The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-15 00:00:00

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15%1.1884:9

jeweller, Westbromwict I, said. 'that the defendants
called at his shop on Priday tcy rtnight. Turner pro-
duced the watch and a: tid he i ranted a silver one for
it, us ic Was too light. Ile FS aid his father bad sent
him. He wanted ave atch wforth 50s. The two de-
fendants had some . c onverstttion together and the
silver chain was prod' aced. They agreed to give it
him in exchange for the new. watch. James Water-
house, Winson Green, moulder, said last Saturday
fortnight he was having some beer in a public-house
when Phelps asked him to go and pledge the chain
ler him. lie took it to Aaron's, in Livery Street,
and received £1 for it. He gave the ticket to a
young man who WINS with him. He gave defendant
14s and kept As for himself. He told defendant he
received .21. He afterwards had the Vicket given
to him and he &,eld 'A for 108. He redeemed the
article and sold ix; for 30s, and got 26a 'out of the
transaction. Jeanet,te Benjamin, assistant to Mr.
Lyons, pawnbroker, S., tow Hill, Birmingham, said
Mr. Lyons took the ohs in in pledge foe: £2. The
chain had been pledged at two other shops in the
name of Austin Grey. The chain, was worth £3.
Defendants' on being charged, plee.aed guilty. This
matter had been referred ,to the Pia.blie Prosecutor,
who would not allow it to be withiehawn, and the
Bench committed defendants for tav o months. The
gold watch and silver chain were ordered to be re-
stored.

STEALING A HAT. Marha laarrett. jun., and
Martha Garrett, sen., were ‘lhar ged with stealing
and receiving a straw hat, the pt.( )perty of Benjamin
Price, on the 28th ult, value is' 6d. Elizabeth Price
said that on the 28th ult. shei sent her child to
school and she was wearing the. :hat produced. She
returned from school at five o 'clock in the evening
and she was not wearing the h ;. From something
the child said she went to the school and made a
complaint to the governess. l'he hat was worth
is titt, P.C. Keegan said that on the 6th inst, he
*rent to prisoners' house at Craat'ey Heath, and told
the elder prisoner that a hat hr.(' been stolen from
the schools at Lomey Town, an d that her daughter
Martha had brought it home. She told witness she
had and that she had put it upstairs to take care of
it. She went and fetched the hat,. and he then took
her into custody. Fined 10s and Costs.
ILLEGAL REMoVA.L.—Edward Norgun was sum•
mooed for illegally removing his goo de. Mr. Wald-
ron defended. Benjamin Newton. said defendant
lived in his house at Cradley Heath., On the 20th
ult. defendant owed ..£5 8s 10d rent- He went to
the house on the 20th ult. and miticed the goods.
He took possession of a few goods that were lett in
the house, and sold them on the 21Bt, He realised
16s 2d by the sale. The house had been locked up
for eight weeks. Francis Tipton said he saw de-
feudant loading his goods on to a wagon, and he
said he was going to Cannock. Ai t order for £4
was made.

DRUNK —Benjamin Hingley wan charged with
being drunk on the 25th ult. P.C. Leadbitter pro-
Ted the case. Fine' 2s 6d and ooE,ba.

W ORDSLEY.

THE NEW BOARD SCROOLS.—Mr. H.. 13. Foley, of
Prestwood, opened the new Wordsley Bird Schools
on Monday afternoon. The schools .have been
erected by the Kingswinford School Board, at a
cost ot £7 ss. per head, including site, furniture,
and apraratus, and will provide accommodation for
400 children. The buildings consist of a mixed
school for 280 children, and an infants" school to
accommodate 120. Mr. J. H. Bate, of :Dudley, is
the contractor, and Mr. Thomas Robinst,n, Stour-
bridge, the architect. Amongst those ;present at
the cpening ceremony were the Rev. J. S tone, chair-
man et' the Board, most of the membl nos, and a
number of influential ratepayers, includi tkg Messrs.
0. Webb, W. Webb, E. Webb. and the J. J.
S'ade, rector.