The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-12-10 00:00:00

WORDSLEY.

NEGLECT OF WORE—At the Police Court, OD Monday,
before Messrs. B. St. John Matthews and L. Freer,
George Onestford was charged with neglecting his work
as engineer to Messrs. ll'oodhall and Co., who claimed
£lO. Mr. Ifolberton appeared for complainants, and
Mr. Addison for the defence.—Edward Woodhall said :
Defendant was in the employ ,4 myself and partner, as
engineer, at the lansey Green Brick Works. The agree-
ment was to give or take 14 days' notice. Wo lift his
work on the 23rd inst. There were 20 or 30 people
thrown out of employment, and the damage doue thriugh
his neglecting to give notice auounted to *boat 134.1-
Cross•examined : The arraLgoleDt was tk...,5i.nr0 4r tia.4
14 days' notice. Dvf,ydant has worked, Tor us for four
or five years. He :0.: sot always worli.iit tie engine. A.
man named Perkins left without L ef No threatened
to fight me, and he wa.. discharged. fel, hada, t ilea not
complained of being starved t b rough n, sufficient
wages. The clay is not no in at that •.I,e rolls will not
take hold of it. Defendant. his wife. aulf children could
live on the wages we pay bin,. It. :I from Ss 6d to
44 per day. Defendant left on the Wednesday morning,
and we engaged another man on the following Saturday
morning.—Mr. Addison, in defence, said there was no
thing said about notice when defendant was engaged, and
he should prove that Thomas Smith, the previous engi-
neer, left without any notice.—Defendant said : Com-
plainant agreed to take me so engineer. He agreed to
give me one guinea per week. Nothing was said about
notice, lie afterwards said something about piece work,
but nothing wis said shoat notice. I could get lOs per
week during the winter. I have not got sufficient wages
to keep myself and family. I could get about 15s, as the
state of the clay is now. Cross-examined: Have been
there all the summer, and had regular work.—The
Bench were of opinion that defendant was engaged with
the usual notice, and inflicted a flue of £2 and costs in
default two months.

CIMINO AND WOUNDING. Prudence Skidmore was
charged by Benjamin Skidmore, her husband, with cut-
ting and wounding him on the 26th ult. Complainant
mid: I live at Mount Pleasant, and am a puddler. On
the above date I had a quarrel with my wife. I struck
her, and she picked up a knife, and struck at me with it
on the hand. I don't think she struck at me wilfully.
The Bench said defendant was in a very serious position.
They hoped she would understand

NEGLECT OF WORK.—Francis Alhien was charged by
Messrs. Thomas Webb IV Sons with neglecting his work
on the 19th and 21st lilts. Alfred Saunders said defend-
ant stayed away on the 19th and 21st ults, and when he
went for his money on the Saturday witness refuted to
give him the money, and defendant said he should not go
to work again. He went away, and bad not been to work
since. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was ordered to
pay the costs, and go back to work.

tkANSFEKS:-ACK HOINKS. - The Woodman Inn,
Wordsley Green, from John Brazier to John Edward
Brazier ; the Exchange Inn, Brettell Lane, from Eliza-
beth Webb to John Lowe; the Sun Inn, Brockmoor,
from Mary de Vile to William Evans; the Rock's Hill
Tavern, Brierley Hill, from John Roberts (deceased) to
Mary Ann Roberts; the Lamp Tavern, Fenton.street,
Brierley Hill, from Daniel Holloway to Joseph A. Skid-
more; the Britannia Inn, Hart's Hill, from John Thorn-
hill Smith to Thomas Williams.

BERRI:IOUS/I CERTIFICATES. The Greyhound
from George Palmer to William Lloyd. Kiugewinford :
Out-door license from John Dodd to Maurice Cadmore ;
the Cottage Spring, Mount Pleasant, from Miles Keen to
George Davies.