The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08 00:00:00

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satisfied if the Bench fined defendant the mitigated
£5O on the one count only.—Mr. Underhill, in defence,
said he should not attempt to deny that ihe saccharine
was found on defendant's premises but that the defendant
had no idea he was committing any illegal act. Be (Mr.
'Underhill) should on behalf of defendant plead guilty to
the first count in the indictment, and he would ask the
Bench to suggest to the Inland Revenue a further re-
duction of the mitigated penalty of £so.—The Bench
I fined defendant £so.—Benjamin Minute, Wordsley ;
Christopher Farrol, Brockmoor Green ; Levi Smith,
Brockmoor Green; Joseph Pearson, Brockmoor ; and
William Scriven, Broekmoor Green, all publicans, were
charged with similar offences.--Mr. Underhill on behalf of
defendants pleaded guilty.—The Bench inflicted a fine
of £5O on each defendant, with a recommendation that
the Inland Revenue further reduce that sum.—Mr. Otter
asked the Bench on what ground they made the recom-
mendation.—Mr. Evers said they recommended the re-
duction first, because it was the first offence of defend-
ants and second, that in all probability defendants did
not derive any benefit whatever from the use of the
article.
A. F ALTRY CASE.—lshmael Palmer and Simeon
Kendrick were charged with assaulting Simon Tolley,
on the Ist inst. After hearing the evidence which
showed that it was a very trivial affair. Kendrick was
ordered to pay costs and Palmer was discharged.

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average at this time of the year. Quotations who is an engineer in the employ of Mr. Charles
were virtually nominal for all but special Baxter, said he went to visit his sister on Sunday
qualities. . night, who resides at Wordsley, and was returning
The production of pig iron in South Stafford- 1 from there about eleven o'clock at night. On the
shire is being decreased not only by the putting road home he metwith
_a man named Isaac
out of the last of Messrs. Groucutt's three
, Cookley, who had charge of a drunken man and
walked with them some distance. When.near the
furnaces, but likewise by the stopping also of .
1 Gas Works he saw three men who said as he
the last of the plant of three owned by Messrs.' passed them" Good night." A little farther on
Solly and Urwick. By November, however, the the men turned back, one stood close to him and
last-named firm hope to have one or more of 1 the others by Cookley: Thomas Hallbegan to
their • furnaces in again. Messrs. Solly are ! finger his waistcoat pocket and felt him pull his
availing themselves of the present quiet time to watch out. He then up with his fist to knock him
increase the height of their furnaces by 9 feet, , down when he ran away. He (witness', started to
and, at the same time, put down fresh air heating go after him when the other two defendants laid
apparatus. on him and said "Mate, what is the matter," and
The market was greatly concerned with the held him while he got some distance away. He
gloomy prospects arising out of the stopping asked them to let him go and got away, and ran
after the man and saw two men in front of the
of the three pumping engines previously worked
by Messrs. J. and W. Sparrow and Co. Already cricket field gate and shouted to them to stop the
man as he had got his watch. On running up the
the water has risen no less than thirty yards at
road he saw his watch on the footpath and picked
Stow Heath, leaving but tie smallest room to
it up and the case was missing. He caught the
doubt that the worst effects feared are in every man by the cricket field gate and the other two
way probable in respect alike to the Bilston and came up at the time while holding the prisoner,
also the Tipton district. At present the Mines and he shouted "Police" when the other two
Drainage Commissioners are unable to see their defendants caught hold of him and threw him '
way to avert the evil. This afternoon there down and tearing his trousers. At this stage of
were meetings of the committees of the Bilston the 'proceedings Mr. Freer said sufficient evidence ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—.At the Felice Court, on
and of the Tipton and the Old Hill districts re- and been given foT.a remand and remanded them Tuesday, before Major Smith, Messrs. E. Gem, J.
spectively, also of the General Purposes Corn- until Friday (yesterday.) Bail being refused. Watson, H. Howard, and E. Phillips, William Parsons,
mittee, and afterwards of the Commissioners as Prisoners were again brought up before Colonel
stable abs Cooarsker, was charged with assaulting Police-con.
20th
costs.
. The case was proved
and. a
body. The Bilston district committee could Fletcher, R. L. Freer, and J. Holcroft. Mr.
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and defendant fined
Y.
on tdhe 2os ne
see no other course open to them than to give Waldron defended Hall, and Mr. Perry for Squires
DAMAGING GRASS.—David Foster, John Williams,
notice that the subsidised engines formerly be- and Abbott.--Prosecutor repeated hti. evidence Benjamin Williams, and William Hackett were charged
longing to the Parkfield Company. those owned underwentlssautltoenrg
rcergiodsisn-eoxarnaoridosni.e—y,
saaaidc with. wilfully and
ke maliciously damaging a quantity
.of
t grass, the
spaeirdt y f Robert Smart, on the
by Messrs. Addenbrooke, and those owned by aCillle
that on glass-cutter,
night lit he was returning with a ImBothwiunf._
he saw the whole of the
the executors of the late Mr. D. Jones should drunken man from Dudley, when nearthe Coal- I defendants in his mowing grass on the above date and
be stopped in a fortnight, and they passed re- bournbrook turnpike prosecutor overtook U 3 and they did d image to the amount of 6d. People were
ao'utions reco amending the course. The effect we walked together as far as the Gas Works. He constantly trespassing on his land on Sundays and it was
would be to hasten the impending calamity, and saw two persons coming from the direction of Leghretnendui2ssai.6ledea—nr
ceofe,tnadants pleaded guilty and were
the Commissioners, at their general meeting, Wordsley to the Gas Works gate, and they turned THREATENING.—WiIIiam Bache and Frederick Bache
resolved to refer the resolutions back to the to go towards Wordsl4. He saw Squires and were charged with threatening David Smith, on the 21st
committee, and convene a special meeting a Abbott close to prosecutor, but could not swear ult. Mr. W. Hayes, jun., appeared for Smith, and Mr.
fortnight hence to consider the position, and that Hall was there.-Police-constables Williams Homer defended.—After hearing the evidence the Bench
b_s,rut-61dbat h parties
Hall
certain elaborate plans and reports which have and Hudson, and Police-sergeant Hudson gaveate en
aesa
charged
to
o. keepd h peacetthhereatt
been forwarded for the guidance of the Corn- evidence for the prosecution. The Bench retired f
i.ila Sarah months—MaryPerry, on the
for a shoit :i ne to consider their verdict and on re- 17th ult.—Mr. W.wHay 3, junn,
tnissioners by the arbitrators. In the mean
tine the arbitrators' plans and recommendations tdraing into cour.; Colonel Fletcher said they con- deteadt d.—The cas3 was dismissed.—Julia 'Scott, .a
little girl, 13 years of age, was charged with threatening
si ered- a prima facie case had been provoked and
Emma Hackett, a married woman, on the 27th ult.—
Mr. will be printed for the use of the Corn- they should reduce the case of highway robbery m. w . Hayes, jun., defended.—Without call ng on Mr.
missioners. against Hall to one of larceny from the person, Hayes for his defence the Bauch dismissed the ease.
and the charge against Abbott and Squires to one DAMAGING TREES.—Adam Slater, a little boy, and
of common assault. Hall was committed to take
rhomas Andrews, alias • Southall, were charged with
his trial at the Staffordshire Assizes, and Mr. wilfully and maliciously damaging a tree, the property
Perry called witnesses for Squires and Abbott and of Mr. John Hall, at Hagley, on the 2nd inst.—John
Langford said Mr. Hall bad been at. considerable
the Bench fined them 20s each and costs. expense in putting in the trees and they were being
OBSCENE LANGUAGE .—At the Police Court, Yes- constantly broken down. The damage in this ease
terday, before Colonel Fletcher, Messrs. J. Hol-
amounted to 2s 61.—William Higgs said on the above
croft and R. L. Freer, James Cogzell was charged data he saw the defendant Andrews break thi top of the
by Inspector Williams withusing obscene language tree off, but he di i not see Slater do anything.—Sl-iter
in the Market Hall, on the 24th ult.—Complainant was discharged and Andres was fined is, 2s 6d damage
said defendant was making a great disturbance in auLlici-t, ;in darault 14 days - _
the Market Hall. He said, "I don't sell rotten
Jos':II'IRGG2,IeLF an'dNDEVCVillmiTamlG4'xoPlilisnur Werje'esahr dP‘r:rict';l
potatoes, I don't care a for anyone," and made .
ii, e'
i l'elot.ly exposing themselves, on the 24th ult. charged
of other had language. Witness had often eons'able Barley an dhe saw the three defendants, on
cautioned defendant. —Fined. 2s 6d. and costs; ill !lie above date stripped on the side of the canal leading
default 7 days. from tl.o Mimi r. Seve a females saw defendan s a .cl
DRUNK ENNESS.—JOhII Scott was charged with lid to torn b.iek• There were frequmrt comp aints
being drunk in Foster Stveet, on the 3001 ult.— ab.mt people bAbing them—Major htnith said th r.
Police-constable Eves proved the .!LISC. —Defendant Nati a nuisance caused by people bathing in a pool cla. e
was fined is and costs. Patrick Kilcoyne was to the
p esui,tilieu
,ot of the road and
s ate
sentenced
shouldd 1,14 put v as, stop.in to it.
charged with being drunk and refusing to quit the et i a the other was
so
defendants were ordered to 'paa,
Duke William Inn, Coventry Street, on the 3rd icuosuts.l 1
ins'.—Hannah Compton, the landlady, proved the, -
case, and defendant was fincd Is and costs. —Wm.
Glendower was charged with being drunk and
disorderly at Beauty Bank, on the 3rd inst.—
Police-sergeant Jones proved the case.—Defendant
denied the offence and said the trade he was en-
ga,g,al in required a clear head and a steady hand.
—Fined 2s 6a and costs.
FURIOUS DRIVING . —Thomas Jones was charged
with furious driving- in the flagley Head, on the
3rd inst.—John Taylor proved the case and said the
horse was going at the into of 12 miles an hour and
covered with foam.—Fined 53 and costs.
IMPORTANT EXCISE PROSECUTIONS. William
Morgan, landlord of the Pear Tree Inn, the Hayes,
was summoned by Mr J. F. Otter, Supervisor, for
having a quantity of sugar in his possession for
brewing purposes.—Mr. Perry appeared to prose-
Cute, and Mr. Stokes defende I.—Mr. Perry briefly
opened the case, and said the summons was issued
under the 17 &is Vic. sec. 5, c. 30. He should
prove tint defendant had alarge quantity of sugar
en his premises and that he had not taken out a.
license which he might have
.done by paying £1 is.
—John F. Otter, Supervisor of the district, said
defendant was a licensed victualler, and had
no license for using sugar. On the oth May he
visited defendant's house. He obtained a search
warrant and visited the place a second time. In
a room upstairs he found 16 packets of sugar and
three smaller ones. It weighed 961bs. The sugar
was called 8.8. He took two sugar bags, one
capable of holding 1001bs. which had been recently
emptied and another larger one. When he seized
the sugar defendant told him he used it for mulling
ale and porter.—Mr. Stokes addressed the Bench
for the defence, said he should prove by defendant
and his wife that the sugar was used simply for
domestic purposes, for mulling ale and porter, and
the reason so large a quantity was found on the
premises was that defendant had it from his
mother-in-law monthly, because she lived some
distance away.—A long legal argument took place
as to the right of defendant and his wife beinr,
competent to give evidence, and the Bench ruled
that they could not give evidence. Mr. Stokes
said he was thrown on one witness. Joseph
Chance, machine clerk, said he had mulled porter
and the sugar used was similar to that produced.
—This being the case, Colonel Fletcher asked if
the full penalty was claimed.—Mr. Perry said they
did not, but this was rather an aggravated case
and they could not recommend a reduction.—De-
fendant was then fined in the mitigated penalty of
.250.—John Brooks, lanidord of the Talbot Inn,
was fined £5O for a similar offence.—Mr. Presco t
defended.—William Pen, Vine Inn, and William
Adams, Queen's Head, were eachflned £5O for like
offences.—Mr. Beckley defended Adams.
CATAPULT Nursawn.—A little boy named Hunt
was charged with using a ctapult and injured a
boy's eye. The case was ' withdrawn on defend-
ant's father paying the sUfgeon's bill and costs.
Mr. Freer remarked that it was a very dangerous
thing for boys to use such things and was deter-
mined to put a stop to it.
ALLOWING A NUlSANCE.—Benjamin Burford
residing' in Church Street, was sun moned by
Inspector Williams with not having sufficient
privy accommodation on his premises. Defend-
ant pleaded guilty.—lnspector Williams said the
defendant had but one privy for the use of six
houses, containing thirty persons. He asked for
the defendant to build two mora.—The Bench
made an order for the defendant to do so and pay
costs.

DUDLEY.

MEETING OF CREDITORS.—OG Wednes by, a me.lin"
.of the erc,iitor.3 of Mr. Potter, vice maker, Can i•lteFt
S:.rect, was Ee'd at the offices of Mr. G. B. Lowe. Tht
-tAkoneot • f acedtu:ts showed liabilities amounting to
.£350, end a ts £6.1. It was agreed to accept a coni•
p bmition of 1.-t. in toe pound, to b • pad in three mot Abs
WIFE BEATING CAF. —Nt th, Police Court. on Wed.
nesday, b :fore the Mayor and Alderman 1:1Ligo, a mioei
med Dorm.in, of Low T•iwn. Woochitl wa-
.ent g otl fr a mootit f r assaulting his wife.

DUDLEY TOWN COUNCIL.