The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-06-27 00:00:00

BBIERLEY HILL.

DRUNKENNESS —At the Police Court on Monday,
before Messrs. G. King Hamson an I H. Smith
George Stevens was charged with being drunk and
disorderly on the 15th inst. at Quarry Bank. P.C.
Hinian poved the case. Fined 23 61 and cr,sts.—
Joseph Round was charged with being drunk on the.
15th lust, at Qu airy Bank. P.C. Himan proved
the eaee. Fined 58 atid c.st,, or It days.
BREACH OF Tito PEACE.—Williaul Winslow and
Willetts were charged with committing a
breach of the peace in Baiik Street, B i,rley Hill.
The ca-e was withdrawn on payment of co..ds.
HKFUsINO TO QUlT,—William Cross was charged
Ivi;11 being dis,)rdcrly and refusing to quit the
Bell Inn, Pensnett.—The landlord, James Hyde,
th-i defendant b .came diorderly and Le told
hall to leave, but he refuel to do st, for some time.
Pe udant wis fined 2s 61 and costs.

STEALING COAL.—Jo:ieph Ward (11) and Suiannah
Ward (15) weie charge.l with stealing a qaantity
of coal tee property of Meesrs. Harris and Pearson.
—John Was,ell, a watchman in the employ of the
pr,,secutors-, said that on the 15• h inst he saw tio
defendants go along the railway to tne caul side
and fill a bag and a basket with coal. The coal
produced was the Kline. Defendants were each
tined 2s Gi including costs.

WILFUL DAMAGi.—iieorze Banks (11), Samuel
liin (12), and Joseph Giiffitiis (0) were charged
with damadiug a Tiantity oi clover the property of
J,inu Collier, at Wordsley, on the 14th inst.—
Pro.;ecutor siid tr.e d iina4e i4on3 would amount to
18.6:1.—P C. Rinoids said that be saw the defend-
ants runninj about in he middle of the fieid.—The
Bench cautioned the b4s and fined them 2s 61
eacil including costi

- ASSAULT CASE —George Cartwright was charged
with aesatthing Margaret, his wfle, on the 18th
just, at Quarry Bank.—Complainant said she
wished to tnak.- the cae up, but .11;.! Bench said
tney must he i 1 the evidence The complainnt
then said that she pr..)vokei her husband and he
struck her on the eye and blacked her eye. He
struck her with his tist.—F!ned 59 and costs.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY —Henry Cooper was
ehirged with being drunk and diurderly cn the
23rd May. Fined 2s 61 and costs.

A 6ERIOUS CHARGE.—Mary Ann Hobson (43). a
mar, ied woman, living at Bret tell Lana was brought
up on remand and charged with administerin a
certain noxious thing and using a certain instru.
g
mcatt to pro.nire abortion.—Mr. Ward de end, d.—
ven days. He thought he should be able to
Supe,rintamdent Woolliston appliod for a remand
fborrinsge the case home to prisonei. He produced a
medical certificate which statel that Mrs Welling,4
was unable to attend, but she was progressing
fa, ourably.—Mr. Ward,lion behalf of the pn-
soniir, denied the charge, and asked that bail be
allowed.—superintende t Woollaston said he
s:rongly urged that bail be not allowed, because
from wiat he learned it bail was allowed the ends
of justice would he defeated.—The Bench remanded
inisoner Fr seven days and refused to allow bail
A. &RIES OF THEFTL—John James, William
Southall, and William ‘Villm,tt were charged with
stealing one copper ferrule, one pocket haardkercAef,
and a leather stiap, vain-3 2s, the property of John
Newman, Oak Farm, King-winforl, on the 21st
inst.—The articles aoove-mentioned were in the
prosecutor's jacket, which was hanging up agli-ist
a wad in the btickyard. Prosecutor found his e,m,t
under a &elude, and the things were gone.—John
Trevis, a lasourer, said that he saw the defenAants
oing
away from the brickworks.—P.C. Wynn said
*
from information he received he apprehended the
pris —n-rs and charged them wida stealing tin
,
articles. Upon searching James he found the
handkerchief and ferrule produced. Defendant
said he picked the nit eles up by the brickworks.
Ward, who defended, asked the Bench to
•:ismiss the (Atte: two men as Ulu.° was rro case
again at them.—The defendants were further
cargo
I wi h stealing a tame canary at Kingswiu-
ford oo the same date.—Catherine Vickers, a single
na,on:n, hut she heard a knock at
yaomau.
.at o.tk Farm. Kingswinford, said
baking tnrough the window she
tiltiwatdooirS mduy
and on
saw the defendant Willinott. She opened the door
and lot him in and he asked her for some water.
The other defendants n;sl came in the house,
There was a canary hanging up in the room and
,T,tru.-s asked her if se had a bird to give away.
She tel him she had not, and he callecl her a
Hat% She then told him to go or she woulci fetch
someone. She then went out to open the shutters
ol f doled her alid remained talk-in:2;
to her for some time. When sh went in the
house again she missed the bird. --Sarah Jane
Vickers said she heard the bird equsal and on com-
ing downstairs she missed the bird,—The Bench
were disposed to take a lenient view of the matter
and tine defendants 103 in each ease.

“Ax UNGRATEFUL FELLOW."—tieor4e Rowley
was char,ed with embezzling lls from his :3mpl)yer
John Strin;er, landlord of the Unicorn Inu.—erose
cut ,)r on the 16La inat employed prisoner to sell 52
mackerel that were in a box, The value ot Ufa fish
would be us GI, and the box 2s. Piisoner was to
return the money and was to have had 3s and son-
thing to eat and drink. nisoner did not
brine hack the /matey or the box. Proscutor saw
prisoner on the folm i,g money and asked him
31 hat he had done with the money. lie said
sPent the money in booz.s and leather.”—
Prisoner said he thought Stringer had made him a
present of them.—The I.3ivlch thought prisoner was
a very ungrattfil fellow, and fined him 10s Ga, cr
14 d.Ays.

CONSERVATIVE MEE VING Al' ROWLEY
REGIS.

On TuesdPy nig'rt a ny-,etin:t. of Conservatives
uder the ausp;ces of the Upper Division of the
Howley Regis Conseawative Assciajon was held
at the Endowei Sc:hool,i, Rowley, Mr, E. l'ew;risq
presided —ln a short s-,?cech the Coal mart referred
to the dis,olution of Parliament and urged al
present to get their strength together and be ready
for aetion, Si) that at the !text election the Gins(;r_
vatives would come off victorious,--Mr. Cooksey
proposed that Mr. Ba.ssano be the president of the,
Howley Reg:s division of the association, He ex—
plained that at a meeting of the Old Hill or lower
incision they had el.2cted that gnitleman their pre3i-
deot and he thought it desirable to have the same
ch..irman for 00, h diviiols. Mr. Cook sy then urged
upou the woriiihg men to be united, so that at the
next election they could put io power a Government
who would serve thin better than the late one had
I.iherals at the last election promised th
among,t other thine:s a reyiviC of trade, and ;hat
foreign alitirs wou:d be put straidit, and those
woinistes had not 1.);3--h lull-Mel. In his opinion the I
fore'gn poll; y of the Government was a complete
Lilure and trade was worse now than it was in
1880—(applause, and a voi,e : "And it's ever likley
to be , while the Government scud their orders
;Inroad"). II thou4it that an enquiry ought to be
mode in; o the cause of bad trade for he was con.
vinced that there was something radically wrong
evr since the iradicals Lad the ma ter in hand—
(her, hear).—Me. ‘Snnitily)use seconded the pro-
position, which was carried —Mr. Whiteh)use
then;dr p,;sed—
That to:s hanh of the Co is2rvatives tin
Kingwinkrd Di v sioty heartily entigra ulates the
Aiarquess of Salisl,ury 00 his acceptance of office ;is
Prune M i:.ister ;fth s country, and whilst ri-xog-
nisirg to the full the arduous nature, of the duties
wh eh devolve non him and hiscoilsleaogucesominthn:
new Ministry with the existing House fmo
believes thas he majority of the couittry is thank—
ful for and appreciates the change of Government.
—Mr. J. Taylo: seeonded this, and the propositi n
was carried with acclamation—lt was decided to
send the above rozoltiti; n to Mr. Staveley lull. Ml?.,
with a requi-A th it he would hand it to tire Marquess
ot Salisbury.—Severol new ineurs were then en-
rolled, mil the mee.in.; termiea•el,