The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-23 00:00:00

BRIEItLEY HILL.

A REFRACTORY TRAMP,—At the Police Court
on Thursday, before W. F. F. Boughey, Esq.,
stipendiary magistrate, Thomas Walby, a tramp,
belonging to Monmouthshire, was committed for
seven days' hard labour for refusing to work whilst
he was an inmate of Kingswinford Workhouse
A SAD SITUATION FOR A CHILD.—Mary Ann
Ken wet (13), whose mother resides in Snow str-et,
was brought up on A charge of sleeping out.—P.C.
O'Brien gave evidence to the effect that at nearly
midnight on Wednesday he found the child lying
in an outhouse in lludloy-street, Round Oak. 811.,,
had slept out for several :lights previously. Her
mother had three other children all of whom were
illegWmate, and they were kept at home whilst
rho mother went out to work —Nit.. Boughey re-
manded the child to the Workhouse for a week
p nding enquiries.
All UNHAPPY COUPLE StcrAroTED.—Alexander
Nrrowrnore, b at builder, Sheffield-street, Quarry
Bank, was charged, under an adjourned summons,
with assaultinp,r his wife, Caroline Narrowmore.—
Mr. Waldron appeared for the complainalt, and
Mr. Holberton (Honifra.y and Holberton) deLnded.
—Mr.lWaldron explained to the Stipendiary that
the present e 'se was the sequel to one which was
tried before him on the 16th of August last. On
that d:t•e defendant was summoned for assaulting
his wife. When he was served with the summons
for that offence ho was lying drunk in bed, and the
sc,,r vice of the summous so exasperated bins th- t he
violenlly:assaultud the officer, I),C. Inman, with a
shovel. For that defenda.nr. \A as sentenced to six
mr,ntl s' imprisonment; end the summons for as-
saultimr, h's wife WAS adjourned, the Stipendiary
intimating that as soon as the defendant came out
of prison he could be taken into cu:.to3y again,
when h (the Stip- neliai y) would grant what was
now asked for—viz., a separation ore:. The parties
had Leon married 15 years, and there :-,:ad been an
issue of three childr,t. From .ibern',- '...he first week
after Vie marriage defendant commzneed to ill-
treat his wife, and it had. coritinued 4ted7114 the
. period which had since intervened. On the 13th
of August last complainant was c:ying hearrese her
children had had nut jug to eat oi,-.; t'.7.e previ‘ms
day, which was Sunday, and for a per:od of four
months prior to that she had o•4_ly reeei-...ad from
the defendant the sum of Ll 4.4, out o 2 which she
actually paid .£1 38. 64, to lieato Enes imposed
on him by the magi- L'ates for drezk2.e.;less. The
complainant's crying ezasperal clohedant, who
thereupon kicked her tw...ce, ani2ctrz:ell LT!? with Mg
1
fist on the forehea '. Complaran rt:iakorated
this statement, and added that wha: 7lefandant
deserted her she had to obtain pai.i;.:ll :.elief.—ln
cross-. xamination and re-exarainatica co7..plainant
empha'ically denied that there had ever b2en any
improprieties between her amid her Ir-.lale ledgers,
or anyone else.—For the defeic.ee, Jamcoisillingham
of Qu trry Bank, stated tint on Eczing -clay he
saw complainant and a man called "Tee:. together
in the street in Birmingham. Wanen and com-
plainant spoke and "Ted'' smiled, gr,va witness a
wink, and nodded his head.--:n creas-cicrination
billingham said he took it "that a wi'..k was as
good as a nod to a blind horse"—ughter).—
The iatipendiary fined defendant se. and costs for
the Akihult and ordered a aliparat‘oa beiwee. Ow