The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-05-14 00:00:00

BRIERLEY HILL.

CAAROE OP PERMITTING DRUNEENREPS.—At the Po.
his Court, on Thursday, before I. Spooner, Esq ,
Stipendiary, Charles Maybary, landlord of the Bird.in-
Hand, Princes End, was eharged with permitting drun.
kenness in his house, on the 2nd instant. Mr. Stokes
appeared for the defence. Poliee.constable Wade said
he visited defendant's house on the above date, abont
5.35 p.m., and found two men in the kitchen. One of
them was stripped, and challenging the other to fight.
He was very drunk. There were five or six people in
the room. Witness asked the landlady how she accounted
for such conduct, and she told him they had not been
there long. Cross.examined : She told me they had
come from the publie•hssse opposite. Looked on the
table, but could not see any ale there. She did not say
her husband was out, and she had sent for • policeman
to torn the men out. Mr. Stoke', in defence, said the
defendant and his father bad kept.the house for thirty
• years, and had not had such a charge as this brought
against them. The two 1131111 came into the house, bet
they had to drink. The landlady ordered them to leave
, the house, and they refused. She then sent to the po.
lice station for an akar. Sarah Maybury said she was
. daughter of defendant. Itecolleeted the policeman going
to their house on the 2nd of May. There were two men
in the house. They were quarrelling, and her mother
ordered them out. They refused to go away, and her
mother sent witness to fetch the police. Witness did
not go inside the station. She saw a little girl, who told
her that Sergeant Sheastone was net in. By Mr.
Spooner: lam thirteen years old. The men had been
in the house about three quarters of an hone. There
was no one in the room, but the two men and two women.
I It was about six .o'clock when I went for the police, and
I it was about a quarter past five when the man Came in.
' My mother went to send them out because they did not
have any ale. They were quite drunk when they came
in. My mother said they were drunk. Reexamined by
Mr. Stokes: Mother asked them to go out, and they
refused. Superintendent Mills said he had had comp
plaints made to him about the house. Mr. Spooner
tined defendant £5 and costa, and ordered defendant's
licence to be endorsed.

DANAGWO Gasss.—Joseph Bloomer was charged with
damaging. quantity of mowing grass hi the amount Of
'2d, belonging to John Burley, on the Mk that, at Quarry
Bank. Mr. Homer appeared on behalf of the Quarry
Bank Association for the Prosecution of Felons; and
Mr. Barbary. solicitor, Stourbridge, for defendant. John
Thompsau said he lived at Quarry Bank, and on the
above date when watering Burley's field he now defend-
ant run across, and damage it to the amount of 2d. Mr
Spooner said the grass was not mowing grass. It hod
I not grown, and if 100 men had gone across it they would
not have injured it. He should dismiss the case.
ASSAULT Can.—Thomas Weaver was charged with
assaulting John Waldron, at Quarry Bank, on the lit of
May. Complainant said on the above date he was stand.

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