The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-12 00:00:00

BRIERLEY HILL.

DRUNKENNESS.—At the Police Court on Monday,
before Messrs. H. Hall, H. Smith, H, Walker' and
P. Foley, Daniel Green, miner, was charged with
being drunk in High Street, Brierley Hill, on the
Ist inst. Fined 2s 6d and costs —Harry Carpenter
was charged with being drunk on the 30th ult. P.C.
Flulme proved the case. Fined 2s 6d and costs.—
Henry IEII was charged with being drunk in High
Street. Quarry Bank, on the Ist inst. P.C. Himan
proved the case. Fined 2s 6(1 and cost.—Thomas
Noith was charged with being drunk on the 30th
ulr. P.C. Trotter proved the case. Fined 2s 6d
and costs, Robert Cadman, Joseph Powell, and
William Sand were charged with being drunk and
disorderly on the 26th ult. P.C. Hawkins proved
the case and said Powell was the worst of the three.
Powell was fined lOs and costs, and the bther two
were fined 2s 6d. William Pearson was charged
with being drunk on the 4th inst, at Brierley Hill.
P.C. Birch proved the case. Fined 2s 6d and costs.
—John Saunders was charged with being drunk on
the 27th ult, at Buckpool. P.C. Lafford proved
the ease and defendant was ordered to pay costs.
BREACH Or THE PEACE. John Hodgetts was
charged with committing a breach of the peace on
the 1-t inst, by fighting with a man named James
Abbott. Defendant pleaded guilty and said Abbott
struck him first. He was bound over to keep the
peace for three months, himself in £5.
SCHOOL BOARD PROSECUTIONS. Eight persons
were summoned by Mr. Alden for not sending their
children to school regularly. Seven were fined 2a
6d and one is.

Mn. P'.,RTER'S CASE. - The case against Mr.
Porter, landlord of the Crown Inn, was again
brought before the Court. Mr. Waldron defended.
The ea, e for the prosecution was that Porter per.
mitted drunkenness on his licensed premises on the
26th September, 1883. For the defence Caleb
Carder was called and said he saw Potter (the man
who the police said was drunk) on the 26th Sep-
tember, and he was perfectly sober. Potter told
him he had been at work down a shaft for two
days and was very tired. Eli Jones said be saw
Potter on the day in question in defendant's house,
and he was quite sober. Witness was in the house
about an hour and he only saw Potter served with
a cup of tea.—Samuel Rowton and Esther Pearson
also gave evidence to the effect that Potter was
sober. The Bench retired to consider their decision,
and on returning into Court said there was a doubt
in their minds and they should give the defendant
the benefit of it and dismiss the case.

DAMAGING COLLIERY PLANT. -- George Young,
William Lewis, Frederick Cartwright, James Tate,
Frank Tate, William Micklewright, Thomas Price,
Arthur Meese, Henry Wright, David Hayes, and
John Henry Cartwright were charged with doing
damage to colliery plant to the amount of .24 19s,
on the 26th ult, the property of Messrs. Trotter,
Haines, and Corbett. Mr. Waldron defended. Mr.
McMillan said he saw the lads knocking an old
engine and brickwork about, and they also damaged
some roller posts and rails. Micklewright and
Hayes were discharged. The two Cartwrights were
fined 5s each, and the other defendants were fined
10s each.

VAGRANCY.—George Danielle was brought up on
a charge of vagrancy, on the 6th inst. P.C. Lafford
said he found defendant in a hovel in a brickyard
at Brockmoor. Mr. Smith said they should dis-
charge defendant, but they cautioned him about
sleeping in such places.
A DISORDERLY PAUPER. Martha Hughes was
charged with behaving in a disorderly manner in
the Workhouse, on the sth inst. It was shown in
evidence that defendant was ordered to sleep in a
different bed and she refused to d') so. She was
asked to do so several times by the governor but she
stillreftised and used bad language. Her conduct was
generally quarrelsome and she had been convicted
before. The Bench considered the ease fully pond
and committed her for 21 dbys.