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

BBIERLEY HILL.

WILFUL DAMAGE —At the Police Court, on Mond,iy,
before Me,sra. J. ilolcroft aud li. U. Firmstune, David
Wootton, :lames Awirew, Matthew Fletcher. Zacbariab
A.llport, George liattun, George Stafford, and Edwa
A.!len iv: it: charged wibli wilfully damaging inowng
grass, the property of Messrs. Mubberley ad Bailey, at
the Thorns, on the 23rd ult.—Elijah Pertridge esti he
was wat,hing the grabs On the above date at Dennis
Bank, the Thorns, when he saw all the defendants lying
unt bi thug in the grase.—Police-constabie N.:vans cur-
lobo-ated Partridge.—Defendants were each fined 64 and
',As; in default 14 days. _ . .

COAL STRALING.—CIeorge Hammond, labourer, was
chargdd with stealing a quantity of coal; the property of
Messrs. Shelah Garrett and Son, at Penanett, (Pi the 4t,,
tut.—James Hickman, Julia Taylor, and Eliz ,4•eth Lane
provd the ease and ddfendant was sentenced to 21 days'
haul labour.

SOLIoL i3OARD PROSECOTIONS.—The following perscns
w-natimmo,ed by Mr ri. V. Breton, School Board
offi.o-r, for neglecting to send their children to school
.seph Male fined in, John Abott is, William Yountney
ss, Joseph Tubetfield 53, William James is, and th,
aces against Jessie Homer, James Nock, and ,Sa,Luel
Dunn were adjourned for a mouth.
diGRWAY OFFENCE thomai Hawker, a boatman,
was suwtoont-d ler allowing two donkeys to stray oil tb.-
righway, at King wiuford, on the 16th ult-,.—Police-co,-
tab'e Buyntou proved the case and defendant wa.,
ord-nd to piy costs on pr.:wising not to offend again.
DAMAtrING MOWING GBABB.—JOIIII darns was charged
wilfully damaging a quantity of mowing grass, on
e 23-d tilt, tie property of Alessrs. Mobberley and
it the Thorns.— hree witnesses proved seeing
d fondant walking in the mowing grass three yards Iron
f..otpatti ad ia waik.,l down the fi,ld aoont 60
y:rds.—De.endant denied the cuarge and calied a wit-
ness wl,o swore that d,fendant was not off the footpath.
—The B.tich said they believed the evidence of the wit-
nesses for the pr:7 Dion
i was
nda
s charged
fined
h defendantwi t
aelss ttlauntn.
costs, 16s ; in default 14 days.
,o
.11447)AttinLAn ASSAULT
_fon the 20th ult, at Brettell Lane.—Com-
piainant said ma the sh,va data he was standing in the
lard when defendant, who was (trunk, went up to him
and without any provocation struck him a violent blow
on the face, ma le his no,e bleed, gave rum a black eye
and injured his shoulder.—Defendant was fined 103 and
costs; in defa it 21 da)s hard labour.
TEALING A RABBIT —At the iritaffordsbire Midsummer
Qu,rter Sear ns, on Monday, before Mr. T. F. Teem
1 w, Geort. di Bate (21), was indicted for stealing on the
12to June. at Klogswinford, a ranblt, the property r.f
,icpire Crochet; also with two other robb,ries of the
114. - c%nracter, to ail of which he pleaded guilty ••••
['here wer, say ?al previous convictions for a Simla
IT lice —He- • II 8 •••tenced to nine mouths' hard labour
on charo sentences were passed in resp,!ct of
the others.

- - - -
STEALLNG A WATcll.—At the Staffordshire Midsummer
Quarter .‘ieswriiis, on aI uday, before Mr. T. F. C wena-
H.:, GriffiVis (52), blacksmith, Brierley Hill,
was charge with at .s.iii•g a watch and chain, the pro-
perty or Joseph Westwood.—The prisoner took the
husayo,be, and sent a man to
but it was stopped and
pawn
nh firtom,a t hDeu Teo; e cnuetxote ad
thitliths was taken into cu,tody.—He was found guilty.
ion! also admitted having been convicted at Worcester.—
Sentence to nine months' hard labour and three mouths'
pllice supervision.
HoLEsams 'IREFT OF FOWLS AT WoMBoURNE.
At the staffordshire Midsummer Quarter Sessioes, on
l'uesday, before Mr. T. F. Twemlow,
s .1, (29). slater; William Dix (55),puddler ; Isaac
Norman (30), engine-teeter; Samuel Wiliiamson (13),
~o occupation ; and Harriet Williamson (28), wee
,rraigned on a charge of stealing, at Wombourne, CI the
7th of May, toil ty-ele,lit fowls and two turkeys, the pro-
perty of John Whi'ehou-e.--For the prosecution Mr.,
mitli appeared, and ;he tirisouers were lull fend ,d.—
The fowls and turkeys were locKret up safe on the 7,11 of
May, sod on going to look after them n the followia.
morning, the wife of the farm bailiff found that they ferd
at been taken. The poriee afterwards brought a number
of fowls and two turkeys, which were identified as being
the property of , roi.e,mtor. Ihe landlord of the New
Womb !erne, i-aw the defendants drive up to his
nouse on the 7th of )(lay. On the morning of the fol.
lowing day, ab W, four o'clock, the cart returned along
the rosd, and it was covered over sith straw. It came
fr.mi the dir ctiou of prosecutor's farm.—Police-con.
stable Ligtitwood, stattoned at Bilston, went to the
houses of the prisoners on the 9th of May. William
Williamson was en..aged plucking a number of
fowls. lie was asked where tba remainder of the fowls
were, and William Williamson answered that they were
somewhere about the house. A search was made, and
they were frund in a itarret.—Pris.niers were found
p.uilty of tne charge —Dix was sentenced to seven years'
penal servitude ; WiLiam Williamson to six months;
Norman to twelve months • Harriet Williamson to six
months ; and Samuel Williamson to one month, and
was also ordered to be sent to a reformatory school.