The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-16 00:00:00

BRIERLEY BILL.

CAUTIoN TO PoACHEES.—Richard Babbs, Joseph
Marehant, and William Green, all of Words'ey,
were summoned under the Poaching Prevention
Act to answer an information laid by Sergeant Wil-
liams that he had good cause to suspect that they
were coming from land whereon they had been in
s3arch of game, and that they had in their posses.
sin certain game, to wit, one cook pheasant, and
alsa a powder flask, which he seized and detained.—
Sergeant Williams sad he wished to withdraw the
case against Babb, because he had made a mistake
as to his itleutity. Babbs was discharged. Williams
s iid that on the 24th ult, he saw Green and Mar-
chatit and another man, who jumped into the canal
and got away, coming from land in the oc3cupati fl
of Mr. Yardley. He found a pheasant inside Mar-
eliant's shirt. He heard a gun fired about an hour
. and a half previoas to seeing piisoners.—P.C.
Cartwright said he saw the pi,oners and another
neln who jumped iato the canal, cGming f om the
three ion of the New Wood. He saw a gun
drojj dby the man who got away. He searched
Groen but di i not find anything on nim.
previoas cooviciions were proved agaiast Mar_lan
and 1 against Green. Marchant was fined ; in
default 2 months, and Green 103 an I costs; in
default 14 days.
PEautTr.ru;DauNKENllEss.—Henry Hill, landlord
of the Swan Inn, Brettell Lane, was charged with
, permitting drunkenness in his house on the 26th
ult. Mr. W. Waldrou defended.—P.S. Williams ,
said he visited the Swan Inn and want into the
taproom and found a man named Sutton there
drunk. Sutton !came to him and asked him to
drink. He then went to the landlord and asked him
Low he accounted for Sutton being there. He then
wont out :and returuld shortly afterwards ilLul

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STEALING IRON —At the Police Court on Mon-
day, before H. Smith and H. Hall, Esqs., Joseph
Cock ion, Lye, was charged on remand, with steal-
ing 8 cwt of iron, the property of John Raybould,
of the Bromley Forge Ironworks, on the Ist inst.—
Jos, ph Barnett said on the Ist, as he was leaving
his work at half-past-five in ths evening, he met
the pi iso :or Oil a cinder bank near the works. It
was not a public pathway. He went up the gar-
den with his wife and son and watche I prisoner.
He saw him go to the top of the bank and throw a
quantity of iron down. Ho afterwar3s saw him go
down the bank and pick the iron up. The iron p:o-
-duced was the same. He went and caught hold of
prisoner and sent for Mr. Chambers. Prisoner said
to Mr. Chambers "I am clamming for bread; I've
done no work; please to forgive me." He went
with Mr, Chambers and prisoner to the office, and
on returning home he found the iron (produced) at
the bottom of the bank, Prisoner now said he
threw the iron down the bank by the direction of
a man named Evans.—David Barnett said that on
the ht inst he saw the prisoner on the cinder bank
aboat half-past-five in the evening, and he was
throwing iron ''..down the bank. He saw Mr.
Chambers come up but did not hear what conver-
sation took place. fie saw his father catch hold ot
prisoner and prisoner dropped several pieces of iron
similar to those produced.—Joseph Parsons sail .
prisoner went to his house and asked him to draw
him some 01,1 iron he had bought from Corbyn's
Hall. Ho was to go to the Fish Inn, Commonside.
Hel went about nine o'closk in the evening but did
not see prisoner. -P.C. Latford said that from in-
formation received he want to the Bromley Forge,
on the Ist inst. He found prisoner in the office,
and he (witness) puioted to the bars of iron, and
charged him with stealing them from the ironworks
of John Raybould. Prisoner said "Can't we settle
it and save any more bother.? On the 2nd inst he
showed prisoner a quantity of iron in the station-
yard, and told him that was found at the bottom of
the bank where he was seen to throw something
down. He than charged him with stealing it on
the Ist inst. Prisoner replied "I know nothins
about that, I only had that which you saw last
night."--Cornelius Chambers said from information
received he went to the bottom of the cinder bank
on the let inst about half-past-five o'clock. Bar-
nett sail he saw prisoner go several times to the
top of the bank and throw down some iron. Pri-
soner said he had no employment and was in a
state of destitution, and it was the first time he had
done anything of the kind and asked him to over-
look it. At the office prisoner a:lied if it could not
be settled. The iron produced was Mr. Raybould's
He saw the iron safe on the 30th January.—Pri-
soner was further charged with stealing 5211bs of
iron in the month of January last, thel property of
Messrs. Harris and Pearson.—John Farrington,
foreman blacksmith, said that on the sth inst, from
information received, he examined his stock of iron
and missed 7 or 8 bars of 11. n. round and 11 in sq. He
saw the missing iron safe at the beginning of Janu-
ary. The iron was Brown and Freer's make, and
branded H.8.-Joseph Parsons, carter, said one Fri-
day since Ch.:istmas, the prisoner went to his house
and asked him to fetch some iron from Amblecote,
beyond the Birch Tree. He went with prisoner
about 5 o'clock. Just before they got to the place
where the iron was, prisoner got out and ran on in
'row. Prioner said the iron was to go to Mr.
WooS4's at the Lye. The 'iron was on a bank by
the side of the road and there were G or 7
bars. Next morning he t icar the iron to Mr.
Wood's near the Cross at the Lye.—Thomas Wood,
vice manufacturer, Lye, said prisoner brought some
iron to his works, which he handed to P.C. Lafford
P isoner told him he had some iron from Cardrff,
and some from the other side of Dudley. He gave
prisoser aper llsjor some and 4s Gd per cwt for the
other.—William Foxall, clerk in the employ of the
last witness, said prisoner came to Mr. Wood's
works on the 4.h and 26th January. On the 4th he
brought some square pieces of iron, like those pro-
duced.—P.O. Latford said that from information
received, he went to Mr. Thomas Wood's works
on the 4th instant, and found the iron produced.
He examined some railings at the back of
Harris and Pearson's works and found eight marks
on the tcp bars where the gas tar was rubbed off.
He noticed that the places rubbed varied from 1 in.
13/4 and 2 inches wide. He found some foot prints
up two ploughed fields at the back of the works to
A.mblecote lane. There were also two marks on the
ground as if round iron had been rested and one of
square. The _hedge through the two fields bad
been recently broken. On a bank under the hedge
in Amblecote lane he found other marks as if iron
had been laid down. On the 9th inst he pointed
out the iron to prisoner he had received from Wood.
He charged him with stealing some iron from
Harris and Pearson's works. Prisoner replied
"Have you brought anyone from London to swear
to me.? You might as well; I never saw Harris
and Pearson's brickyard in my life." There were
some gas tar marks on the round iron. Prisoner
has been convicted 5 times before for stealing iron
and brasses, and is at the present time under police
supervision. Prisoner was committed to the Ses-
sions n both charges.
BREAKING INTO A. WaßEHousE.—Joseph
Howells (14), Benjamin Skidmore (14), William
Jones (14), George Winwood (14), William Dickens
(11), Mark Tunley (14), George Tunley (15),
David Skidmore (13), and George Broadhurst (11)
were brought up on remand and charged with
breaking into a warehouse, and stealing therefrom
a quantity of sweets, the property cf fhomas Cook,
confectioner. Dudley.—Superintendent Woollsston
said he wished to withdraw the case against Howells
in order to put him in the witness box.—Joseph
Howells said th rt on Saturday the 2nd inst, he saw
the prisoners in the Market Hall. Thy agreel to
go and break into the warehouse next morning.
They went next morning and tried twice before
dinner to get in but did not succeed. They went
to dinner and afterwaids returned, and eventually
forced the door open w!th a long gas pipe. While
they were breaking open tlie,door, two of the pri-
soners were watching at the bottom of the Maoket
in order to give the signal if a policeman came.
They all hail their share of the sweets, and then
went to a pit mound and buried the rest of the
sweets they could not eat. Next morning the
Tunleys went and stole a lot of the sweets that were
buried "before the others could get there. Howell
did not see Dickens go in the warehouse.—P.C.
Birch said that Howells was brought to the station
by his mother. He arrested the prisoners on the
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6th and 7th nsts.—Thomas Cook said he left a
quantity of sweets and other things in his ware-
house on the Saturday. He lscked the place up
safe. The value of the sweets was about 103.
John Wootton said the place was safe on Sunday
m rning about 8 o'clock, but on the Monday he
found the warehouse door broken open. Dickens
and Broadhurst were discharged. David Skid-
more was ordered to receive 12 somkes. The other
prisoners were fined 10s each.—Georg: Broadhurst
was charged with stealing a quantity of sweets, on
the 40 inst, the property of Thomas Cook —Joseph
Howells said that he wis playing at marbles in the
market pace, when he saw prisoner. Prisoner
asked him to go with him to tie warehouse to get
some more sweets. Prisoner went in and fetched a
quanti.y cf sweets. Order° Ito receive 6 strokes.
STEALING AN OVERCOAT.—AIbert Bird (13),
was charged with stealing an overcoat, the property
of Richard Edwards, Pensnstt, on the 29th u't.
Prosecutor s nil he l!ft his overcoat iu the lavatory
at the Broml y Lane Schoo s, Pensnett. David
Clarke, schoolmaster, said the prisoner brousht a
note to the school, and he could have easily taken
the coat from the lavatory. Cl Ara Higgs, assistant
to a pawnbroker, said the prisoner brought the coat
produced to pledge, and she alvanced him 33 on it.
—P.C. Birch said when he charged prisoner with
stealing the overcoat he said, "I went t get a
certificate, and I took the overcoat to buy suck
with."—The father of the boy said he did not think
his son was responsible for his actions.--11r, Clarke,
re-called, said he did not think the boy Wi9 respon-
sible for his actions. Mr. Smith add they should
discharge tile p •honor that ti ne, but if Ile stole
inythibg else they should have to send him to an
asylum, and his father would h tve to lay for his
maintenance.

found Sutton there still. Defendant and his wife
asked him to have something to drink.—P.Cs.
MacDerniott a d Johnson gave corroborative
evidence.—Henry Hill, landlord, said he saw
Sutton come into his house and he asked witness for
a pint of ale. He would not because he had been
quarrelling wi la another man. He turned both
men out after the policeman had been. He did
not s e Sutton tuain till the officer drew his at'en-
tion to the man. He did not ask the sergeant to
have anything to drink. After hearing several
other witn2sses the Bench ietired to consider their
verdict and on ratnrning into Court said they
should dismiss the case, but cautionel deendant.

MR. H. B. SHERIDAN, M.P., AT BRIERLEY