The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-16 00:00:00

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Boa.ap OF CILT \RDIANS.—The weekly meeting
of this board w:Asho!d yesterday, Mr. ii. Billing-
ham in the e.hai7. There WA*O also. present
Messrs. 11,151)011K Ilaskew, ilingley, Robert-
son, Wlliau, Brooks. RoliinFton, Homer,
Plant, Piddiaa, .Lavender and Kelley. Ad-
mitted into the house thtring the week 12 ;
dischared G ; dead 1 ; remining 430 ; cor-
resdoLd og last year 434. Oat-door re-
Hinpw.infod district, £27 lOs 64 ; Stour-
bridge &strict, £l.O 17s Witt; Halesowen district,
£l6 5s 5 ; non-re.si4ont paupers, Os 44 ; total
agamst 159 3i 31d I(3tyear.
£64 13s 311 ;

COUNT 17 U

bled. Jabez Roden, sawyer, said he was at the willing to pay the complainant £5 and the an
cricket match. Ha saw the defendant strike geon's fee, which was paid and the case was then
plaintiff on the head and the blow caused it to settled.
bleed. William Longmore gave corroborative Ciurices To BAKER s.—John Davis, confectioner,
evidence. The stick produced was not the one High Street, was charged with selling a loaf of bread
that defendant struck plaintiff with. Edwin at Clent, on the 11th inst, and not having been on the
Turner, surgeon, said the plaintiff came to his scales. Police-constable Wallace said that on the
surgery on the 15th July. He had a wound on above date he saw defendant's man sell a loaf of bread
his head about an inch long to the bone. He to a person without weighing it first. Defendant
examined the man carefully and he did not think: pleaded guilty, and said it was usual to have the scales
the man was able to work. Ho did not work for a in the cart, but the shafts had been broken, and since
fortnight. The man complained of a headacheand it had been repaired the man had forgot to put the
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1 scales in the cart. Fined 5s and costs.—A. similar
giddiness. Mr, Homfray deci led to call wit-
charge was prefered against William Hall for selling
nesses and MrsWeldron addressed the. jury, stating
that the man had lost his work amounting to .23 bread at Belbroughton. Police-constable Payne
p
12s fid aud ..t2 2s for the doctor's bill. He hoped proved the case. Fined 5s and costs.—George Grant
the jury would give substantial damages. Mr. was charged with selling bread without first weighing
Homfray, for the defence, addressed the jury and it. Pleaded guilty. , Fined 5s and costs. Henry
said it was monstrous for the plaintiff to claim Taylor was also fined 5s and costs for a similar offence.
£3O because he had received a blow on the head CHARGE OF PERMITTING D RUNKENNESS.—Edger
Webb, landlord of the Bridge Inn, Birmingham
and he was unable to work for a fortnight. He
would admit that the defendant had done an Street, was charged with permitting drunkenness in
his house on the Bth inst. Mr. Collis defended.
illegal act by striking plaintiff and that plaintiff
Police-constable Cuttler said that he went to the
was entitled to some small compensation. He defendant's house to have something to drink about
first of all took out a summons for the defendant a quarter past four o'clock, he found two women in
ito appear before the Magistrates and he went to the house both drunk. They had each before them
his solicitor's who at once advised him to with-
i a glass of whiskey, Called the attention of the land-
draw the summons and bring an action and get a lord to the state they were in, he said to them, now
' large sum of money for playing for a fortnight, old lady, stand up, in getting out of the house a
His Honour summed up, after which the jury re- woman named Smith fell down, he had to get a horse
tired for a short time and on returning into court and cart to take her to the station. Police-sergeant
the jury found a verdict for plaintiff and gave £1 zones and Superintendent Wheeler gave corroberative '
as damages, and £2 2s, the surgeon's bill, and evidence as to the drunken state the woman was in.
solicitor's fee but not for the witnesses. This being the case, defendants wife was called, and
1 MOORE V. PRICE.—This was an action brought said that both the women were strangers, an they
by plaintiff against the defendant to recover the had been in the house but three days, and did not
sum of £6 102 for breach of contract. Mr. Wal- see they were the worse for liquor. Defendant was
droll appeared for plaintiff. From the evidence called and said he was from home at the time the
given it appeared that plaintiff keeps a chemist's two women came in, but when he got home his
shop at Brierley Hill. He wanted an assistant and wife said the two women looked funy, and he turned
he advertised for one. The defendant applied for them out at once. The Bench considered the case
the situation and he agreed with him for wages. proved, and fined defendant lOs and costs, and en-
Defendant then went away and got lodgings. Shortly dorsed the license.
after he again came to the shop and said he did DRUNK ox LICENSE PREMlSES.—Elizebeth Smith
not think the situation wouldisuit him and he did and Emma Mills were charged with being found
not return. In consequence of defendant's con- drunk on licensed premises on the Bth inst. Police-
duct he had not got another assistant. Verdict constable Cuttler proved the case. Both defendants
for plaintiff for £5. pleaded guilty, and they were fined 2s 6d each and
THOMAS V. ASTON.—This was an action brought costs.
by Charles Thomas, a butcher, residing at CHARGE OF CRUELTY To A HORSE.—Richard
at Cradley, to recover the sum of ..t5 us for Curton, was charged with cruelty to a horse by
lay for keeping defendant's horse an sheep working it in a van, and causing it to draw two ton
in a field. Mr. Waldron appeared for plain- weight on the 20th ult. Defendant was further
tiff. and Mr. Perry for defendant. The e charged with cruelty to a donkey by leaving it on
was a contra claim made by defendant the side of the road with its leg broke, and not having
for £2 Os Od. From the evidence adduced the same distroyed. The evidence gave was not to
Cradley, against J. Aston, also a butcher, residing the satisfaction of the court, to enable them to con-
it appeared that both parties were butchers. vict, and the cases were dismissed.
Plaintiff claimed for 20 weeks for lay for defend- ASSAULT Cesz.—Charles Jenkins was charged
ant's horse and the remainder for tacking sheep. with assaulting Ann Smith on the 9th inst. From
They were in the habit of going to various mar- the evidence of complainant it appears there was a
.kets together and Aston claimed the £2 Os. After dispute about washing of the yard when defendant
hearing other evidence his Honour found a ver- struck camplainant with a bath broom on the
diet for defendant. shoulder. Defendant denied strickiug, and said
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the complainant called him bad names, and
threatened to jump on him and burst him,the case was
dismissed.
CHARGE OF BEING FOUND ON LICENSED
PEEMISEs.—George Danby, Charles Taylor, Jsssie
Homer, and David Johnson were charged with being
found on licensed premises on the 10th inst during
prohibited hours. All the defendants admitted be-
ing in the yard belonging to the May Pole Inn,
Cradley, but denied that they were there for the
purpose of drinking. Danby said he went to assist
to clean the horses, Tyler said he went to assist in
the cow house, and Homer and Johnson said they
went to pay there club money as they did not pay
the previous night, and as it was raining they went
into the yard. Superintendent Wheeler said under
the circumstances he was willing to withdraw
the summon, and they was dismissed with a caution
that they must not be on licensed premises during
prohibitedhours whether they were drinking or not.