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1865 - Tip Foreman Absconded - On Saturday William James, a foreman under Mr. D. Heaps, superintending foreman of the Penarth Dock, absconded with about £17, [equivalent to approx. £1,810 in 2025] which had been entrusted to him to pay the men under his direction. It appears that on Saturday morning James, as usual, received the money to pay the men, but instead of doing so he went off to Cardiff and disappeared. The police are on his track. - The Cardiff Times [019] [361] 24th March 1865.

1865 - Clever Capture — A few days since a man named William James, in the employ of a Mr. Heap, absconded with £17, which had been entrusted to him to pay the wages of Mr. Heap's men. As soon as Detective Adams, of the Penarth police, was informed of the circumstance, he at once put himself on the track of the prisoner, who, it appeared, had taken a cab from Cardiff to Newport, and thence had gone by rail to London.

Sergt. Adams continued his pursuit to London, where the delinquent had some relatives. After some difficulty, Sergt. Adams found him in a low public-house and the sergeant, after a short conversation, got him outside the house, which was full of fighting men, and told him the charge.

He was then brought to Penarth, but when taken before the Rev. H. H. Rickards, the prisoner begged to be let off, and the prosecutor declined to proceed. The prisoner was therefore dismissed. - The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette [156] [361] 31st March 1865.