The Joneses of George Street part 2

My Great Great Uncle William Jones was a collier and well known Pontypool Football Club forward.  On 4th April 1903, he was in the papers.  He had been summoned to court for an alleged assault upon Maggie Connell on 23rd March 1903, Mr W J Everett defended -
"Complainant said that she went into the Bull Inn, where she saw Jones.  He got up and struck her several times in the face giving her two black eyes.  He also kicked her. The black eye which she now had was the result of the assault.
For the defence, William Jones said that when he went into the Bull he saw Connell, Cleary and two other girls drinking in a room with men from Llanhilleth.  He went into another room but the men and the girls commenced to make a row and break the pints etc.  The landlord got them out once, but the girls came back and said that they would not go until they fetched all of the policemen in Pontypool there.  The girls commenced fighting amongst themselves and he and several others went into the room to take the weapons from them.  He did not touch one of the girls but they assaulted him with a spittoon and a tongs.  He positively denied giving Connell the two black eyes.  She had them when he went into the room.  Edward Hale also stated that he went into the room to stop the row in company with Jones, who did not strike Connell.  Connell, who had the black eyes before they went into the room had been fighting with the other girls. She attempted to throw a glass pint at Jones. John Atkins corroborated and Mr Everett stated that he had several other witnesses to the same effect.  The case was dismissed."

source - Monmouthshire Central Advertiser 4 April 1903