The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-11 00:00:00

OLD HILL.

Tur,Frs —At the Police Court on Wednesday
beihre \V. id issano • and IL A. Wigan, E,(13
Charles Chat,via(l2)ald John Di:nmoc.c (18) Aree
charged with Btealin,g 3 pots of jam n an i a quantity
of knives and forks value CS. toe ploperty of 'l'.
Homer, Cradley Heath, on the 3rd inst. P,().
Shaw stateh that he arrested the prisoners an,)
charged them with stuaiug th thr,e pots "cf jam
and the knives and tors. Chat ia said "It wa3 not
me that stole them it was Dimmuck that sto'e them
alAd put them through the window:of Herbert Shaw,
klill Street, Cralley Heath." Chatwiu was ordered
to receive 12 strokes with the birch rod nod
DiuDocck was seutenced to one months' hard

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RECEIVING STOLEN PR,PERTY,—IIerbert Shaw
was charged with receiving three pots of jarn and a
quantity of knives and forks the property of
Thomas Homer. P.S. Shaw stated that he went into
the prisoner's house and asked him for the stolen
property. lie £l3id he did not know who had any,
tie then called to Mrs. Dimmock who was up stairs
and asked h-r for the knives and forks, and sho
brought three knives and two forks down. lie
tit jn said those were not all and wont to search. t
pri,oners shop, and found bebild some • bricki
the remainder of the knives and forks and two pots
of jam. The Bench considered the pi iioner as bad ti.;
the bays. ;and sentenced him to six vt cells hard
labour. -

AssAina.—George Adam's was charged with as—
saulting Joseph Halley on the 4th int., at Ciadh3y
cnnolainaat said that as ho was going
down Cradley Heath, the defeuiant came up and
they started quarrelling and then began tn fight.
The case was dismissed.

NEGLsc'r op Wonk.—Henry Weaver was sum-
moned fur neglectiag his work by Henry Ra.ybould.
The case was adjourned for a week. •
DRUNK AND Disoßnsur.v..—Albert Thorn peon was
charged with being drunk and di,aorcierly on the 4th
inst. P.U. Tromans proved the case. Fined 2s 6d
and costs ; in defanit 7 days.
DAMAGING G.;.—Jatin-s Homer v7as charred
with damaging gri :zing grass, t .o property of Wil-
liam Green, Cra,ii:y Heath, to tho aiwunt of t;il.
F ned 6d. and co-te; in def,ault 7 day.
ALLEGED WIFE BEATING.— William Baker was
charged with assaulting his wife Phoebe Baker, who
said that on the 7th inst. her husband came home
very drunk. He locked the door and threatened to
kill her. He then seized.a stick and hit her across
the mouth and knocked two of her teeth out, and
hit her several times across the head, She ran and
unlocked the door, and a man named Benjamin
Hughes and her son Frederick Baker (14), came in
and dragged tue defendant out of the house. The
defendant was constantly beatinc, bor. Mr. Cooksoy
d:fended the prisoner, and addressed the Bench
for the defence, and called Benjamin Hughes, chain-
maker, in the employ of the defendant, who said
that he went up to the house to fetch tho de-
fendant to alter some tools. He saw the defen-
dant's face covered with blood and he did not help
to pull the defendant out, and when he went up
Frederick Baker was sitting n the hnuse. The
Bench dismissed the case.l

Darrur. —:Charles Adams, glater, 'Old, Hill,
was charged with beingArunk on the 71111 inst.
P.C. Tytherley 'proved the casc.. Fined island
-costs ; in default 7 days.

SCHcOL BOARD PR6sECUTIONS.—Edward Parish,
Jo,eph Lee, John Blandon, Henry Green and
Charles Hickman were summoned for not sending
their children to school. The School Board Officer
proved the case. Fined respect:vely 2s. Gd., Os.,
2s. 61, 2s. 61,
YOUNG THIEvES. William Parsons, Samuel
Raybould, Samuel Parsons, David Willetts and
Charles Lowe were charged with stealing from the
shop of John De,avony High Street, Black Heath,
19 brushes and 6 hails, Eliza Deavony, who
managed the shop for Mr. Deavony, stated that she
missed the brushes on the 21st of June. The
prisoner William Parsons went about selling the
brushes end frails for over a month, saying that
they were the property of his uncle, who kept a
general deale7s shop. Hannah Parkes, Beat Street,
Black Heath, said that the prisoner Pai sons came
to her and sold her a brush for 11,1. and a frail for
2d. saying that his uncle told him to sell them at
that prioe. P.S. Hand stated that he arrested the
prisoners, arr.' charged them with stealing the
property-, and they told him it was Willetts who
told them to unhang the bru-hes and they spent. the
money between them. The Bench then ordered
them all to have 12 strokes w:th the birch rod, and
their parents were also bound over for their good
conduct.