100 YEARS AGO: Officer assaulted, knife attack and Easter singing

Constable assaulted

Hailing from Cwmfellinfach, Daniel O. Jones was charged at Newport with drunkenness and disorderly conduct at the Great Western Railway Station and assaulting Percy Williams of Great Western Railway company, while in the execution of his duty.

Mr I.H Hornby, prosecuted. It was stated that Mr Jones struck the detective with his fist on the nose. James caught hold of Jones and tried to get him away.

P.C Moseley said that Jones was very drunk, but James was sober.

Both prisoners said they were very sorry. Jones admitted being drunk, and James said that he too was drunk (laughter).

The Clerk: That’s very funny.

Both prisoners were fined £5 each, the alternative being a month in each case.

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Attacked with a knife

AT Newport Police Court on Monday, Matthew Campbell, St Mary Street, was charged with committing an aggravated assault on his wife on the 27th inst.

Mr F. Charles Jones defended.

Complainant said that the prisoner was very annoyed because his dinner was not ready when he came home, and he picked up a stone to throw at her.

The Mayor: When I go home, I expect my meal to be ready.

Complainant: I had the chops in my hand.

She went on to say that her husband treated her violently, and threatened to cut her throat with a knife.

He was always taunting her about her two former husbands having committed suicide.

He had deserted her six times since they were married, and she had been compelled to seek parish relief.

PC Biss deposed that the complainant accused her husband of attempting to cut her throat, and the husband said his wife tried to stab him.

Mr J.Wall said he was in the house collecting some money at the time of the occurrence, and he tried to make peace.

Prisoner said he was a holder at the at the Channel Dry Dock. He alleged that his wife attacked him with a knife, and she must have been injured when he was trying to take it from her. He said he did not do it intentionally and his wife was hysterical.

The Mayor: I don’t think you are a saint.

Prisoner: None of us are saints.

The Mayor: This is the greatest tragedy I’ve seen in this court.

The court imposed a fine of £5, or, in default, a month’s imprisonment.

Rendering in Newport

ST Woolos Church was packed on Sunday evening when the choir, which had been augmented for the occasion, rendered Stainer’s “Crucifixion”.

This fine Easter composition with its great imaginative conception, lending itself to expressive treatment, received full justice at the hands of the choir.

The singing was good to hear.

Mr J.A Gaceon the organist, presided at the organ and played brilliantly.

The congregation was profoundly impressed by the singing.

The fact that the work is so well-known only serves to deepen appreciation.

The solo parts were effectively taken by Messrs J. Humphries and A. Everson. Much depends on a solo rendition in a work of this character, and on Sunday night these were very happily interpreted.

There were special collections in aid of the Welsh Church Million Pound Fund. The Vicar, Rev. D.H. Griffiths, appealed for support and a most gratifying result was obtained, with collections totalling £170 for the day. It is not long since the church collected £100 for the hospital.