The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-01 00:00:00

-KIDDERMINSTEIi:

BoASD OF GRA—S-D—IA—NS7—MT. J. ICITZLEY presided a
the meeting of the Board held on Tuesday—The relieving
officer's returns showed that £64 15e. 7d. bad been
expended in out door relief in the borough during the
past fortnight, and £62 13s. 414. in the Foreign during
the same period. There were 296 paupers in the houses
compared with 277 for the corresponding week of last
year.—A. letter had been received from the Local Govern-
ment Board sanctioning the appointment of Mrs Brown
as nurse.— The Board heard complaints of a boy who
had been apprenticed f rom the house to Mr. Drew,
confectioner, of Stourport. The boy and Mr. Drew ap-
peared before the Board. Mr. M. Coroet. solicitor, also
attended, but the Board declined to allow him to advo-
este Mr. Drew's case, and be therefore withdrew. The
Chairman then asked the boy what he had to complain
of. —The boy replied that he had been badly used, had
had bad clothing and insufficient food, and that his
master had knocked him down in the bakehouse.—ln
answer to the Chairman. Mr. Drew stated that he save
the boy whatever he and his children had to eat and drink,
—Mr. Blundell (one of the Guardians) said he had known
Mr. Drew for some years. Be was a thoroughly respect-
able manoind he believed him to be incapable of doing
what had been laid to his charge.—The Chairman said
he did not believe the charges to be at all true,—The
boy was then severely reprimanded and dismissed.--It
was decided to call upon Mr. Hillman the Medical
Oftleer for the parish of Wolverley, to dire his reasons
(or the disproportionate consumption of wines and
spirits in his district at the next meeting of the Board.
StiDDBN DELTR —A labourer named Charles Jones
aged 62 years, died suddenly at half-past eight
o'clock on Sundarnight. Devie,sed, who has been
out of work fog some tune, complained of being ill,
and went upstairs, where he was shortly afterwards
found dead. Mr. Cowen, surgeon, was sent for and
came soon afterwards, but life was extinct.
BRAWLING, AND ASSAULTING TRH POLICIL—At
the Police-court, on Monday before Messrs. Boycott
and Tovey (Magistrates) Alfred Rouse and John
Barnes were fined 5s each and costs, or seven days,
for being drunk, and brawling in Swan Street, on
Saturday nights—The defendant Rouse was then
charged with assaulting police-constable Barnes.
Itwas shown by the evidence of Barnes and another
officer that defendant, whilst being taken to the
station, kicked and and struck him (Barnes), ond he
.was fined £1 and costs tOr three months imprison-
ment.
A Wrra BnavEn.-At the same Cowl George
Davis. an under-hand puddler, was charged with
assaulting Mary Davis, his wife, on Saturday. night.
Pelice-constable Yates proved that he was in Bird
Lane and defendant's wife made a complaint to
him about her husband. He accompanied her to a
house and she opened the door, but she had .no
sooner done then she was felled to the ground by a
blow from her husband. Complainant, whose eye
was badly bruised, did not wish to press the case.
Dstendant was committed to prison for one mouth
' without the OW; eta Inc.