The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-12 00:00:00

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BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday ; Mr. Grainger in the chair. There
were SW) present :—Messrs. Brooks, Wood, Bird,
Darby, Fereday, Guest, Plant, Powell, Rhodes,
and Bollinson. The minutes of the last meet-
ing were read and continued. Admitted into
the house dnring the week, 27; discharged,
18; dead, 0; remaining, 412. Corresponding
week last year 423. Out-door relief, Kingswin.
ford district, ..C42 2s 3d; Stourbridge district,
£26 lie 10d ; Halesowen district, £23 9s 4d;
! total, £9l 3s sd, against £93 5s 81d last year.
The tax bill in the ease of re Foster, amount.
lug to .£43 6s id, was presented by the Clerk.
Mr. Plant asked if any information had been
received from the Poor Law Board, in respect to
the Boarding-out question
The Clerk said there was not.

COURSE OF LECTURES.—Duriag the week Mr.
E. Turney, of Nottingham, has delivered a
course of lectures in the Corn Exchange, to
large audiences. Subjects: Tuesday—" Jesus
Christ and his Mission misunderstood by the
Clergy, State, and Dissenting ;" Wednesday—
": Scripture testimony concerning the nature of
man and his destiny; or the clerical doctrines
upon the soul, heaven, and hell, called in ques-
tion ;" Thursday—" The European crisis. Pro-
phecy in relation thereto. The near overthrow
of all Governments by Christ and his Saints,
terminating in the setting up of the Kingdom
of God." The lectures were of a very interest.
ing nature, and were listened to with marked at-
tention by those present.

Tee SICK AND WOUNDED RELIEF FOND.—
The Central Committee for administering the
above fund have forwarded to the Secretary of
the Local Committee • copy of Colonel Lind.
say's report, on his recent visit to France. This
contains many details which will be read with
interest, and the report has been placed for pent.
sal in the reading room of the Mechanics' Insti-
tute. So far from the English contributions
being in excess of the necessities of the case, as
many suppose, so great have been the demands
for assistance, that the fund will soon be exhaus
tad, and the actual balance to meet all liabilities
I. only about £26,000. A magazine, showing
the localities where the International Society is
affording succour, has been published, and a
copy is placed in the above reading room.
CHARGE OF STEALING COAL.—At the Public
Office, on Saturday last, before B. L. Freer,
Esq., Maria Bill, an elderly woman, residing at
Wollaston, was charged with feloniously steal-
ing a quantity of coal, the property of Henry
Bullock, on the previous night. Margaret Bul-
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lock, wife of prosecutor, ki-Sid that on Friday
night she had occasion to go into the brewhouse,
when she saw the prisoner with a large lump of
coal in her hands, coming out. She said to her
You wicked woman, what are you going to do
with that coal ?" Have missed coal on former
occasions. Do not wish to press the case. Mr.
Freer remarked that prisoner ought to be very
thankful to the prosecutor for withdrawing the
charge. If the case had been pressed he should
have sent her to Worcester. Discharged with a
caution.

DRUNK AND RIOTOI/8.-n.t tho Police Court,
on Monday, before W. C. Firmstone, Esq.,
William Wagstaffe and John McHale were
charged with being drunk and riotous and fight.
ing, in High-street, on Sunday night last. Wag.
staff was fined 5s and costs, and McHale was
fined is and costs.

INDECENT EXPOSURE.. —. Harriet Davis, of

London, was charged with being drunk, and in.
decently exposing herself in Mill-street, on the
6th inst. Police-constable Spooner proved the
case, and defendant was fined 20s and costs; in
default one month's imprisonment.

DRUNK AND ASSAULTING THE POLICE. At
the Petty Sessions held yesterday, before 11. 0.
Firmstono, B. Littlewood, It. L. Freer, Beiges.,
and the Hon. C. 0. Lytteßon, Thomas Tolley
and Herbert Tolley, were brought up on remand
on a charge of assaulting Police-constable Hall,
on the 28th ult, at Hagley. Mr. Perry defended.
—Police-constable Hell said on the above date,
about 20 minutes past eleven at night, he saw
the two defendants near the Lyttelton Arms.
They were quite drunk, and cursing. He re-
quested them to go home, but Herbert kept on
swearing. He then took hold of him by the col-
lar, and threatened to lock him up. Herbert
heaved a stick up, and threatened to break his
head. They then went about 200 yards, and be-
gan cursing again. He took bold of Herbert
by the collar again, and Thomas caught hold of
him round the waist. Herbert struck him Boveral times on the chest. Thomas struck at him,
and hit his lamp. Herbert then made his es-
cape from him. Crose-examined : When I saw
them first they were at the bottom of Hagley
Hill. They were not walking arm-in-arm. There
were three of them. I knew them all. I repor-
ted the affair to the Superintendent the next
morning. 14 was not by the Lyttelton Arms
where I seized him by the collar. Did not strike
either of them with • stick or staff. Did not
knock Thomas down.—Mr. Perry said he did not
think if persons were going along the road sing-
ing, a policeman should seize hold of them. He
should call a witness who would prove that there
was no assault, or uproarious conduct.—Thomas
Tolley said he was coming from Belbroughton,
with the two defendants. They were walking
along, when the officer came behind them from
Clent, and took hold of his brother by the col-
lar, and said he should have one of them. Hie
brother nor Thomas did not strike complainant.
The latter hit witness, and knocked him down.
—The Bench considered the CNNO proved, and
fined defendants .£1 and costs; in default one
month.

THEATRICAL LICENSE --An application was
made by Mr. Edward John Collie for a license
for theatrical performances in the Union Hall
for six months. The application was granted.
&LUANG STRAW, &C,—John Workman Was
charged with stealing a quantity of oate, hay,
and straw, the property of Mr. John Batson, of
Clent, on the sth and 6th instants. Mr. Perry
appeared for the proseeution, and Mr. linrbury
for the defence.—Thomas Ice, groom to the
prosecutor, said that on the above date he saw
the prisoner at the loft putting some oats into a
bag, about five bushels. He then brought it out
into the road, through a wicket. Saw him again
In about ten minutes. Saw him return from the
shed where the horses are kept without the bag.
—Joseph Batson aaid : I live at Cleat, and saw
the defendant about half.past six conic out of
the loft by the barn, with a bag of unthrashed
oats. Saw him go into my garden with it. That
is not the proper way to take the straw to the
shed. Defendsat had a petroleum lamp in his
MM. I followed him for a short distmase, and
saw him go into a shed. Saw him put the lamp
down, and go through another gate. In a min-
ute he came back to the shed without the bag.
The value of the straw would be 3s. After saw
the prisoner put a bag of chaff into a shed. I