The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16 00:00:00

IMIEBLEY HILL.

Dammaxxzes.—lt the Pollee Court, on Monday,
before Colonel Blekber, Musts. H. Hall and L. Freer,
Jelin Taylor was charged with being disorderly and
refusing to quit She Spread Eagle Inn, Brierley Mill, on
the let iast.—George Davis, the landlord, dated that
defendant sane into his boas. on the above date and
called for two glum of whiskey. He had the whiskey
and refused to pay for it. He besanie very disorderly
and when witness ordered him out he refused to go and
a poliseman had to be fetched. Defendant was fined
2s 6d and costs; in default 7 day.s.—Thomas and Philip
l'argeter, brothels, were charged with Wag drunk Lad

DRUNK AND Riorous.—Samuel Langford was charged
w th being drunk end rio' o is, in Moor Street, on the 7th
inst.—The case was proved and defendant fined lOs 6d ;
in default 14 dais' hard labour.—William Henry Cox
was charged with being drunk and riotous, on the 11th
inst —Police-sergeant Kavanagh proved the case.—De-
fendant pleaded guilty.—Fined 10s and oosts.—Defend-
ant was further charged with assaulting William Russell,
on the 11th inst.—Complainant said he was walking
a :roes the road when the defendant caught him by the
collar and struck him. He was not hurt as defendant
was drunk.—Fined 2s 6d ; in default three days' im-
prisonment.
CHARGE 07 STEALING PlOLONB.—William
Thomas Millinehip, Thomas Husselbee, and Samuel
Beddall was charged with stealing on the 2nd mat, ton
pigeons, the property of William George.—Mr. Holberton
defended.—C rupiah:taut said be had ten pigeons and he
locked them up soon after nine o'clock. The next morn-
ing he found the place had been broken open and the
p;ge4o taken. On the same morning one of the
pigeons came back. He saw the two Millinchips, who
were going ti.wards Brettell Lane and he saw they had
birds in their pockets. He got out a search warrant
on the Wednesday and went with the police to Millis.
ckips house. He saw three pigeons found by the
*Seer, two of which belonged to him which were found
in $ cupboard by the ire place. He believed the house
belonged to the mother of Millinchip. Afterwards he
w.nt to a house in Chapel Street and he found six more
pige(ni, which belonged to him. The ten pigeons pro.
du-ed were his property. Cross examined: I have been
in prison 13r three months for stealing ferrets. The
pigeons were all sold and after I came from Stafford I
bought some more. One of the pigeons did belong to
Beddall and we need to keep pigeons together. I had
the pigeons from Rassell.—Polise-sergeant Hinton said
that on the 6th inst, he had a search warrant and
searched Millinchip's house, and he found a number of
p.gto as in the lower part of the house, three of which
were identified by tne last witness. Afterwards he
arrested the two Millinchip's and charged them with
stealing ten pigeons, the property of William George, of
Wordsley. Thomas Millinchip said " Yes, I was there."
William said " I was not." When passing the end of
Chapel Street Thomas said " Are you going down here
to see those birds ? " He said never mind now. The
same night he arrested Samuel Beddall and Thomas
Husselbee, at Wordsley. He took them to Brierley
Hill police-station, and all four of them were in:the office
together, He charged them all with stealing ten pigeons
on the night of the 4th from a house at Wordsley, the
property of William George, and selling them to Job
Beddall, of Brierley Hill. Thomas Millinehip said
" Yes, we were all there but my brother." Husselbee
and Beddall said" Yes, that is so, William had nothing
to do with it, he was not with us." William said " I
had nothing to do with it." He went to Joseph Beddall's
house in Chapel Street with George and found the other
ten pigeons —Joseph Beddall said four young men came
to his hpuse on the sth and he bought six pigeons,
and he id%ntified two of the prisoners.—This being the
case, Mr. Holberton addressed the Bench for the defence,
and said that the prosecutor admitted that he had one
of Beddall's pigeons. They had been partners and they
had never settled up and a partnership still existed and that
the other three prisoners were acting under the direction
of Beddall.—His Worship then went through the evi-
dence and said he was against them, but if they wished
it he would send the case to the sessions.—On being
asked by Mr. Holberton prisoners elected to be tried at
once and not go to the sessions.-. Prisoners were com-
mitted to 14 days' hard labour.