The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-04-13 00:00:00

OLD HILL.

CAUTiON TO iiIIILDERB.—At the Police Court, on Wed•
nesday before Mr F. b. Sinith and B. Hingley,
Lid ,rge tayior, of Blackheath, was summoned for that
no did on the sth March negle,t to give tw., day4' notice
to tile itow;ey Luca Board that he was isoing to build
Wrigh;. eppard on iieaif of the
Loci Bond, an i Mr. Jones defended.—Mr. Wright, in
open.ng, said that according to the bye-lees it was
ecessary t ) deposit plans and give notice to the Board
ihat he was going to baild Defondant did deposit a
plan and he was told by the Board that the Uutidiug
w u d rot 1).3 passed. Notwithstanding that motion de•
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fe: daut coo iuued to bui:d and by bo doitjg he had
rehuered tatn,cif liable to a penalty of £5 dad 4Us per
flay for ereqwng tuetn. lie dui not vr:sh to be vindicive
but persorl were in the uabit of buildieg wi:hiut first
depositing plans. Notices had been issued infortnidg
them that they Moat depoitt plans. Thera had beeu
betwe,n t+toeity and tuirty persoos mho lid not Oken any
n.itice of the Boart anu they were bound to put ast
to it. l.e bh•Joll i.ut ask for he peusity of 40s per day
out he shou'd a-it for the Bench to inflict the penalty
of X—i%dward Burgess, the surveyor, produced the.
pia us and _told hint not to continue building as the
Board bad refused to puss the plaus.-11r. Jones
feicressed the Bench for toe defence aid said that his

client txpressed his regret for having violated the bye-
Lies as he was wider the :impression that he could
build and if the Bench considered Use case proved to
let the defendant off by paying costs and not hitt ct the
penalty.—Mr. Wright said he must press fur a penalty.
—The Bench considered it a very grave case. A great
many complaints had been made and they determined
to put a stop to it and they should inflict the full penalty
of £s.—Mr. Wright said there was a secon information
against the defendant but the Board was willing to with-
drew that case by defendant p tyieg the costs, wnich WAS
agreed to.
IJRUNK AND ISO tPABLE Hill WAS Ch irgeit
with being drunk auu incrip,ble, at Oil Hill, oa the 6th
ieste—lnspector Price proved the case and sti.i defautt•
ant was,so drunk that he had to get A trAiy to take him
to the station,—Fined 2s 6d ens costs.
DenNK uN LICaNaND PRE:dish:S.—James Westwood
ale „srietr,ser ;ere idrievefe chareed wit'. being dr .ina oe
iicensed premistei. on the fite inst.—J. Downing, land-
lord of the Catifornsa, Inn, Biackheetb, seet the twe
defend .urs came into his house drunk. they created a
disturbance and he erdered them out, they refused to
go and he had to send for the poliee.—Niiire-serge,tre
Cooper proved that he went ti complainant's house and
SAW some in la hi,d been fighting and the window waa
broken. He ordered the men out of the house and they
we .r.—Fined 2s 6.leceoh and cL,15',4.
CuAisoe -v FiIaUDIILENTLY .tiEMoVING GOODS.—Saran
Par'ees wis eieireed with. fraudulently removing her
's, on ihe 7th April wdb iuteut to defraud Joseph
Sid ~se of his rent --C implement said diet the de-
fendant oei-e him £2 i 1, rent. On the above date
set reyeriveit a quvitity of goods.—Defendant denie,d
th.s he had emote l the gods to defraud complainant
bet. • Met he had sod some chairs to buy some
bread f tier fern le. --John Parka' reut collector, sa d
that he weet, for the rent the previous Monday. He saw
I ,ur c: a r,. smal. table, a square table, a oellows
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sli ii 3, end an linV Ishe tin should say they were
worth f:2. cl'd het go tiff/stairs to se what goods
there were —l:Le Beech informed the defendant that
She ea hi kilt to pay double the rent ; in default six
tn•in-he' imprisonment and they would a ijourn the case
fir a week to see if defendant could arrange with the
complainant. •
Imtteak; or VAGRINCY --Henry Carrot, a
.navvy, was
charged with sleeping in an outhouse on the night ot
the 10 hi ice': —The case wm; proved and on thtendant
prinnsit.„; tie leave the piece be was deethargeit.
eAuTlex TO FOnTuNE TELLESB —Emma Smith, a
travelling gipsy. we charged with obtaiiiing money and
goods from Emma Bailey, on the 4th lest, at Biackheath,
by telling fortunes, the property of Hannah Bailey.—
Emma Bailey, a youne girl, said that the defendant
came to ker mother's house on the above date and s;ie
sail to her " Yen have two young men in love with yea
one is light and the other dark, anti yen will hive the
dark one." She said " I know your father and your
mother " and said that I was to give her hal-a-crown
to tell my fortune." Witness told her she did not want
to have her fortune told. Prisoner then asked her to
give her is 6d, a loaf cf bread, an ounce of tea, half a
pound of &agar, half, an ounce of tobacco, and she
would tell her fortune. Witness refused to give her the
money or goods. When she demanded sixpence, some
bread, sugar, tea, and tobacco. Witness eaid she was so
frightened that she gave her sixpence and some goods
out of the shop. Defendant then laid her finger nails
on her hand and she was so frightened that she drew
her hand away and the defendant was the same woman.—
Defendant denied the charge and said she was not at
Blackheath that day.—Police-sergeant Cooper proved
that prisoner was in the neighbourhood and he could
bring twenty witnesses if possible.—The Bench sen-
tenced the prisoner to one month's hard labour.