret Evans, defendant's vessel, which prevented the Anne Alane getting to her discharging berth. The pilot called for the warp to be slackened. Defendant refused to comply with the request. The consequence was that tne Anne Marie struck against the warp, and the jib- boom was lost. The damage was estimated at L2 12s. The defendant had been asked for the money, which be refused. He was then asked to go to the Harbour Master to settle the matter. He made an appointment for that purpose, but did not keep it. William Nuh, who was in charge of the French ship, said he called out three times for the warp to be slackened. The mate heard him, but refused to do as he was asked, and in consequence of that, the damage already spoken of was sustained by the French ship. Had the rope of the Margaret Evans been slackened, the Anne Marie would pass over it safely. When the damage was done, the mate of the Margaret Evans said, That's the way to shorten your booms." The Margaret Evans was not afloat, and the rope could have been slackened without endangering her.—A witness, mate of the Joseph Bushby, corroborated Nash's evidence.—Eiwin Morgan was called for the defence, and said he was on the wharf when the French schooner got foul of the rope of the Margaret Evans, and broke the jib-boom. The pilot said, after the damage was done,—" Why did not you slack the rope?" The mate of the Margaret ^une.s'c^tainly nea'rd the pilot had he called for the rope to be slackened. Did not hear the mate of the Margaret Evans say anything about shortening booms, when the damage was done. The Margaret Evans was atloat.- The evidence of this witness was corroborated by others.—Joseph Lefevre said he was master of a small vessel lying by the Margaret Evans, and the rope was attached to the buoy in the way it was by order of the Harbour Master, in order to keep the Margaret Evans from damaging witness's vessel. Witness believed the damage was the fault of the pilot.—The Mayor, after referring to the extraordinary contradictory evidence which had been adduced, said the Bench had determined to dismiss the case. Thomas Eldershaw, of the Carpenters' Arms, was summoned for keeping his house open after eleven o'clock on the night of the 25th. Mr. Eldershaw said it was Christmas time, and a few friends were certainly -in the house. Two of them were going by the mail at 3.30 a.m., and preferred sitting up lest they should lose the train.-The Chief Superintendent said the house was one of the best conducted in the town.-Ordered to pay costs. Francis Evtns was summoacd for allowing his pies ta roiin. nlu.uf. afreets —P S Pf»i' f*? were running about Coiomorcial-streer atmuc 0 clock m the morning —Fined 5s and cautioned. I Mary Hood, a respcctably-dre^se l elderly woman, was summoned for being drank cud disorderly, h -'Lrl, j t. ;-t.—P.C. Gould proved the uffenae.— ih» dofi'^tan; J said sflo ,v;nt t.) look for Lot husband into ),fr. J'stktr'a (. house, wiieti Parker he ,1. there. aaJ that he neither iiar ner h'.1,,>ii..d. She wanted I to know It since whan," sod he then struck tier.— Fin«-d on. E iward Thomas was summonec: for assaulting Maria Davies.—The complainant said she went to tie Star beerhouse, to look for hpr husband, when defendai t tried to get her husband to fight, lind s ruck her. The de- fendant kept her husband one drinking an Buturdav nights, instead of his takir.g the Tonoy tame to her. ¡ 1 The defendant aid he advised corn;,ia'nant's f»u#band to K home, when complainant struck hira, and ho struck ae: bark.—Elisabeth Barge, landlady r.C the nouse, eor- T,obor4tai.i me defordant's statement, and said eo»- j P lainaut used filtny language.—This brought furtti a nat I Vf ry amiable retort from the compiainsrit, to tb* } lar<iditdy r.-plied that she never gave complainant's 4t^us- ( h&a d pints of beer—she would aeorn tbe: action };¡¡ J *Va3 too low a teilow for her io wish to hav^ in hrr 1 k-ouse," &c.—A noisy a'tercatioa, the indignant awd i j'acoiafu! looks of the fair disputants presenting s. ^ery j J pretty spectacln, then tock plaoe, tha ro«gj«tr?.tes aiti- I mataly dismissing the case on (tetcndam'c paying costs, the Mayor remarking that th* defendant appeared to j hfcv; tK'en p-I 1 ■ At-, ^wyer and LouiW flatten were each fined 5* for wing filthy language in streets. Louisa Turaei was ch rjed with a similar oiitil!lJe aud ordered to pay a fine of 5s.. including costs. Israel Evani: WMsumrMned for fraudulently removing his goods wiiti intent to evade payment of 30s, r"r.t, dat j to Mrs. Johus, —'Adj0urand io, it.cnth to al-ow the de- feudant ul.? to pay the money. I THAN8FKE 0» UCE'4<S>?, The Oid iiush Ian, trim John <ew&rt to Thomas Eiwtird Tuomas.—The Tredegar Arms, EigU-str^t frcra Wiliiam Waters to Thomas Reed G;ddy.—TheFreel j .•.assona' Arms, Kupirra-street, from Catherine Rhepdto Wt'Hara Waters.—Sunderland Afm,, L'anartb-atrett from George Dymock to Elizabeth Dymock.—Tie I Prince's Hsad, 0ieorgc-stre6t, froai Kacnel Saea to To*ld.—The Dolphin Inn, from Martha Bicwer to I Jamsa Keyse.—Georgfl ar;d Dragon, Mill-street, frtm I Edward Williams to Henry Morris. W EDNFSDAY. [Magistrates: The Major, G. W. JONVS, 0:r:'1\ >ii. v i, fvqrs Frederick Brown, a sailor, was charged with having been found drunk in Speedwell-street. The defendaat ia answer to the Bench, said that he got his discharge the day before with JEo 63. 8d. in his pocket. He Mt iruuk, aad did not know what had become of it.-Fined 5s., or 7 days. Patrick Crow was charged with an assault by Frederick James. The defendant pleaded guilty. It appealed I that Crow, acting under the impression that complainant had tried to frighten him, gave complainant a black eye. —Fined 10s., including costs. ) Augustus Bone, sailor, was brought up in custody of a i harbour police constable on a charge of assaulting ths i mate oi the Yankee ship Caltdoma. The complainant I did not appear, and the defendant, who was a foreigner, comp'ained of having been il'i-treated by tho mate, whuu, he said, had put him in irons and pulled his nose.—The captain, who was m court, aaid that ho knew nothing against tha man.—The Bench said that the man was entitled to be protected against such violent uattge as that described. He expressed his willingness to return oil board, and was discharged accordingly. Beatrice Jones was summoned for having neglected to pay r. fine of 5s. lid., iaflicted upon her for selling batr without a license. The Cbiof Superintendent said tie defendant had no effects whatever. The defendant hit. self protested that she was a' servant and did not know her responsibility. Her landlord had promised to pay the fine. The Bench said that unless the money was forthcoming, they would have no alternative but tu commit defendant for 21 days. Dennis Leary, a boy, was charged with wilfully breik- ing the door of Trinity Church schoolroom, Pill.—-Mr. 1 Samuel Wilde, churchwarden cf Pill church, said that the boys living in Constable-lane were in the habit of breaking the windows and doing other damage to the ] schools, much to the annoyance and expense of those who had the care of the institution. The other ,day tte I door was broken open, the damage done amounting to 3s. 6d.—The prisoner's mother, who was then in court, paid the amount, Ihe urchin was also lectured by the '3euch, and cautioned as to his future conduct. It ;fl hoped that the young rascals will be deterred by tbi's 1 very proper proceeding oa the part of the churchwardens.

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