Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1864-07-27 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

SWANSFA.—WOUNDING.—JOIIR Lewis (not in the calendar) was indicted for wounding William Halford, with intent to do him grievieui bodily harm. Mr Michael appeared for the prosecution, and Mr de Rutzen for the prisoner. William Halferd, a labourer, said that , about one o'clock on the morning of Sunday, the 10th I of July. he heard a noise at his door, and the prisoner said, " Open that door." Prosecutor replied, "I am going to bed, and shalt not open the deer to you or I anybody else." Prisoner said, "If you d tn't I'll murder you. and put you iii my—box before the morning." He ate.) said he would break it in, and he kicked the door till he did break it in ; when he got in he struck prosecutor on the breast; afterwards he ran to his own house, and returned with a butcher's knife, and said, "Now, I'll murder you before the morning." He then made a blow at the prosecutor's threat with the knife, and lie stooped down, the knife striking him on the forehead; the wound bled a great deal; pliamer stabbed him three times at the back of the head; they had a long scuffle, and both fell three or four times ; he had his head dressed by Mr Essery, surgeon —Mr Essery, said he was called to the prosecnt ir early on Sunday morning, July 10th, and found three wounds on the back of the head, and an incised wound on the forehead; the latter was an inch and a half in length, and extended to the bone; it was done by a sharp instrument; the others were centused, and might have been produced by a blunt instrument, or by a fall. Mr de Rutz',, designated the prosecuter's RS an improbable stery ; the whole trieh had not been told, because there heel been nothing preyed ti show why this row boon; if the Piety could not rely upon the statement of the presecutor, then it weuld be their duty to pronounce him not guilty His Lor lehip summed up, and the jury feted the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wounding. The learned Judgt , in reference to the absence of witeesses, said he wis afraid that there was a great deal to much niggardliness in paying witnesses. and that it often in ide juetice miscarry. His Lord-hip had the prosecutor re-c t' ascertain hew Ode affair gnn, and it appealed that there was a quarrel arly in the evt nine, tied that a summons was pending, the arieg of which weuld take place on Monday next. Under th se circumstances his Lerdship deferred sentence.  been broken into, and four silver watches stolen ; the watch produced was one of these taken. Crossexamined Was at a place of worship that evening. but left his wife and family at home.—Ann Rocham, with of a fruiterer, at Merhvr, said she met the prisoner Flowirs in Market-square on the day following the robbery, and he asked her to buy a watch. Wttnees gave him 3s 61 for it, which she end her husband made up between them. She subsequently pawned the watch at Mr Goodman's. It was the roue as the one now produced.—Cross-examined : After Flowers bad the money he gave it to Fiinn —By his Lordahin There were very few people there at the time, and Flinn was not doing anything but roving about.—Julin ltocham was present when his wife purchase" the watch for Is 61, but Flowers wanted 4s.—Mary Ann Chili:he, servantat the Red Lion, next do ir to Mr G eidrnae's house, said that on the evening of the day in question she saw two men standing near Mr Goodmon's house, one of whom was the prisoner Flinn ; she hail seen heti of the prisoners drinking together.—P.c. 96 apprehended the men; he knew them as companions before the robbery Louis Joseph, watchmaker, of Merthyr, said that a short time before last February he repaired one of the watches now produced for the prosecutor.—Flowera then addressed the jury at great length to prove his innocence.—The jury found both prisoners guilty. Two previous convictions were proved against Flinn. Flowers was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with hard labour, and James Flinn to four )ears penal servitude.