The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-07-06 00:00:00

OLD HILL.

DRUNICENNESL—M the Police Curt, on Wednesday,
brfore Messrs. W. Hassan° and B. Hingley, Sylvanus
Harris was charged with being drunk, at Perry's Lane,
Old Hill, on the 25th ult.—Police-constable Styles
proved the case sad defendant was fined 28 6d and costs,
in default 7 days.—Solomon Roberts was clamed with
being drunk and disorderly, at Blackheath, on the 24th
ult.—Police-constable Hieklin proved the case and de-
fendant was fined bs and costs; or 14 days.— Benjamin
Smith was charged with being drunk and disorderly, at
Rowley, on the 22nd ult and was fined is and costs.—
Police-constable Styles proved the ease.—Joseph Parkes
was charged with being drunk and disorderly, on the

24th nit, at Blackheath, and was further chaided with
threatening Silas Nock, on the same date.—Mr. W.
Hayes defended —Police-constable Hicklin proved the
case of drunkenness for which defendant was tined 2s 63
and costa, and in the charge of threatening he was bound
over to keep the peace for six months, himself in £lO
and one surety of £s.—Richmond Plant wrs charged
with being drunk and disorderly, at Oldbury Road,
Blackheath, on the .24th ult,—Police-sergeant Cooper
proved the offence and defendant was tined lOs and
costs ; in default 28 days. —James Winnow, labourer,
and Joseph Raybould, chainmaker, were charged with
being drunk and disorderly, on the 25th ult, at Cradley
Hearli.—Police-cons!able Sylvestre proved the Pops and
defendant Winnow was 11-. ed 2s 63 and costs, and Ray-
bould 5s and costs.—Edward Tinsley, chainmeker, was
charged with being drunk and disorderly, at Spinners
End, Cradley Heath, on the 24th ult.—Police-constable
Sylvestre proved the case and defendant was fined 2s 6.1
and costs ; in default 7 days —Levi Stevens was charged
with being drunk and di.o:d rly, at Spinners End, on
the 23rd ult, and was fined 10s and casts.—Police-con-
stable Ga,skin proved the case.—Thomas Attwood,
butcher, was charged with being drank ard disorderly,
at High Street, Cradley Heath, on the 21st ult.—Police-
constable Gaskin proved the case and defendant was
fined 203 and costs ; in default 28 days —Benjamin
Tranter was charged with being drunk and disorderly, at
Dudley Enal, Tividale, on the 22nd ult.—Police-coo•
stable Given proved the offence and defendant was fined
2s 63 and eosts, or 7 days.
CAUTION TO CARTERs.—J ibez Burke, carter, of Brock-
moor, was summoned for being in such a position as not
to have proper control over a horse and cart, on the 27th
ult.—Police-constable Given said he saw defendant in
the Dudley Road. Tividale. He was asleep in a cart and
the horse was walking along the road. Witness stopped
the horse and defendant woke up and safd he went to
Bleep in conseqaence of the intense heat as he had been
out in the sun all day.—Defendant pleaded guihy and
said he was w,ry sorry.—Ordered to pay costs.

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CHARGE OF THREATs.—Samuel Barusley was charged
with threatening Mary Ann Perry, on the 24th ult.—Mr.
Addison appeared for complainant, and Mr. W. S. H:iyes
defended. After bearing the evidence the Bei.ch
ordered defendant to be bound over to keep the pe..ce.
OBTAINING Goons BY FALSE PBETENCEs. Mary
Fisher was charged with obtaining clothes by means of
false pretences from Abraham Albutt, general dealer,
Spinners End, Cradle,' Heath, on the 22nd ult.—Mr. W.
S Hayes aKeared to prosecute.—Prosecutor said pri
goner went to his house on the day in question with the
note produced for some clothing for a man named
Fisher. The note Was only signed with the initials "J.
F." As he refused to allow her to take the clothes
withcut a full signature she went away and returned
some time afterwards with the note and the " isher " was
added to tbe " F "but was in a different handwriting
and different colour ink. He let prisoner have a pair of
trousers valued 108. In consequence of seeing Joseph
Fisher witness applied for a warrant.--Josepl Fisier
said he lived at Hackett Street, Blackheath. The hand-
writing produced was not his neither did he send it, fie
never authorised prisoner to fetch him a pair of trouseic
Prisoner was his step mother,—Poliee-constable
found the trousers produced concealed under pi isoner's
apron. He charged her with obtaining them by means
of false pretences and she said she did not see any harm
in it. she was going to take them back.—Prisoner was
committed to take her trial at the next Stafford
Assizes.

CAUTION TO BATHERS.—John Smith, Thomas Musty.
Luke Taylor, Thomas Ashwood, Harry Clements, and
Samuel Welch were charged with indecently exposing
themselves, on the 23rd ult.—Police-eonst ibis Styles
sAiil he saw all tue_ defendants bathing in the canal at
Windmill End on the above date. There were three
houses in front of the canal and complaints had been
made respeeting the bathiug.—Defandants were severely
reprimanded by the Bench who ordered each of them to
pay 2s sd.
DAMAGING A FENCE,—John S-Soks and George Dingle
were coarged with damaging a fence belonging to Joseph
Cooke, on the 12th ult.—Police-constable Styles said be
saw the tws defendants in a corn field and they got over
the fete,' and damaged it to the amount of ls.—Defend
ants who said they were birla nesting were each fine
Is, 64 damage and costs ; in default 7 days.