The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-04 00:00:00

KINVER.

At the Petty Sessions at Stourbridge, }esterday, before
Major Fletcher and B. Littiewood, Esqrs., tioez Smith,
alias Lock," a travelling fiddler, was charged with
feloniously stealing on the 30th Mt, lli sovereigns • bell
sovereign, and two silver coins, the property of William
Horton, of Shatterford. Mr. Perry defended. From
the evidence of poosecutor, who is a blacksmith, residieg
at Romsley, it appears that on the above date ha slept
with prisoner it Mr. Reader's, at Shatterford. The n..st
morning prisoner gut up about ten o'clock, and left, and
shortly afterwards prosecutor missed his parse contain-
ing the coins above-mentioned. Police-conetable Farmer
proved apprehending the prisoner, and finding Lid 13s.
Prisoner was committed to take his trial at nest Stafford
Sessions.

ENTERTAINMENT IN THE UNION HALL. On OLD HILL.
Thursday evening the servants of the Great
Western Railway Company at Stourbridge Stil- CaurLYY TO ANDLILS.—At the Police Court, on Wed-
tion, gave an entertaintuent in the above Hail, newsy, before Messrs. F. W. G. Barre and B. Hinglvy,
for the benefit of the widow and four children William
eßarovi.t.liaiumiste and
boric,Samuel onP re T3etrh werel
t isn cob 1 l'.
of the late Samuel Brooks, who was killed on .I.liatyhecsruappear.ed for Society for the Prevention of
the line on the night of the 17th of December. Cruelty to Animals, and Mr. Addison appeared for Brook-
There was a large and fashionable audience. house—Mr. Addison objected to have both defendants
The performance commenced with the drama in charged
ejoeiluietdly ..—ar ilNs objection.iii
o owuagsh overruled—Thewhosaid:lamtiriat
three acts entitled " Jessey Vero, or the Return batty collier at the Brades Collis y 'at Tividale, beloi g-
of the Wanderer." The character of Joshua Mg 'Messrs. W. Hunt and co. rlt is defendant BroCk•
Vero, by Mr. Ralph Anderson; Arthur Fanshawe, •
' house's duty to see evetything drawn up the pit. I saw
by Mr. Chadwick; Sigismund Faushawe, by Mr. . horse drawn up the pit with • chain round its neck.
brown; Jacob Thorne, by Mr. Bosworth ; and It seemed dead when it came up the pit, but it was alive
Chirrup, by Mr. C. Hoskins, were all sustained when it was put on the runner.
.1 saw it breathe. We
had it stuck and put out of its misery as soon a• we could.
in a first class manner, as also were the parts of Cross-examined : Before the hone was brought up • net
Miss Charlton, as Jessey Vere, and Miss Pauline
was sent down. My sen sent it down. The horse's 1..g8
Cross as Polly Perkins. The other characters
were as stiff as they could be when it was brought up.
were well sustained by the rest of the company. It is the practice to take horses up by the neck if they
The performance was brought to a conclusion by are deavi,N4e;
had
dt
till,
e theya. .7 alive
t mit they ejf a;:tse
mbriosught slil,ate in
ne
Burley v. Jantes.—At the County Court held the singing of Miss Cross and Mr. Chadwick, and ':
anme ined by Mr. Mayes : I pat
been examieur:d by Mr.
on Tueeduy last, before Loxdale Warren, Esq., the laughable farce entitled "Cherry Bounce, or Addison this morning. Mr. Addison said he admitted
Deputy Judge, this was an action to recover the Gregory's Blunders." We hope a good stun will the horse was alive.—Samuel Brookbouse said. 1 work
sum ot .65 for perry and cider sold and delivered be cleared for the widow and orphans, and we at the Braden Colliery, and drive
tronise ahorsein the pit. The
to the defendant. Mr. Perry appeared for the were glad to see so charitable an object so well den feudant Bro lihouse is my brother,
and h
.is hang!
d. r
down the pit. I saw a horse sent up with a chain
plaiutiff.—Plaintiff said the defendant took of- pa round its neck. I thought the horse was dead. Samuel
flees at Worcester, and gave him an order for 60 NARROW Escsen.—On Monday morning last Plimuier put the chain round the animal's neck. My
gallons of perry and 60 gallons of cider. The between nine and ten o'clock, number of trucks brother didnottse Beayanocyhr thi- g i
W Pili wthur r horse when
hh:d was
price agreed upon was Stl per gallon. He lent were being started down the railway incline at doing
hellaicthe. By
h Nothing was givseunPtol, oe
it. It lay in the stable
the defendant two casks to put the cider in, and the bottom of the town, when the hook of the two.or three hours. We carried the horse to the bottom
delivered it to the Great Western Railway, to wire by which they are lowered and raised RnaP- Cu well im we could. We could not put him in the net :
he ferwarded to the defendant's address.—The ped. The men near the spot were able to it eas t.e, much trouble. Cross-examined :My brother
defence wini that the barrel containing the perry " sprag " the wheels of part of the tracks, but did not touch the horse.—Mr. Addison said thewas not
a tittle of evidence against Brookhouse. IN affiliated
wa, unsound, and it burst, and the perry % atl four or five of them heavily laden with anvils
Plimmer put the chain round the animal's neeirand can-
spilt. A witness was called named William Grit- dashed down the incline with immense speed.
tended that the men did not think it was alive; and
fin, a cooper, who said the barrel was not fit to A number of trucks were on the line below, and called William Hart aud William Hadley, who said that
put the perry in.—TheJudge held that the cider the runaways dashed into them with a report like Bruokbouse did not touch the animal, and they thought
and perry wee, according to the evidence, deli. t Minder. The anvils, some of them a quarter of it dead.—Pefendant brookhouse tiaid he had seen a horse