Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1864-08-17 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ILIFOAL PAWNING.—JAn Sully, watchmaker, was braught up in cuscaly, charged wth illegally pawning several silver searches. Tr-re were several charges, but hey were all of a similar character. Prisoner was entrusted with watches :from various 'rarities to :be cleaned and repaired, and when they called for them in the uteri .1 course, the watches valid not he had, and p.i.oner betng hard pressed for tneui, was compelled to admit that he Is td pawned hem, and gave up the tickets. There w.re more than a (keen charges hut it was stated that nearly a hundred watches htd been 60 pawned by the prisoner. Am .ngat th .se whom he had ‘• taken in', were several JeNs Wiio wt.re Veiy c amorous about their vatches." S irgeat tii tige rn attested the pris ner Ist night about half-past eleven in a house in Mountain Asn nnil told him the charge upo t which he wanted him, lie merely said Ve y welt. I did not steal them, they were given to me to repair and I have been in trouble about it for a t.ng tine, I hope there Will he an end of it now." There is a greet many more than you name. I pledged atom-, my ehild pledged some, and my wife pledged sine. The prisoner was committ d f r three eatendar months' hard Ishour on one charge in whic‘, he himself pawned the watch belonging Li Mr J. C W !ridge, valu• dat £l6. Williaine awed Richard William with assaulting him on the Btri f August. Defendant was complainerVe suit, and a family dispute arose when the lather asked the son whit wai tile matter and the latter replied by knacking down his sist.T. The father then interfered and they had a fight. He did not wish to piles the chat go and defendant was oi.missed. lie was thtm charged with assaulting the poricaman who was called in and for this ha was Stied 104 and costa or to be imprisoned for a vir ek R.tre.— Ttionias Powell was brought up in custody chargud with attempting to commit a rape upon the prison of Ann Will, 11118.-I'rosecutrtx said she was marred and was a str a tgtr in Merthyr ; when she wee standing at a corner of one of the streets, because she had quarrelled with her 1 u•bshd, on Tut,(lay mornings at a very early hour, ab it one o'clock, prisot.er came hi and asked her if she wanted lodgin s. She said she' word I be glad to have Luigi ig for the ni..;ht ; lie slid if she would crime to his house she could have loCings there; she went wit nim to the house ; there was no no one there but an ill man asleep, and pri-oner hit him on the h ad and woke him tip, then he blew out the crndle ant threw her on the straw, he Laving revily refused to let her out again. H! then c..mmitted a rape upon be ; %Oath- h was abusing her Cie hail reed murder, and a man and wootaa came in, but they only laughed and went out again, she was cot in the hens,. alt 'Ober more than ten minutes ; the old man lay awake all the time on the flo-r. As soon as she eould she came out, and went to the station, where she itif .rmed the police of what had taken place—Ps. Th .mas roeeeded wth the I:noccutrix to the house elated by her, who-e he found the prisoner. The woman was tryicg and seemed quite exhausted. Sue pointed out t. e house, and when he went in, he saw prison.r on the straw in the corner, and she pointed out the anon who assaulted her; it was prisoner, witness then appreherrded him. Prisoner dented Vie charge and said h.. never saw the woman before.—The Bench dismiseerl the case, being of opinion that the won an offered no effectual resistance.