The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1892-11-25 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SINGULAR ROBBERY AT  TAI BACH.  At the Bridgend Petty Sessions, on Saturday— before Messrs R. W. Llewellyn (chairman), C. P. Davis, R. L. Knight, R. K. Prichard, and Colonel Franklen —John Curran, Charles-street, Aberavon, was charged with stealing a wooden rail, value Bd, the property of Messrs Vivian and Sons; Taibach, on the 4th instant.—Defendant, with charming innocence, indignantly repudiated the theft. Police-constable Thomas Williams said that at six p.m. on the 4th instant, whilst on duty on the main road leading to Taibach, he saw prisoner and another man coming towards him with a horse and cart. He stopped them, and asked them where they had been ? Prisoner replied that he had been to the sea-shore. Witnesr asked prisoner if he had any coal in his cart? At first prisoner said " No ;" but he afterwards said " Yea." On searching the cart, witness found it full of blocks of timber. On the top of the load was the identical and missing rail from prosecutor's premises (produced). On being measured in court, the plank was found to be ten feet keg and two inches thick.—The Chairman : I suppos you could see that without looking for it. (laughter).— Prisoner told w itness that he had picked up the timber at the sea-shore, and that it had floated in with the tide. Witness did not believe prisoner, for the plank was clean, that* wet after the day's rain. Witness told prismir! he believed the plank belonged to prosecutor, MI prisoner persisted " No." Witness then shoutei, for Mr Rees Price, farm bailiff, and Mr Jolla! Jones, farm labourer, and they came. On del following Monday they took the plank or " down to prosecutor's premises, and identified itel part of prosecutor's property. Witness invited prisoner and his wife to accompany him to the prosecutor's:—they refused. There were three oast planks missing from the stores at Messrs Vivian. —Prisoner had no question to ask witnee, ber told the Bench that he had witnesses who cold prove that he picked up the plank from thence shore.—Rees Price, farm bailiff, gave corrobony tive evidence. He had compared the recovers' plank with others at Messrs Vivian's, and fang they corresponded.—John Jones also gave cow' firmatory testimony.—Prisoner pleaded guilty 0 taking the plank from the sea side, but not frit prosecutor's premises, and called Wm. Andrew,' who said that he was with prisoner on the 400 and saw him take the plank up from the shore. There was nothing known gal° prisoner, who was fined £2 and costs, or 14 dao in gaol.  znirtalas : • • Lne careless way in Innen new liordi are added to the language is abominable. For 10" stance, the word 'type. writer' may mean eater mechanism or the human being who raci mechanism." Dangle : " Just so." 81D614, "Then how is anyone to know whether a mg! talking about the machine or the girl 7" Ds4lo' "Watch his faoe."  "Wuaaws, how are we off for flowers this too ing_l" asked the proprietor of the greening" "We've gut a pretty good supply," replied Eg junior florist. "Plenty of Jack roses, Ame,?ciz beautiis, violeta, and lilies of the valley " of them." "Raise the price of them 25 per resi and engage another assistant. They've got scotho wife murderer in the gaol."