The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-08 00:00:00

KIDDERMINSTER.

CHARGE or STEALING FOWLS.—Before the County
Bench on Monday, James Williams and William Childs
were charged with stealing twelve fowls, the property of
Mrs. Sarah Hooper, residing at the Dobes Farm,
Chaddesley Corbett, on Use 29th of May.—Mr. H
Saunders, jun., defended the prisoners —Prosecutrix
identified nine fowls which were produced in court as
her property. She, however, gave an excellent charac-
ter to the prisoner Childs, who had been five years in
her late husband's service, and had always been a trust-
worthy servant.—Police-censtable Campbell stated that,
having received inform iticri of the robbery, he and
Head•constable Fisher, of Bewdley, went in search-of
prisoner Williams. Whilst they were near the railway
they saw Williams running, and Police-constable
Holtingworth in pursuit of him. They lost sight of
Williams tr a time, and then found him up a tree
He refused to come down, and remained there for an
hour and a half. He was afterwards locked up and wit-
ness went to Williams's house in the Welch Gate, and
there foun law° of the fowls produced. He then went to
the Horn and Trumpet public.house, where Mrs. Coles,
the landlady, gave up two fowls which she had pur-
cha,ed from Williams. Henry Cole gave up another,
;old Louise atuby another; and Mr. Evans, of the
acorn inn, Bewdley, gave up three more.—On being
charged Williams said, " I bought them at Cleobury
market ye iterdsy " Prisoner afterwards said "It was
the old chap that does the horses at the place where the
fowls were stolen from that helped me to them. I was
there on the Monday week before' and arranged to fetch
them that Tuesday night. When I got there the old
chap was waitieg for us. My boy was along." The
same evening witness apprehended Childs, and when he
told him the charge he said L I am innocent; I know
nothing about it."—Other evidence was given, and both
prisoners were committed to take their trial at the
next Quarter Sessions.—Bail was taken for Childs, his
mistress (the prosecutrix) being bound over in £2O for
his appearance.—The Berth refused to take bail for
Williams.
NON-PAYMENT OF GAS Ace )ussrs.—:!..lr. Isaac Hampton,
of the Green Vale Carpet Works, was summoned at
the Borough Police Court on Monday for non-payment
of gas accounts amounting t) £9 19s 10,1.—Detendans
did not appear.—lnspecter Ebury preyed the service ef
the summons, and Mr. Penny, collector of gas accounts,
proved that he had applied for payment and been
refused. It was found that defendant's premises were
not in the borough, and Mr. Penny was advised to ge
out a fresh summons, and have the case heard before
the County Bench,
Bo USD or GUARDIANS.—Mr. J. Kiteley presided at the
meeting on Tuesday.—The amount of relief expended
in the borough during the past fartnight has been £56
Ys 51, and in the foreign £6l 5s lid. The number of
oaupers remaining in the house is 233, as compared v,•::lt
200 in the corresponding period last year.—A, letter was
read from Mr Hillman, vaccinating officer for Wolverley
district, directed to the Local Government Board, in
reply to a letter complaining of his not strictly adhering
to the regulations set forth by the Board respecting
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thalewapyesrpieedro-
fspecified in the contract, one of his reasons for this
being by keeping a succession of cases in his district he
was enabled to vaccinate children from arm to arm.
The fact that no case of smallpox had ocurred in this
yo
dintriet with the exception of one imported from Bir-
mingham showed that vaccination had not been in-
efficiently performed. For the future he promised to
themonths
adhere to th
Lie 0
m rulesivatmedorein strictly, and
was decided and only vaccinate in
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to forward the letter to the Local Government Board.—
A. communication was also received from the Local
Government with reference to the proposed building for
the accommodation of pauper children, This, after
1 stating that there were grave objections to the proposed
, site for the building, suggested that the plan for having
1
, one block of buildings might be deserted, and the chil-
dren might be accommodated in cottage homes. It also