The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1879-08-16 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

TEE REPORT OF MR. AHMED  KENEA LY'S DEATH. E XTR &ORDINARY.  ALLEGATIONS.  At Boretem police court, on Tuesday (before Mr. H. C. Ureenwood, stipendiary, Mr. Woodall, and Mr. J. Edge, magistratcro, am applieation was made by Mr. Tomkiuson, solicitor, Bantam, for a summons tiepin at Mr. Ahmed Kenealy for mending a forged and false telegram from the Poet office, Etruria, to six newspapers, announcing that he had committed suicide at the village of Whitmore by shooting himself with a revolver. Mr. Totokinson, after stating the grounds of the ap. plication, said that upon full inquiry having been made it turned out that the telegram was a hoax, and they were now in a position to prove that Mr. Ahmed Kenealy had sent it himself. The telegram was sent in the name of Mr. Bruton, a reporter in the Potteries, audit created a senss. Bon, because Mr. Kenealy was well known in the district. The curious part of the case was that the telegram was written upon one of the Press Association forme, which was only used by persons connected with newepapers. He asked the Bench whether they would not grant a sato. mons for forgery, for it wim quite clear that the defendant had put Mr. Braten's name to the tale. gram, greatly to Mr. Bruton'a detriment, because he might have been discharged from his officio, or criminally prosecuted for a libel. It was sent to air papers, and from the information in his (Mr. Tomkiueon's) possession, it was quite clear that Mr. Ahmed Kenealy wrote the telegram himself, eent it to Etruria pcet offioe by a boy, being at the tame time within sight of the office. Toe only ascertainable objector what he moat describe as. diegraoxfol "nears," was that Ur. Kenealy, being rather short of money, hoped to awaken empathy by the telegram, for his mother telegraphed to,know whether it was correet, and sent him a cheque by the next poM. Still a great fraud had been committed upon Mr. Bruton.— rhe Bench The writing of a person's name per se is not f,Agery. There must be some ultimate into defraud or injere.—Mr. Torakiuson No doubt that is necessaty to constitute forgery. I would put it to you that it is an attempt to defraud or injure Mr. Bratou. Sure posing Mr. Bruton had been eummarily diamiesed from his engagement as reporter, surely that would have been an injury to him. Fortunately be le too welliknowo and respected to suffer in this way. The telegram wag a fraud upon three parties—first, upon Mr. Bruton, open the proprietors of the newepap we, and upon the public. The ori,g inal telegram had been seen and declared to be in the handwriting of Mr. Ahmed Remaly, who wee at Etruria at the time it was deepatched. The Stipendiarys For the off cure of forgery you must prove that there was an intent. non to defraud some particular person. I cannot , see that Mr. Bruton has been neoeusilly defrauded. Mr. Tomkinson said the intention was to defraud Mr. Bruton, who might have been diambased from his sitimtion. After a short con. venation the Bench granted a summons, whips, Mr. Tomkinson remarked, would give Mr. Kenesly an opportunity to erplain his conduct if he.oonld.  tention