Volume Eleven - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - some more aspects - Random Rants, Notes and Articles No. 1 . . .

1897 - Chemist Assaulted and Charged with the Costs - At Penarth Police Court on July 14, George W. Raynes, chemist, of Cogan, summoned John Griffiths, postmaster of Cogan, for assault. When the case was called, however, Mr. Raynes did not appear. Mr. Belcher, solicitor, who appeared for the defence, said Mr. Griffiths turned the complainant out of his shop for improper conduct. The Bench ordered the absent complainant to pay the costs, amounting to 21s. - The Chemist and Druggist [1151] [499] 24th July 1897.

1820 - Mr. John Olive, for whose apprehension, under charges of felony and forgery to a very considerable amount, a reward of 100 guineas was advertised, was taken on board a Pill skiff, near Penarth Point, in the Bristol Channel, on the 12th inst. He had been cruising about in this vessel for a week. When taken into custody, Olive was in so weak a state, that it was deemed advisable to remain a day with him at Lamplighters Hall, where he was landed, as the boatmen could not bring him further up the river, from want of water ; and here, having artfully contrived to secrete a razor under the bed clothes, he made a second attempt upon his life in the night by cutting his throat. In this effort he was too successful. - The Annual Register - 1820 [1180] [499]