The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-01 00:00:00

HALESOWEN.

CAUTION TO PUBLICANs.—AL the Police Court, On
ruesday. befole Messrs. E. Gem, W. Hassan°, and E
Paiitips, John Hadley was charged with being drunk
upon ticensed premises at the Royal Oak Inn. z.prilig
on the 18th ult. Mr. NValdron defended.—PJlice-
cunsiable bulith ssid he visited the house of Edwari
S,,ariait the LLoyal Ok Inn, Spring Hill, in ciwpany
w.th toiice•c,instable Knowles, at twenty minutes past
sight on the evening of tile 'Sal ult. There were seven
or eight own in the taproom. Defendant was there and
he was dru ik. Witness called the atteuiion of the laild•
detendaut ad asked him how he accou.itA fo:
iiel. 'want b lug there in such a state, Wiltu
die litUijCsi
sit d defeudaiit curd nut bad anything in the houst.
ness that deft:Li:taut he slriu it report him and the lani-
iurd for peruthatug twat to be druuk in the house. Upon
that defendant g•:t up and waiked ullt.—Jos. pa Ditigley
w.is charge t with a similar off•nce.—Police constable
Sailth saw that at hit I past eigut o'clock the same even
lug he was in compauy with Podoe-euustable .
Alter leaving the itoyal Oak he niet ildendaut in the
street. He was drunk aid was bring as isted by anothe,
an. tt 'tuts, told i.etendaut to go home and not have
411) more drink. At twenty-five winutes to eleven the
sine night Witness Went to the Royal Oak aud saw
defeuidint m the tapiouni with a nuuther of others. He
twit a plot cap ot ale. 11 Ituess culled the attention if
the landlora ti defendant ant he said defendant uad not
had anything to funk in the house.—Police-constable
Knowles coirobora sd Sunib.—li.dward bliarratt, the
litailiord, was then charged with peimitting drui.ketwess
iu his boast on the 18th'utts—air. Waidiou &fended.
the evidence in this case was the same as that givcri in
t .e two pr cuing cases.—Mr. Waldron for the nefence,
contended that tne charges wersuot made out sufficiently
to convict as it was tot proved that the landlord know-
ingly pew-Hued diuukenuess.—Edward Sharratt was
called and said he was landlord of the Royal Oak Inn,
Spring Hill. Police-constable Smith called his attention
to the man Dingle): and said he was drunk. Witness
said he dot not know that the wan was in the house and
he did not ku..w ho.v locg the man hal been in the
house before the officer went there. He had kept the
house for 7 yeara and there had 'not been any complaint
&walnut him before.—Mrs. Sharratt, wife of defendant,
said she saw Dingley come into the house a quarter of
an hour before the ponce came. She did not supply him
in any drink and he appeared to be sober.—Joseph
Diugley said he had been weighing nails on the night
of the 18th ult, and was returning home when he met
the police-odicers. Lie widled them good night and he
was not being led home drunk by a man. There was no
one near him. He stayed at home about three parts of
an hour and then went to Sharratt'e. Mrs. Sharratt
knew he was there but the landlord did not. He did not
have anything to drink in the house. He did have two
glasses of rum and water before he went to the Royal
Oak.--Eladley was called and said he was sober at the
time. He did not call for any ale tut a man that was in
the room asked him to have some. He had some ale
before going to the Royal Oak, but was sober.—James
Rose, gun barrel grinder, said he met the defendant
Dingley as he was going home on the 18th tilt, and he
was sober.—The Bench said they believed the evidence
of the officers that Dingley and Hadley were drunk and
fined them 2s 6d each and costs; and with respect to
Sharratt it was his business to know who was in the
house and what state they were in and fined him 104 and
costs.—Eh Burton was charged with being drunk on
licensed premises in the occupation of Hannah Smith,
on the 13th ult, and Hannah Smith, landlady of the
Fighting Cocks Inn, Barnsley, was charged with per-
mitting drunkenness in her house on the 13th ult.—Alr.
W. Hayes, jun., defended.—Police-constable Knowles
said that about 5 o'clock in the evening of the 13th ult,
he visited the Fighting Cocks Inn, Romsley. He saw
Burton in the house drunk and he had a glass of whisky
before him. He called the attention of the landlady to
the man. He again visited the hause at 7 o'clock and
Burton was still there —6lr. Hayes in defence, said the
man appeared sober when he came to the house first and
he was very quiet until another man began to tease him.
The landlady's daughter asked him to go out several
times when she found what a state he was in but he
would not go.—The Bench said they believed the land-
lady's daughter made every endeavour to get rid of
Burton and dismissed the case. For being drunk Burton
was fined 5s and costs.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—John Hackett was charged
with cruelly illtreatiog a sheep, at the Quinton, on the
16th ult.—Police-constable Dennant proved the case and
defendant was fined is and costs.—John Holloway was
fined 2s 6d end costs for cruelly il:treating an ass, on the
18th ult.
HIGHWAY OFFENCEB.—JoSeph Southall wits fined is
and costs for allowing an as to stray.—Police-constable
Dennant proved the case.—Thomas Hodgetts was fined
is and costs for permitting two arise; to stray on the
22nd ult.—Police-constable Barley proved the ease.

OLD HILL.
Dnunirstmess—At the POliC3 Court, on Wednesday,
before W. Bassano,Esq., Richard Ellis was charged with
being drunk on the highway, on the 19th ult.—Police-
constable Blackmon proved the case. lined is and
costs.