The Herald of Wales. — 1889-10-26 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

LICENSE. egel, ehipbrokers, of Mount-street ,had been Richard DaViec, Farmers' Arms, Five Roads, nbdin the Beaufort Dock. It appears that had the license tranatered to him. He had beau Mr. Doran had been miming from his home living with his g•totr,who had previously since last Wednesday, and as on that nighi- some kept the house, but Who died last week. man working on a steamer in the North Dock MUM!. mr THEFT auntie • wan. heard a splash proceeding from the direction of (71-kafti,•-e William Darling again surrendered the Beaufort Dook, the police ordered to his hail,,Charged with stealing a ham. The a search, with the result that about GEBO had been tilourned twioe, awing tO the eleven o'clock on Saturday morning a body- PISS captain of the inup frm which ,the ham wm ' brought to the surface which warn immeiliately stolen not being ablii tQ. attend. Mr. Jackson identified as that of the missing gentleman, prosecuted, and David IL. .ssi.dell, M.P., defended. The deceased was at one time one of our most Captain Qardner, of Liverpezik said on October promising commercial men. lie was in his let, I arrived here; I had it great may early days resideat in Liverpool, where be was asses of hams cm-board. Wheel got up in the a Sunday school teacher, and most devoted to morning I noticed a case of hams had boo-stemChristian work In conjunction with a Mr. pared with and found one had been takeusway. Gann, brother of the late Rev. Mr. Gillian, of About two o'clock my attention was called to a .th•PreshytariareChurels, Swansea. The dammed hum in a basket in the pantry. I examined ft came to Swansea as a clerk, and was for a shbrt and found a mark on it. It was left there. time in the service of Moser!' Cory and Yeo. He At sir o'clock it was gone, but the basket was afterwards became the senior partner of Messrs there. I maid not swear to every ham. I was Doran and Angel, and for years went along surprised to hear it was defendant that had prosperously.- When the partnership came to a taken the ham. Mr. Banda stated Mr. Howell, close, the dames d suffered a penes of corn- who had appeared an the previous eocaaiona, had meroial reverses, which Ito affected his mind that, been summoned to a County Court and could not as will be remembered, he attempted to commit appear. He begged the Bench to consider the nitride from the end of the pier. Being an ex- man's previous oharacter, and the fact of his oellent swimmer, the clonace in the am water being on the naval reserve. roused his mind, and he swam ashore, to re- The Bench, addressing defendant, said it was receive many evidences of kindness from his with some regret they saw a man of his position friends. Nothi, g, however, programed as he charged with such a serious offence, and fined iviahed, and for some time he ilia suffered acutely him £2. from mental depression, with theresult, as we have intimated, that he has ended his career by suicide. Mr. Doran bad many gifts and good qualities, but one incident in his life seems to have influenced him materially. He was the leading witness in the well known case of Evan Matthew Richards v. Elford, for slander, and from the time when that awe was settled poor Doran's star seemed to decline. In his early oommeroial days in Swansea he took a lively interest in library and oommeroial parnits, and was the first secretary of the Swansea.