The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-12 00:00:00

BRIERLEY HILL.

ALLEGIsD THEFT OF WALKING STICKS —A.t the
Police Court on Thursday, 'before W. F. F.
Boughey, Esq., (Stipendiary Magistrate), Thomas
Wright and Alice Wright, man and wife, described
as tramps, and wl.O stated tbat they belonged to
Bradford, were charged with having stoltn ten
walking sticks, the property of Henry Harr ,hair-
dresser, High-street, Brierley Hill —Pollee irrgeant
Silt proved arresting the prisoners at Amblecote,
on Wednesday night, upon the charge, which they
at first denied, but upon the sticks being traced to
! their possession, the male prisoner admitted having
stolen them.—Upon the application of Superinten-
dent Woollaston, the prisoners were remanded for
a week, pending enquiries to be made about them.
CLEARGE3 OF UNLAWFULLY WOUNDING.—John
Bayliss (16), Euekpool, and Samuel Shin son (17),
two boatmen, an I the latter the son of a public in
residing at Word-ley, were charged on rem .And
with unlawfully wounding Samuel Sadler, boatman
and publican, of Brockmoor. They were also
charged with a common assault, and Orin was a
turther charge against Bayliss of assaulting P.C.
Leff ,rd. Mr. Holberton appeared to nrosecute, and
Mr. Clulow defended Simpson The prosecut
Sadler stated that on the 26th November, he was
taking an empty boat along the canal from Nether•
t el to Stourbridge, and as he was doing so he came
up at the Level Bridge with a loaded boat which
the defendant Simpson was steering. and Bayliss
driving the horse. Prosecutor asked the defendants
to allow him o pass with his boat, but they replied
" that they wanted to get on as well as he did."
Nfterwarie, as the boat proceeded, there was some
dispute between the parties until they reached the
double lock, at Wordsley, where, after some wo:cls,
Simpson unbaeltled a strap that he wore, and struck
the plosocutor on the neck. Sadler pursued him
along the lock side, when some one threw a stone
which struck him (the pro.ecutor) on the leg.
Witness then returned to his work, end as he was
doing so slapped Bayliss with his open land.
Directly some one came up behind witness .and
strueit him acrcsa tha nip wdh a boat tiller. He
reeled and fell, and in doing sri s 1W some one rui-
ning away. The blow rendered him inseasible.
Afterward witnes+ was taken home in a cart, and
as he was bkin.r put into it he heard someone say,
"Tip him into tin CIA." His injuries were su th
that he had to r: c Ave medical attendance, and lie
k. pt his bed lor a month. James Cadaian, boa mat,
Commonaide, who accompanied the prosecutol, said
he heard Sinips.in say "he had s.,ruck hill with a
tiller and flooied hitn." In cross-examinatioe, tie
witness said before the affair prosecutor had been
iti a public htuse for three-quacter of an hour, ani
his coudit on was " neither drunk or sober." Wm.
bat man, Tewkesb ay, stated that he was pre-
sent during 1,11 affray, and heard Bayliss say, after
prosecutor ha.l I.,Xe t is ears, "Whereis our
t I.er? ' witl saw him fetch the tiller off the boat.
ile fidlowed tatosecut,r with it, and the next thing
witAle3s saw was Si,tlPson striking prosecutor on I e
hip with something like a tiller. Then Bayliss
struck Salter w:th the boat tiller be had whils, 1-e
we til g,ound, and afterwards witness saw his
hand go several times as if he was s•riking him.
In reply to the Stipend•ary, the witness said he did
not as-ist the prosecutor, as he was afraid of "hav-
ing the anne himself." —Mr. Bough -y : If I lad
been toere I should have had the same myself. I
hover heard of atit:h a tong. At the close of the
case ,oc the proscutio 1. f. Clulow s Ihe should
r, serve hi; tietencLe.-14r. Bougiley intimated that
defendants would be committed for tial to the
Assize, told he I»sitivcly refused to accept bail for
either of them.