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Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1866-03-17 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THURSDAY.  The Court opened at ten o'clock precisely, and hie lordship at once prorenele4 to sum up the case. After ssMO few general remarks as to tha sertoua nature of the offence charged, and the great necessity of careful consideration in order that the jury might not fail in their duty either to the prisoner on the one hand or thepublie on the other, he went on to draw the attrition to the chief points which would require attention. The jury most of course be satimll-4 in the !inn piece heyonyi reason his doubt that the body found in the an wl en the Ist of January WAS the body of the missing man /oho Devine, and in the next place, that that men it heti., murdered. If they were not sotisfied upon these trro points, the whole ease for the prosecution fell at once to the ground. N,w upon the question of the body they had had the evidence of the father who had declared without hesitation that the clothes found about the remains were those of his son, and that evidence erns partly corroborated by o'her circumstances; so that ca the whole, he thought they would have little difficulty ia corniog to the c mclusionn that the bndy which had bera found was that of John Davies. Next would toms the question—bad John Davies been murdered ? Upon thin point the medical evidence certainly seemed almost can. elusive. The last and most important question of ail for their consideration then arme—wasn the prisoner the man who committed the murder ? Now, of course, this was a case of what was called circurostantiel evidence; no one had seen the deed committed. The jury would have to consider whether the other cireunestinces which could be proved male out a case so strong that the jury could entert lin —not indeei, a mere suspicion, howeva stroog —but a conviction, blond all reasonable doubt, 01 his god!. The two chief circumstaoces which seemed to bear a;airod th, prisoner seem the borrowing of the hatchet, as alleged, on the morning of the murder, its return subsequently with minute steins upon it, which it was said were those of human blood, end the canner_ _  cation which the prisoner had mode to Samuel Event; after the roan had been missed and before the body had been discovered. If the jury were rrfectly satisfied that the prisoner bad made the stat,nent as derverl to by Evans,— if he did tints betray a knowledge of the circumstances of the murder—it certainly did make out a vary strong nose against the prisoner, and he did not see how it enild be cuisistent with his innocence. The point, however, was a queition for the jury end not fur him. Of entree, conv.vstlions of this kind must be looked at very carefully. After some farther remarks upon the principal points which bore for or against the prisoner, his Lordship read the depositinne of the chief witneasee, commenting upon them where necessary, and then die. mimed the jury to porform fairly and impartially the important duty which devolved upon them. The Jury retired to consider their verdict at *few minutes after twelve.  The Jury, after an absence of an hour, retuned isto Court with a verdict of
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1866-02-21 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

NEATII PETTY SESSIONS.  MONDAY, Fob. 19.—Before John H. Rowland, Esq. (mayor), and l'ondrill Charles. Esq. (ox-mayor)  BLUM MVIWEIe. urn Assani.r.:-Philip Edmunds was charged on a summons by Hannah Edmunds, his wife, but who, it appears, is living apart from him, with having assaulted and beaten her, on Tuesday evening last.—Mary Arthur deposed to having seen defendant throw stones at complainant's wind,w, who lives oa the Metro, about nine o'clock, but she saw nothintr of he assault—Mary Lewis, also sworn, made a similar statement, but nothing was elieited by complainant's witness to prove the avault.—The defendant called Evan J rues, who said he lived OR the Merra, and saw defendant, about half-past eight o'clock, walk by complainaat's house, on the footpath, towards the New-road. Ile shortly afterwsrds returned, and as soon as he got past 'door the woman rail out of the house, calling out " Blue murder !" The defendant did not throw stones at the house, nor did he do anything to her. The witness, Mary Lewis, was not out of doors at the time. Ile did not ace her there. Ile did not see two children with Hannah Edmunds. She hallooed out " Blue murder !"—The Bench : What do you mean by " Blue murder ?" —Witness (laughing): She called out  der."—.P.n. Rees called, said he went up to complainant's house, about nine o'clock. There was a crowd, but he did not soe Vie defendant. A few panes of glass were broken.—William Brown, landlord of the Old Black Cock, deposed to defendant being at his house, about nine o'clock on the evening of the above day.—The Bench decided that the evidence was very confliating, end dionissed the ran; advising defendant to keep away , therer Disoij bin wtNeiinf 1.; Au'ooe f Nti gaft:drtrnbrac:es.:: _a "He arance annah Edwunds wan charged by Hannah Lupin with an offence under the bye-lawn, by raising her clothes and exposing her person, in a most disgraceful manner, an the highway, for several minutes, before a number of children and grown-up peraons of both sexes, on Saturday last. Complainant said the ant so shocked her that she fainted away. The Rector, in penning, could not do so without getting off his horse, the crowd was an great.—Mary Felton confirmed the statement of the complainant, adding that defendant wax quarrelling with another woman at the time, named Lucy Jones. The crowd frightened the horcea of two men who were going to a fent:rel.—Defendant, in reply to the Bench, acknowledged that abs was guilty of exposing herself before two or three women who had accused her of having a foul complaint—The Bench said they had it upon the clearest evidence that ehe had been guilty of gross misconduct in indecently exposing her person, and from what they had now heard they believed that they had come to a right decision in the previous case, and she was fined 20a, and costs lOs 9d, or one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction.  DRUNK AND OBSTRUCTING Tier,
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1866-12-12 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

APRAULT.-BATTLE OF TIIR S•VRAGES.  - -- Mr Richard Davies, pork butcher, of Cattle-street, Neath, was charged by Mr Win. Parker, woisdward at Aberdulais, with having seams:A him on the Ist inst. Complainant said that on Satuiday week ho wont to the defendant's chop about six o'clock, and asked for 21b. of sausages, for which he put down • £5 note to take payment. Defendant said it wan not good. He then tendered him a sovereign; defendant then said, ' I will not give them to you." I said, 4' Why not." His replied, " Get out of my shop or I will out your brains out with the clever." He than ran round the counter and struck me twice with the cleaver, either the side or back of it, and my arm is black now and disabled. I put soy arm up to hoop him Ulf and be being drunk foil  Gloss-examined by Mr Davie; : Your wife did not serve me with the sausages. You were in the ship and rose at: caucuses far Inc tram the window. Yiia did salt me to batik the bill, and 1 refusal knowing it to be a good one. It was not your wife that asked me to ba ck the bill. You and your wife were quarrelling, and 7 Cu  told her to go out and go to her navvies round the corner. When I went into the shop you were serving Mr Hand with some mutton chops. I did not knock yell about nor did I abuse your wife. Two *nacelles confirmed in part the complainant's statement. , For the defence, Mns Isabella Thompson was called, who stated that last gatnrday night week she was outside the shop, and saw the complainant take a note and give it to Mrs bevies. She then went inside, and Mrs Davies asked him to put Lis name to it; he swore and said he would not. Mr Daviee then told him to go out of hie shop. Complainant took wine money from his palatal, but did not put it en the counter. He asked Mr Davies to serve him ; Mr Davies maid he would not, but to leave his shop. He then left and took up ;kerne jars and went towatrie the Town Hall. Presently he came in again, and Mr Davies had I knife in his hand cutting a hone of beef; he wanOd to be served, but Mrs Davies would trot. Mr Davies went round the counter to put Parker out, when he knocked Mr Davies down twice. Mr Davie' did not strike him wnh the cleaver. He had a cleaver in his hand cutting my meat.  Cross-examined by eompluinant : Mr Davies did not run round the counter with a cleaver and • knife in his hand, saying he would murder you. You did lift up the saw off the counter and raise it over your shoulder, saying you would strike him. Mary Williams, wife of John Williams, mason, said she was in Mr Davies's shop on the evening in question, when complainant was there purchasing sorIV, sausage,. She corroborated last witness in respect M the payment, and that complainant knocked Mr Davies down when he ordered him out of his shop, es he was coming round to put him out. She did not see a knife or cleaver in Mr Daviea's hand.  Cross-examined by eempleinant I did see it cut on Mrs Davies's nose, but it wits en old one. As regards drink, you end Davies were both full ; Mris Davies had had a alas,, hut she could go on with her business.
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1866-09-29 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE MURDER IN ST. GILES', LONDON.  Jeffrey. who was found guilty last week of the murder of hie child, immediately after being sentenced to death, admitted the crime, and bait Hinte made full confession of all the circumatances connected with the horrible offence, which is in effect, an followx . .  He had, before the month of .1 tily. intended to destroy the life of his child, thinking that it would be the means of relleviug him from the miserable feeling he entertained as to its paternity, and he took hint away from his grand• mother on the night of the 29th of July Ile wan well acimalnted with the cellar in Neale's.missage, knowing Its loneliness, and that access could be had to it at any hour of the night He had made all the arrangements In Ms own mind how to obtain the child from the custody of hi. grandmother, and be resolved upon going to the house of his sister Directly after he left his sister's Mame he procented to the cellar lt was then the dead of the night, between two mid three o'clock The prior child was very much frightened, and while he woe looking for a 114 place to carry out his horrible design the child fainted and became perfectly inemislble, and an he was In that condition he placed the rope, which he had taken with him tir the purpose, round the child's neck, and hung him up to toe post of the cistern.  This statement if the prisoner confirms the evidence of Mr. Harvey, the surgeon, who Made a post-mortem examination of the deceased, and who expressed an opinion that although the death of the deceased was attributable to suffocation by hanging, that be was in a state of insensibility from some cau.e or other before he was hanged. On Saturday morning the sheriffs informed the prisoner that the day fixed for his executhin was Theaday, October the 9th. The prisoner hear the fatal announcement with the same coolness that as characterised him all along. He should be quite prepared, and was glad that he should be so soon out of his misery.  The London correspondent of the Liverpool Albion makes the following remarks on the above CIAO : Very grave doubts are entertained as to whether Jeffrey really could have been in hI, sense, when he murdered his poor little Imy, whose teliching prayers to the Redeemer, littered In presence of the culprit, ought to have idearmed the greatest fiend In human form It Is almost imposeili to believe In the existence of such a iiiiii ister as Jeffrey hoist be If he were in hit right mind when he tied the pretty little fellow's bands behind hie Wok and hanged him. But If ho were not, there arises the mioetion whether madams brought on by drink should Kaye from the gallows one who committed a deliberate murder—and such a murder ! Ani rig the puldc of London there Is not the slightest sympathy for the ruffian ; but lilt can be Shollll that he was ',ally mad when he committed the deed it Is not likely that he will be Named. In any case It is to be hoped he will never get the chalice of committing another anopelnation.
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1866-08-04 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

PIT OME OF NEWS.  BRITIGH AID FOREIGN.  -- It is expected that parliament will be adjourned about the :Rh of August It is stated that the amount of the war indemnity demanded by Prussia from AUBErifi is 150,000,000 f. - - • •  Tuesday's London Gazette contains the official announcements that her Majesty hee granted the dignity of a baron to Sir Ilugh Rose, by the style and flan of Lord Strathnairn of Strathnairn, and Jhansi, in the Hist Indies : and also the honour of knighthood to Win. Bova], Sq, M.P., her Majesty's Solicitor rieueraL •  Avery large fraudulent failure has just taken place at Lilt, where it has been discovered that a banker, called Joire, has managed ti issue forged bills to the amount of over 100,0001. The Lille branch of the Bank of France has been victimised for 40,0001.  The little girl, Jane Sax, whose throat was cut by 3 young man, named Longhurst, in a lane between Omahali and snore, in Surrey, after layiog in a precarious condition since the 28th of Jima, when the crime was perpetrated, died on Wednesday in last week. Loughurat has been committed to take his trial on the charge of aWO murder. 'rho "united States Service Mat;azine" (which attained a large circulation during the late war announces its own death in tile current slimmer, the 30111 The noun, ct In big ever which called it into existence, it trusts that it may be long before its services will be again required.  The marriage of the lion. Evelyn Ash-ley, second son of the Earl of Shaf.eabory, and Miss Sytiella C Farqnhar, second daughter of Sir Wahl r R and Lady Mary Farquhar, was solemnised on Saturday at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, Loudon. The Hent iments of Paris towards Italy and its chiefs has undergone an abrupt change, and Garibaldi. the Idol of all patriotic spirits, In now caricatur si and ridiculed because Italy will ask for the Italian Tyrol and the country of Trent . . . .  The Dundee Advertiser stateg that the presidency of the British armciation for 10417 has been accepted by the Duke of Buccleuch, and believes that this circumstance will go far to secure a highly eneershful tneeting of the I.lloCiatiClA on the Arst visit to the centre of the Scot. tish linen trade 32,0001. will be given at the forthcoming Paris Exhibition in prima awar.led by international juries At A recent medical dinner the chairman struck out out. a new line, by coupling with the toast Of " the Royal totally" the name of Sir l'harles Locock, whom he characterized as their " earliest friongl," and congratulated on the dignified position he hint attained after numerous slid arduous Inbolirs !  Atm l'heiesa Yelverton, or Longworth, has presented a petiton t toe llouse of Lords, praying that mho Islay ; be permlt,ed to proceed with her second appeal from the Coors of Session In Scotland against Major Yelvertun its forma pouporid. Thin patitlon was referred to the Appeal I Commatee.
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1852-08-18 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—We have most unsatisfactory news front the Cape, and the Caffre war appears as far as ever from its termination. We are still informed of robberies and some cases of murder, of cattle. lifting and stealing the mail bags, of .skirmishes in which semi few soldiers have been killed and others wounded, ka ~ kw Minfe rifles captured and disabled, and of the capture of a rebel or two, but of nothing that induces the Log of the end of the war being near. I most unfortunate occurrence took place on the 12th . The waggons, proceeding from Graham's Town to ht ••I . alders, with military supplies, consisting of a very large I pantity of ammunition, 35 minie rifles, a box of carbine,. ' and forty suits of clothing and other stores, were captured by a party of Cadre and rebel Hottentots who had lain hi wait fur them near the Konap Hill. The escort, under Captain Moodie, RE., consisted of 34 men of the Royal Sappers and Miners, nine of whom, with two of the drivers were killed, and seven wounded, by the murderous fire suddenly opened upon them. General Cathcart has commuted the sentence of death on Cornet Anbries Botha, the rebel Hottentot, into trans- 1 ponation for life with hard labour.  Major Rogge, one of her .Majesty's Assistant-Commissioners for settling affairs on the frontier, died on the 9th June, throngh fever, caught by exposure in the rain at a meeting of chiefs in Moshesh's country. CURIOUS INClDENT.—Substance of a voluntary statement made by Paul Dry, late a corporal in the Cape Corps, who deserted to the enemy :—"The party of Hottentots that cams to the Xourberg, under the command of Hans Brander, was sent by Uithaalder, the chief commander of the Hottentots, to examine the Zuurberg, and see what sort of a country it is. Having made this examination, he was to return and report to Uitlitialder, who would then quit the Aimitolas, and with his force of Ilottentots, amounting to 500 men at the least, he was to occupy the luurberg, winch was deemed an advantageous place, arid well adapted for fighting. This was to be done, provided no peace had been made before the report was received, and Brander intended to report favourably of the Zuurberg. Uithaalder was awaiting a supply of gunpowder that was to be brought him by two Englishmen, to whom he had sent for it. He does not know the names of the Englishmen; they came from Kat River with the bldlo people. Those linen wear long light brown beards ; one is a tall man, the other a middle sized. They have been in the habit of bringing powder to the Kaffirs, each man being provided with four pack horses for conveying It. They took cows with them to pay for it. It was under,tood that they got the powder from Mosliesh, (doubtless Moses—most probably a Jew shopkeeper in the ',dolly). Powder was searoe with the Hottentots and when the party left the Amatolas, but there was plenty of lead:' _ _ _
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1865-03-22 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE SWANSEA MURDER. Mr Giffazd, Q.C., who had been specially retained to defend the prisoner Francisco Giardini, charged with the murder of Peter 510iteh, at Svaacca, on the 15th of February last, applied to his lordship that the trial might be adjourned until the next Assizes. He observed that the Mieged murder took place as late as the 15th of February, and the prisoner was not actually committed for trial until the 25th of that month so that there had not been audlcient time to prepare his defence. He held in his hand an affidavit of Mr Field, a solicitor of this town, who had been instructed to act on behalf of the prisoner, which contained several statements of considerable impotence, which he thought, under the circumstances, would justify tut adjournment. Mr Gifted read and commented upon twine of the allegations of Mr Field's affidavit, the most important of which was that en Dalian seaman named Cassettari (the saute, man who was in the first place apprehended, together with Giardini, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder) had on the 6th instant stated to him (Mx Field) that the blow which caused the deceased's death was not given by Giardini, but by a Tuscan sailor who had previously hal a quarrel with the deceased. Mr Field further Male adidivit that on the 10th instatit.he had an inter • view with she broker of the Greek ship on board which Caseettari Was, and hal. arranged with hint to secure Cassettari's attendance as a witness for the defehc,. On the 13th he (Mr Field) enquired for hint, bat was informed thet he i:al left Swansea and could not be found. The adiddvit farther went on in say that the To as referred to had left Swansea in a French barque, Oa the ara f March, but that he 'vessel arzermartia put bad; for repairs, and that on the 16th instant Mr Field we; inLirmed and believed that he was now in Swansea, , . • ~ . _  hut. that in the absenes of Cassetuari no means could be taken for his apprehension. In view of these facts, did nut say that in other circumstances the alli lavit would justify an application for an adjournmeit, yet, emsitlering the serious nature of flu, charge, he hoped lza Lordsiiip would permit the CU.: to be adjourned until the nest Assizes.  Mr W. R. Grove, Q.C., said it wenn ill-become him as counsel for the prosecution to offer obstacles that would preclude the pri,oaer fr en gainins tho neoesary time to prepare for his dtfence. But there was a weakness in that part of the utli lant which referred to Casettari, and there could be no assurance given that he would be forthcoming to give nvidence at the next assizes. He then refereed to the witn-sses for the prosecution, statiag that the principal evidence was givca by two toroign seamen, who were now detains I in Swan.wa, and he feared that a postponement of the case until the newt mina would defeat the ends of justice. After considerable discussion it was arranged that the trial should be postponed until the Summer Assizcs, to be held at Cardin', in June next.