The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-23 00:00:00

OLD HILL.

Owing to the depression in the 'nail and chain
trade, added to that in the coal trade, the distress in
this place is very considerable, The Vicar (the Rev.
James Ormiston), aided by the leading employers of
labour in the district, is doing his best to relieve the
sufferings of the poor and unemployed. Upwards of
700 quarts of capital soup and 300 sixpenny loavts of
excellent bread are being distributed week!y, at a cost
of £l3. Funds are urgently needed, and may be sent to
the Vicar.

DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—At the Police Court, on
Wednesday. before Messrs. W. Bassano and B. Hingley,
Charles Lewis, farmer, was charged with being drunk
and disorderly, on the 15th inEt.—Police-constable
McGourty proved the case.—A, previous conviction was
proved against defendant and he was fined 10a and
costs.

DitUNE AND INCAPABLE.—WiIIiam Darby, labourer,
was charged with being drunk and disorderly, at Rowley,
on the 9h inst.—Police-constable McGrourty proved the
case and said he found the defendant lying on the
ground drunk and incapable.—Defendant was fined 2s 6d
and costs.

DRUNK AND DISORDRRLY. Samuel Priest, rivet
maker, was charged with being drunk and disorderly,
on the 13th inst.—Police-constable McGourty proved
the case and defendant was fined 23 6d and costs.
HAWKING WITHOUT A LICEN6E.-110alaS Lockes was
charged with hawking goods on the 19th met, without
s license--Emma Harris proved the case acd said de-
fendant offered her a pair of earrings for sale.—Sarah
Ann Pearson gave corroborative evidence.—Police con-
stable Lafot proved that from information received he
found the defendant had been selling several articles.—
ihe defence was that he sold salt but he met a man who
owed him a few shillings and he gave him the goods
produced.—Defendant was fined 23 6d and costs; in de-
fault 7 days.
ASSAULTING A DAUGHTER.—James Bastaball was
charged with assaulting his daughter, Alice Bastaball,
on the 14th inst.—Complainant, a little girl, said that
her father struck her on the head with a can and cut
her head open —Jane Bastaball said that her husband
threw a can at her and her daughter's head was cut
Open and I, bled very much,—The Magislrates said the
defendant was a very bad man for doing what he
had done and they fined him 5s and costs,

DRUNIC AND bISOIIDERLY.—MichaeI Sullivan was
charged with being drunk and disorderly, at Blackheath,
on the 16th inst.—Police-constable Forrest said the de-
fendant was very drunk and abusive. He refused to go
home and he had to lock him up and on the way to the
police-station a number of persons threw stones at him
and one struck him on the helmet and another on the
face.—Defendant pleaded guilty and was fined 58 and
costs ; in default 7 days.
HIGHWAY OFFENCE —Frederick Emery and Thomas
Street were charged with playing at cards on the high-
way, on the 16th inst.—Police-coustable Hieklin proved
the case.—Defendants pleaded guilty and they were
lined 2s 61 each and costs ; in default 7 days imprison-
mint-

NON-PAYMENT 07 POOR RATES—Samuel COlO was
summoned by Mr. Parker, assistant overseer, with non-
payment of .E 2 10s, for poor rates. The demand and
refusal to pay was proved.—Defendant objected to the
signing of the rate by Messrs. Howard and Smith, also
to the Magistrates sitting and to the wording of the
summons. He also complained that a number of his
neighbours who had not paid had not been summoned.
—Mr. Bassein said they could not waste their time in
hearing such frivolous objections and he was told that if
the rate was not correct he had his remedy at the
Assessment Committee.—Defendant said he had a num-
ber of other objections to make.—The Bench informed
him the objections named had nothing to do with the
case in question and they made an order for the :eland-
ant to pay, who said he should proceed in a different
way and said he should pay at once and save the Magis-
trates signing a warrant and pay the money.—Noah
Parkes ICIB ordered to pay £lO for a poor rate in 14
days—Levi Williams was ordered to pay 1:5 4e 7d in 14
days.
APPLIO MON FOR AN EJECTMWNT.—Mr. Stokes on be-
half of Samuel Bowen made an application to eject
Moses Dunn from a tenement he uccupies. Mr. Stokes
said that Dunn was the tenant of a public-house. He
liquidated and the license was trautferred to Samuel
Bowen who became the landlord of the house and several
other small houses. He let the defendant Moses Dunn
a house for 3s 6d per week and he now refused to pay
and the usual notices were proved. —The Bench made
an order for the defendant to leave the house in 21
days.