The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-04-27 00:00:00

BisiERLEY HILL.

DRUNK AND RKFUSING To QUIT —At the Police Gnurt,
on Monday, before .hers. b. kreer and J. klall:
William Harkins, a boatman, was charged with bAng
drunk on licensed premises, on the nit inst, and refuse
to quit when requested.—Berj•min Wood, landlorl of
kri..ce of IA ams Inn, brociimour. said ill.dun
-
tut. viitti other rneu vier- ckunic umi reidaed to lean,
wneu requested. Defendant was in the ()sou of c >wing
into his house when drunk and created a disturbance
and he was cornpe:led: to bring him bet re
dench tahambers, manager, also gave c ,r-
-r,borative Lvidence and said the defendant was van
.orderly and refused to leavl and he sent for Mr
Wood. —lha defence was that he went out wh-t1 re
cpo and —Defendant was lined bs and colts; in default
/4 lay..
s4AlJvr CASE—Joseph Rowley was c.harged with
assaulting Martha Vaughn, on the 51u in,t —Comp RM•
ant, who lives at Wountiourn, raid she met the defendant
in the rlad who bad ben beating a boy. Defondant
then struck her and nude use of bad langu.gge. He
never had any quarrel with the dt,fendant. Defendant
struck her a tecoud time and knocked her down ant
when she was down he kicked her.— two witnesse
',aye corroborative evileuce and a police-officer, wh3
• that Martna Vaughn complaineu of the defeu.laut
assaulting her. Defemiant was drunk at the time.—
l'oe Bench considered it a very cowardly assimt and
tined defendant 5, and c ,ate.

DISORDERLY AND ISEIrtL,ING, To the Pollee
Court, on Thursday, before i_;01 ~net F eili r and .1 r, L.
steer, John Dean, hoise Q tarry ii ink, was
sith being disor,aerly and ref us.ut, to g lit 'tie Waerj to
Inn. Mill Street, Brisrley ril, on tti • 9to insi
Naldron appeared to prosecute.--+Joutp ainaut, Job ,
tivibards. said be was ;landlord of the Naterfoo
dill Street, Bnerley Hill. A hint nine o'clock ou toe
9rti lust, defendant and a man named fiulat-At went to
tits hoitse. they were sober and were supplied with
drink. After tiles hail been there some Lima )ev com-
menced quarreliiug and stripped to fight. Witness
ordered them out and as thsy refused to go he a nt for
the police and even when the police carve end ordered
them out they would not go for Solle time.
had been siunmoned for the offence aof used 20a au
costs, buoeatitne present defendant did uot appear and
w d-rfint ass issued against him there riti6 au grua..
3 commotion in the house that the bisiii.•ss was entirel
i.)pped.—P,dice co stable McKee, stationed at Q tarn
,:ank.suid be was fawned to complain.tut's house *hod:
cin OICMCK or tit,' light of the 9th rist, and going there
/ ,una IlUl co fk and the tieteadant I.Yrhin lie ocilelad
them out of th,, house and they both refused to go for
about ten miltut-s A list of prevuuis convictions•was
heeded to the Alat;i.trates by Sdperintendent Wollacon
and Colonel Fletcher said there was a long string of con-
victions against defendant in a short period and they
5I:v.111d fine him .203 aud cots ;in default one montn's
hard lanour„

A WOMAN ASSAULTING A MAN —ESIhtT Jane Shaw
was charg- d w tit asAaniting Eltsoa Partridge. at tile
Thorns, on the 19th inat.—Mr. Holberron appe trod to
prosecute, and Mr. Waldron defeinled.—Comptiiimot
said he was in the employ of Messrs. Mobbeiley and
Bayley, brick manufacturers at the Tuorns. His em-
ployers hal some grazing land-at the Thorns. On the
•morning of the 19tti test, about four o'clock in the
ffiorning he was watel ing to see if defend:me& cow vras
graz;ng in the fipld ann he found it was. He went int,
the field war the mien in of in.p unding ne n
when defendaat struk him od the head wan a stick and
knocked some -km off. Cross-examined : I had not got
a stick myself. I swe,ir I did not throw defendant into
a ditch. Ido not know who inflicted the marks on the
arm of Mrs. Jeavons. I did not see her nor did I claim
104 for divnage done to grass.—Sainuel Brooks, horse
driver, in the employ of Messrs. Mobberley aud
Bayley corroborated complainant.—Mr. Waldron, in do-
fence. de,.ied the assatvt and stud that complainaLt was
the ag.essor by t rowi .g defendant ivto a ditch and
kicking qr Ja.a,ins —Ann Jeavons said she was aunt
to defe,dant. On the above date they were taking the
cow to water when compia.nant bruised her arm and
threw dvf-intant into a ditch. Neither of them had a
stick. He did not see Brooxs at all.—The Bench con-
sidered the case to be proved aud fined dot en hint 53 and
costs; in default 7 data,
NZIGHBOUItS QUARRELS.—William and Sarah Yarn-
wood, husband and wife, were charged with assaultinl
I,3ra Randle, at Wordsiey, on the 23rd February last.—
Air. Holberton defended.—Conaplainant said on the
above date the female defendant went into the houie,
'tufa hold of her by the hai, of Iro. besq, and tie
hu-band then cam:: uo and dragged her out .1 the hduse
aid puniinvd her.—Cnmplainant's daughter curiae a ea
her shother.—There was a oroseiluxualonemagamit