Bridgend & Neath Chronicle, and County of Glamorgan Advertiser. — 1891-11-13 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

BRIDGEND POLICE COURT NOTES.  [BY ONE OF THE CROWD].  My notes this week must be very brief, or I know they will have to be crowded out. With the 9th of November comes the elections for the mayoralty in the various boroughs, ' anshent ' and otherwise, in the district, and more than all we have a Welshman elected to the chief civic seat in the kingdom, and the Editor will require considerable space to show our distinguished countryman is being honoured in the great metropolis of the country. May Alderman Evans long live to be an honour to the country of his birth, and our local mayors so conduit themselves as to earn the hearty gratitude of their fellow citizens.  1 The Maesteg Wounding Case,' as the ordinary reporters call it, again came on for hearing, but as stated last week the injured man died. It would appear from the medical evidence that no symptoms of the canoe of death were apparent until after the injured man's journey to Bridgend devoloped them, though his death in any case was but a matter of a few days. Personally, without entering into the merits of the case, which will have to be dealt with by a jury, I feel sorry for the accused from his apparently utterly friendless condition; he has suffered a month's imprisonment, and if he is convicted I hope that this will be taken into consideration by his judges, and also the evident absence of premeditation while the prisoner averred before the ease assumed such a senous aspect any desire to injure the man at all.  The Cymmer shooting affair, in which the prisoner ix charged with intent to murder, did not [get advanced a stage. One of the men alleged to have been shot by the prisoner was present, but the police authorities decided to wait till the other two men were in a fit state to appear.  From a statement of the Supervisor of Excise it would seem that the County Council now gets the tax upon dog+, so I expect that with local gentlemen having an interest in the matter it will be a hard job to keep a canine caretaker without having first 'come down with the duet,' in the shape of the three half-crown tax.  Miss Hannah John, of Nottage, appears to be a young lady who carries the old adage, 'love me,. love my dog,' a little too far. Miss John has a big dog. Mr George Lane, a contractor, of Porthcawl, has a small one, both of equal favour, I've no doubt, in the hearts of their respective owners. Miss John's big dog, however, appears to have had a pot,hrt,i for worrying Mr Lane's little one. On November 4th, Dliss John was careering on her donkey towards Porthcawl as Mr Lane was going back to some work he had in hand. The big dog, as usual, set about the little one, and Mr Lane endeavoured to part the dogs by thrashing them with the overcoat he had on his arm. Miss John waxed wroth thereon, and springing from her ' cuddy ' whacked the unfortunate contractor across the nose with a cane or stick, from which he presented a rather sorry appearance. The Bench considered the ease an unprovoked one and inflicted a pretty heavy penalty on the Nottage lady. I heard a whisper among the crowd, however, that the dog was not the only cause of the affray.  There were several ease brought by the Guardians of the Bridgend and Cowbridge Union for nonmaintenance of parents and wives. It does seem hard that persons who are earning such large wages as most of the defendants were proved to do, should fail to pay the small contributions asked by them. But such is life.