The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1887-01-07 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

DESPERATE CONFLICT WITH BURGLARS. A strongly-built young fellow named Cornelius Hennessy was oharged at Woolwich Pekoe Court on Monday with being ooncerned with another man In breaking into the shop of Jo.oph Walker, jeweller, 60, Artillery Place, Woolwich, and stealing sight watches, twelve 'ems, and about a hundred other articles of jewenery. He was also charged with violently assaulting Police Constable George Adams, 205 it, in the execution of his duty.—Proseeutor said that he rented the shop from Mr. Phillips, a bootinaker, who occupied the remainder of the hot.v.e. Witness did not sleep on the premises, but always lucked the shop up at night and left by the beck door. This he did on Saturday night, leaving the place securely looked, but on Sunday morning he was called by the police, and found that it hail hen broken Into and robbed.—Polioe-oonstable Hammond, 16 R, said that he heard a police whistle sounded at half-past two on Edauday morning, and found the cone taibli Adams in Wellington Street, disabled, and a little way off, the prisoner and a gentleman struggling on the ground. (The gentleman did not wish his name to be mentioned.) Witness assisted to secure the prisoner, who was taken to the police-station. Adams complained that his leg was broken, and showed his hind, which was severely bitten, gnawed to the bone. He stated that he saw' a light iii Mr. Walket's shop, and, looking through a chink in tho shutiete, diecovered two mon collecting the jewellery from the window. Ho watched until they °tune from the back of the house, when oito of them got away, but he seized the prisoner, who broke his leg by a kick, and bit his hand and got away, but was stopped by the gentleman jut referred to. Inspector Silver produced a list of articles Sound upon the prisoner, and the prosecutor said they inoluded most of the property stolen from him.—lnspeotor Webber said he had examined the premises, and found that an attempt had been made to force the shuttere ; but the premises had been entered by breaking a fanlight over the back door, and wrenching open the door which lad to the shop. The prisoner was convicted in January last of robbing the same shop and sentenced to eight month.' imprieenment, the man concerned with him on that occasion being sent to penal servitude for five yeats.—Mr. Horsham veemanded the prisoner for a week.  We are requested to state that the Board of Trade have intimated to the promoters of the Channel Tunnel, that if the Bill which has been recently depoo,tod by them in the Private Bill Office is persovorod with it will be the duty of the Government to ppm it in Parliament. A Slig,. telegram states that a farmer named Thomas Devine has been stabbed to death by • cattle dealer named William Armstrong in the street in Sligo. Armstrong was preparing to leave for America when apprehended by the police. Re was identified and temanded to gaol. Early on Monday morning the Roman Catholic, Church of St. Moines of Canterbury, at St. Leonarde.ou-Sea, was burnt down. Many valuable relics and woiks of art were destroyed. James 6sunders, was tried at the Middlesex Sessions, on Monday, on the charge of wounding • married woman named Richardson and attempting to murder her. lle woe oonvisted and semtowed to six months' imprisonment.