The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-01 00:00:00

BRIERLEY BILL

DRUNKENNESS.---It th:J Police Court on Monday,
before Me,srs. H. Hall and G. King Harrison,
George Bird was charged with being drunk on the
public road. P.C. Wii dams proved the case and
defendant was fined 246 I. and costs; in default 7
days.—John Whittaker was charged with being
d.u,nk on the 24th ult. P.C. Lafford provA the
case. Fined 2s GLi ant costs; or in default 7 days.
William Thompson was eltarg-Al with being drunk
on the 18th ult at Brockinoor. P.C. Lafford proved
the case. Fined 2s 6LI and costs; or in default 14
days.—William John Hollinstead was charged with
being drunk on the 20th ult at Brierley if iii. P.S.
Williams proved the case and said the defendant
was making use of very bad lauguige. Several pre-
vious convictions were proved and defendant was
fined 5s and costs; or in default 14 days.—Robert
' Gibbons was charged with being drunk on the 25th
ult. .1-1.0 Hollins proved the one, on 1 said he
found the defendant in Dudley Road, lying on the
road. He took him to the police station and about
2 o'clock the next morning he heard some glass be. ing broken, and upon going to the cell he founl
the defendant had smashed a pine of glass, and his
hand was bleeding from the cuts ho had r,.ceived
Previous convictions were proved against the de-
fendant who was fined 2s 6d and cos,s for beihg
drunk and is for breAking the glass, or in default
14 days.--John Robert Beddoes was charged with
being drunk on the 17th ult in Locks Lane.
Mr. Woollaston proved the case and said that
as he was going by Locks Lane he heard a row and
Upon going to the place he found the defendant
who was very drunk quarreling with another man
The defendant's mother was there trying to take
, him away. Mr. Waldron defended and pointed out
to the Beech that the defendant's moth,r was be—
ing assulted by a man who was there, and the de-
fendant took his mother's part. Fined 6s and costs
or in default 14 days.—Henry Dovey for a similar
offence at Old Hill was fined 5s and costs; in de-
fault 14 days.
STEALING WHEAT.—Amo Male and Ellen Poul-
ton were charged with damaging and taking a
quantity of wheat to the value of is, the property
of hgeph wakace. P,C, Jullast)n. r ' . . ' CM*

and said that on the 16th ult he saw the defend-
ants running in and out of a wheat field, and tak.
ing some away. The case was :not pressed, and it
was dismissed on payment of costs.—Ellen Caddick
was ordered to pay the costs for a similar offence at
Kingsw inf ord.
BREACH OF THE PEACE.— Thomas Cole was
charged with committing a breach of the peace by
fighting. The care was adjourned till next Mon-
day.

ASSAULT.—CharIes Ridley was charged with as-
saulting Maria Johnson on the 20th ult. Comrn
plainant stated that the defendant came to her
house to dig the garden, and when her husband
went out he came and asked her what she had
been saying about him. He then struck her and
scratched her face and ran off. Bound over to
keep the peace for six months; himself in £lO
and tut) surieties of £5 each.

A DISGRACEFUL FELLOW.—Edwin Coley, a farm,
labourer, Half -penny Lane, Bodington, was charged
with criminally assaulting a little girl named Emma
Yates (15). .Mr. Waldron prosecuted. Emma
Yates, the prosecutrix, was called and
said that her sister sent her for a loaf of bread, to
Half-penny Lane, and when returning home she
met the prisoner who went up to her and said" Well
my ,wench" and assaulted her in a way which she
now stated.—Thomas Whitehouse was called and
said that he was asleep in a barn with another
man and when he woke up he saw the prisoner
there. He told him of the assault, and when they
were going dow the road they met the prosecutrix
He pointed her out as the girl he had assaulted.—
Mrs. Timmins was called and stated that she sent
her sister, the prosecutrix. to fetch a loaf of bread,
at about half-past seven, and when she ratans :d
about 9 o'clock her hair was all down over her
' shoulders, and her clothes were covered with mud
When asked what she had done with her hair
string, se said " I have lost it." John Yates
the father of the girl was called and said that his
daughter was a little childish, and as he was com-
ing home from work, he saw his daughter runnins,
towards home, and he saw the prisoner under the
hedge, who appeared to be drunk.—P.S, Head
staced that he apprehended the prisoner and charged
him with assaulting Emma Yates. The prisoner
said "I swear I did not do it." Ho visited the
place where the alleged assault to As place, and
found a hair string and a shawl covered with mud
which were islentified by the prosecutrix as her own.
The .Beuch retired to consider their verdict, and on
returning sent the prisoner for trial at the next
Staffordshire Assizes. Bail was hccepted, himself
in £6O and two suriet,ies of £3O each.
Assaurrs—James Horsley was charged with as-
saulting Thomas Davis on the 23rd ult at Brierley
Hill. The complainant stated that he worked for
the Tramway Company, He had received orders
not to allow any horse and cart to pass without be-
ing heavily laden. The prisoner came down the
read and wanted to pass. Complainant refused to
let him pass, whereupon the prisoner caught hold
of the whip;and struck him. Fined 6d and costs;
in default 7 days.
REFUSING TO SLIPPOIIT HIS PARENTS.—SamueI
Badger was charged with refusing to pay the money
ordered by the magistrates for the support
of his father and mother, now chargeable to the
common funds of the Union, Committed to prison
for one month, in default of payment.
Assauvr.—Mary Ann Parker was charged with
assaulting Eliza Homer on the 20th ult.—The
complainant stated that the defendant came and
struck her without the least provocation. Fined
5s and costs ; in default 14 days.—Thomas Kitson
was charged with assaulting Sarah Holt. on the
20th ult. Fined is and costs; in default 7 days.
A DANGEROUS SERYANT.—LOIIiini Smith was
charged with assaulting Emily Watts. on the 18th
ult. Fined is and costs; in default 7 days.
A DISORDERLY PAL:TER.—At the Police Court on
Thursday before L. Freer, Esq and Dr. Walker,
sitting for the Stipendary., James Wasley, an ol
man, was charged with being disorderly whilst an
inmate of the Kingswinford Wth khouse.—lt ap-
peared that the prisoner, who is an old convict,
entered the house about three months ago. Since
then there as been constant complaints of his hav-
ing threa:ened the other old men taere, and used
bad language towards them. On a recent date he
theatened to split °pea the head of one of the in-
mates.--. The Bench sentenced him to 21 days'
hard labour.