The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-22 00:00:00

KIDDERMINSTER.

POLICE COURT.—On Monday Sarah Regan pleaded
guilty to misappropriating some wool the property
of Emma Kimberley of irark Lane and as she had
been previously convicted was committed to take
her trial on the charge at the next Sessions.—
Mary Blunt, a girl of about 12 years of ape, was re-
manded on a charge of robbing a girl of ten years
named Elizabeth Medlicott of a pail of gloves.
ACTION AGAINST A. FURNITURE REMOVER, At
the Courty Court, on Tuesday, before Sir Rupert
Kettle, the adjourned case of Stringer v, Marsh was
called on, in which the plaintiff, Mrs. Stringer, now
of the Limes, Kidderminster, and formerly of Man-
chester, sued the defendant, a furniture remover at
Hulme, Manchester, for £5O damages in respect to
the removal of her furniture from Manchester to
Kidderminster. Mr. M. Corbet was for plaintiff.
and Mr. Hooper for defendant.—When the plaintiff
was removing to Kidderminster, there was an agree-
ment with defendant as to the price for the removal
of her goods there, but subsequently a dispute arose
as to the amount. When the goods reached Kid-
derrninster, defendant's agent demanded £l9, in-
stead of 417, which it was alleged was the sum
originally agreed upon, and owing to the refusal to
pay the amount demanded, the goods were actually
taken back to MaTmhester, and plaintiff went to an
hotel for a few days. Subsequently the goods were
brought again to Kidderminster, and the defendant
was paid under protest, his charges for extra e%—
penses having then raised the amount to £27 68 Gd.
The plaintiff's ease resting in part on the documents
which it was held constituted an agreement, and
which were unstamped, plaintiff's solicitor agreed
to pay .£ll for the stamp, Fo as to make them evi-
dence, and the case then proceeded, the evidence
occupying a long time. It ended ultimately in a
verdict for the plaintiff for £35, with costs, includ-
ing the costs on the previous occasion when the
case was before the court.

THE SUNDAY CLOSING QUESTION. - A meeting
was held in the Corn Exchange, on Monday night,
on the Sunday olosi.ig question, and there was a
crowded room; Mr. B. Morris presided.—Mr. H. C.
Edwards, of Birmingham, delivered a long address
in opposition to the Sunday closing of public-houses,
arguing that it would not have the effect which its
promoters claimed for it, and that in Scotland. Ire—
land, and America the re-tilts had not been satisfac-
tory. The agitation on the subject, he said, was in
part kept up by paid stump orators, whose state-
ments were of a a •nsational kind, and would not
bear analpis.—Mr. Moore moved that any curtail-
ment of p-rsonsl liberty such as, would be involved
in closing public-houses on a Sun iay was out of
harmony with the professed &sire to extend that
liberty, and woul i be inexpedient and wrong.—
Mr. W. Woodward seconded the motion,—Mr. K.
Wilkinson moved an amendment to the resolution,
but his remarks were received with opposition—
Mr. E. Winbury seconded the amendment, which
only received the support of a limited number of
the audience, and the original mom ion was carried
with applAuse. There was afterwards a vote of
thanks to Mr. Edwards for his address.

THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE.—A mewing of re-
presentatives of different, bodies in the town was
held in the committee room of the Town Hall, on
Tuesday night, to take into consideration the hest
means for promoting the establishment of a School
of Scie ,ce in connection with the School of Art The
Mayor (Mr. D. W. Goodwin) presided —Mr. G.
W. Grosvenor, the ex-Mayor, stated that rough
plans of the proposed school had been sub-
mitted, and it had bean resolves to endeavour to
raise .£4,000 Towards this £l,OOO had been
already promised, and £l,OOO would he rec.ived
from Gov, rnment, and the rest from the surplus
proceeds of tne late Worcester Exhibition.—Mr.
Morton explained the advantages that would accrue
to the w rking classes in the technical educati-n
Which m ould be given to their children at the
school.—Mr. M, Tomkinson and other speakers
followe and a large representative committee
with power to add to add to their . number,
was appointed to carry out the proposed scheme.
THE APPOINTMENT OF BAILIFFS UNDER THE
AGRICULTIMAL HOLDINGS ACT.—At the Coun y
Court on Tuesday, Sir Rupert Kettle, Judge, stated
that he Ipid received several applications tor ap-
point m nts as bailiffs under the Agricultural Hold-
ings Act. The prs as who had applied to him
appeared to think I hat one individual only would be
appointed, but the intention of the Act was that
there hotibt be several—one at least for each dis-
trict. He shou.d make inquiries at the County
Court as to who had been in the habit of discharg—
ing the duty of distraining upon agricultural pro-
pe, ty iu tuts neighbourhood, an should appoint
those persons. their appoiotment by him in that
capa• iv would make very little difference to them
lit t.teir ordinary business.

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