The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-08 00:00:00

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I)RUNRENNEk4I.—At the Police Court yesterday,
.lefore Colonel Fletcher, Captain Noel, and Me!,srs
N. J. lurney and T. D. Thouias, Jabez Wire was
arged with being drunk on the 4th inst at ene
Lye. P.S. Ci pe proved the case. Fined 2:3 Gd
end coats.—Samuel Southall was charged with
being drua on.the 2nd inst, at Clent. an I at DP
swinford. PO. Eaves and P.S. Cope proved the
cue. Fined lOs and costs.—James Smi.h was
charged with being drunk on the 29th ult, P.C.
,nelproved the caso. Fined 2s 6cKand costs. James
Selby Pearce ens charged with bej ig drunk on Mr
4:h inst, in the public street. PC. Biggs proved
the case. Fined 2s 6d and costs.—Elenry Stokes
was char)led with In ing drunk at the Vine inn,
High Street. P.S. Chars said he went to the Vine
Inn on the Ist inst and found the defendant drunk.
Defendant said he went to the Vine to see the land
lord. He did not have anything to drink there
Fined 2s 6,1 and costs.—William Hill was chir,.eci
wi h being drunk whilst in charge of a horse and
cart at the 1..)e, on the Ist inst. P.C. Bra zener
proved toe case Fined 53 and costs.—W,lliam
Adams was charged with being drunk in Victoria
Street on the 3rd inst. P.B Chare proved the
cage. Fined 5,, and costs •
REFUSING TO QUIT.—William Huxley was c, arged
with being disorderly and refusing to quit the Hilt
avtrn, Clent, on the Ist inst. Mr. Waldron
proved the case. Fined 5s and costs.
CHARGE AGAINaT A BuTcnan.—Wil jam Onslow
was charged wile cruelly Musing a calf by beating
it with a s.iek, and lit lug it u:, by its tail. The
defendant, who is a butcher in the elup:oy of Mr.
Turner, MO. Street, was. seeu by PS. Oakey to
strike a r alt several times with a stick, and then
turu the teil up over its back and lift it off
the ground.—Samuel Edwards said the defendant
did not strike the calf with a sti. k, or illuse tat
all.—The Bench thought there was a do...bt in tr..
case, and they should give the defendant the benefit
ot t.
OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—SRMIIei Smith was char.: ed
with using ohs( ene language on the 3rd inst.—P.C.
CartNriight prov,d the case. Fined is and costs.
ALLOWING PIGS TO STltAY.—\\ idiom Whittiki-r,
fruiterer, wiis charged that he being the owner of 4
pigs did allow tiv m to stray in Birrninghain Street,
on the 28th July. P.O. Farley proved the case.
Fined 2s 6d and costs.
Fuaions RIDING.—Job WhitPhou-e and John
Allport were charged with riding horses turiou-ly
at Ilt.gley on the 31st ult. P.C. Cartwright proved
the caso. _ Fined is and costs each .—Samuel Plant
was charged with ridi:.g a hi,rse furiously o. the
3111 nit at Ilagley. P.C. Day proved the case.
e I 53 and costs,
PROSECUTI“N UNDER TILE FACT;,UT ACT.—Thomas
bellamy was chargtd with empiyin a oung
person be ore 6 o'clook in the morning Hoare
appeared tor the prosecution. Mr. Platt as-i !ant-
insreitor, said that he visited the' detendant's
bucket works at Wollescote on the 9th July, at 5 30
.a.m. and found a young person at work. The de-
fendant was not pre.sent Witness heard tie
hammering before he got to the v.-orksnop.- The
B-nch said they should fine the defendant 5s and
costs.

SCIIooL BOARD CA.4ES.—Five perstns were sum-
tnoned by Mr. Thompson fur net seneing their
children to school regularly. One w. a hued 2a 61,
and one ; one aejouened aed t 0 distnissed.
AN ANICoNDING PAIIPER.--Clruiind Westwood,
an old woman, as charged wale at:scowling fiora
the Union. Detendant was runner charged with
being:drunk and incapable on Ihe let lust. p,c.
Bird fou.id the defendant in tee street, helplessly
drunk. The other case was nor proved. Defend-
was ni.chareed because she had !Nen in prison
since last Saturday.
lenusLes.—Jeldi Timmins (19), the younger, Wia
chgraed with being (Funk at the Wheat Sheaf, and
refusing to quit when requested. Agnes Stringer
arid that on the 25th ult the defendant came into
the house din k. Site refused to fiil him any beer
slid asked him to it ave. lie refused to d to, and
she bad to send for the police to turn him out.
PAL Bird seid the defendant was drunk and refused
to go for some time. Defendant was further
charged with being drunk• and du3Oidely Ou
13t inst. P.C. Stone and r.S. Cope proved the
case. For the last offence the Bench thought he
had suffered sufficient es he nad been locked up
in..e Saturuay ; but to, the other offenve he teuuld
be fined 5s and tosts.—E.ijah Ikat was charged
wifee being drunk at tee Lye on the 28th nit. P.C.
Paynter proved the cAbe. Fined 103 and cesb, Or
14 cays.—Juseph Billingham was charged with
being drunk and disorderly on 24th Januiry.
Jones proved the case, Fined 58 anu c‘rste, in default
14 days.
A "Dam BRAST.—William Harding was charged
with indecently exposing himself to a little 1;irl
named Selina Bache (11), on the WI inst.—Ether
Bache, reother of the child, stated that on the 6th
inst she went to her daughter's ho:se in Jlireeng..
ham etreet, ad writsL then: ehe ea eUiia. bareie,
her daughter, in a field near the Waterworks, and
about 230 yards trom wnere she was. . She also saw
the prisoner in the field, and be °penci . eis truu•ers
and exposed himself to the child. he waS standing
about 4 yards from the child.—Sarah Ann Hall,
daughter ot the jest witness was called and said she
saw the prisoner expose himself to her stater, Sel.na
Beebe —Selina Bache said she was in a field near
the Waterworks on the 6th hurt. Tee prisoner
stoed 2 or 3 yards away from her aed exposed him-
self to ber.—P.S. Chare said he arrested prisoner.
lie charged him, bet prisoner made no reply.--Par-
Boner denied seeing the eeild that afternoon but
the Beneli considered the case proved, and fitted Lim
21s and co3ts, or one mouth._ .

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BOARD OF GUARDIANS—Mr. H Billingham pre-
sided at the meettPg of this Board yesterday.
There were aiso present Meszrs. Robertson, llingley,
Grove, Burr. Bouiets, Siticiaway, Thompson,
oliin-
sn, Dawes, Br; cc, J. Billingbam. Web,
Crump, Pearkon, Wright, Brooks, Rhodes, W.
Green, Stringer, Forrest, Yardley, aud 'lilt.—Ad-
mitted 9. ciisenarged 5, ,ead I, born 1, rtinuiLing
520 a.,ininst Kingswi::tord £44 12s 34.1,
Stonrbridge £3O 8s 7d, nalesowen £24 5s Od, Noa
rk-sidents El 19s 8d total £lOl 5s lid against En
12s 6d.—There had been 21 apptications for the
post of relieving officer for Hulesowen, and after
tour divh4iolis of the Board had taken pl-toe, Mr. E.
B. rrewin, was elteted, by a naajotity of four votes
over Mr. J. Dingley, who has been acting as tem-
porary relieving officer,