The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1883-03-03 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

VIOLENT HUSBAND. except the wreck. John Hoare, a labourer, residug in Tontine In reply to Mr Superintendent Howlett, witness street, .as charged with being drunk and diesaid she only served the men once. She could orderly and assaulting the police. P.S. John de. swear that, posed that at 1.30 on Sunday morning he was on By Mr. Horman-Fisher—She had not the duty in Tontine street, where he saw prisoner's slightest recollection whether the man who en- , wife and family outside their house. Prisoner, tered the house when the police-iergeant was who was inside the house, smashed the window present was asked whether he was a traveller. , and frame. He was very noisy. Witness asked Mrs Davies, (daughter of the defendant,) and prisoner several times to come out. When he did her husband William Davies gave similar testi- come out he was very violent, and kicked witness mony. The latter in answer to Sant. Howlett, 1 andlanother constable several times. He was so said that business was rather:extensive on Sundays 1 violent that a third man had to be called to assist for about half-an-hour. in removing prisoner to the police station. WitMr Richards urged that the men in the house ness informed the bench that prisoner's wife had were bona-fide travellers quoting from the 2nd . bad • judicial separation from her husband. P.C. paragraph of the 10th section of the Licensing 30 confirmed the evidence of the last witness. Act, 1874, which states, "If the justices are satis• —The Prisoner: You cane through the fled that the defendant truly believed that the pur- I window to take ,:rne out, didn't you?— chaser was a bona-fide traveler, and thatjhe took Witness - Yes. The prisoner: What huainess had all reasonable precaution to ascertain whether or ' you there? Witness made no reply. The Stinot the purchaser was such a,traveller, the justices Pendiary—Why didn't you say that you went shall dismiss the ergo against the defendant. I through the window ? Prisoner—He went into The bench retired. , the house and dragged me out like a dog. He On returning after an absence of quarter of an added that he and his wife had bees living tohour,:Mrallorman Fisher, on behalf of the bench, gather ever since the judical separation was granted said that under the circumstances and the as idence and the fourth child had been born since then. 1 n that had been before them, they must convict, answer to the bench,' Sergeant John said that They therefore fined defendant £1 and costs. he (prisoner) had threatened to murder her, that j was the reason they interfered. Prisoner— Nothing of the sort ; there was a row because I Hercules Tregoning, landlord of the Prince of , Wales public house, Mumbles, Appeared to anpent 2s of my money.—A neighbour named Ellen swer a similar summons. ' Williams raid that the prisoner kicked at her Police- erjeant Hoe ells gave evidence in this door first, and threatened to do for his wife. •He , ' smashed the window, and got bodily through it. case. He said he vikited defendant's house o n the Sunday, already referred to, at 4.40 in Not ohly 60, but he put out the gas light in the the afternoon, He -there found twenty-one men " street, by kicking in the pipe, and said that he and two females, all of whom had drink before i would do what he liked then. I them. A man namel Thomas Thomas was there. Fined 405., or one month. He hadaa blue of beer before him, and witness had '