The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27 00:00:00

HALESOWEN.

Ca XIM FOR WAGES. At the Police Court, on
Tuosday, before Messrs. F. D. L. Smith and E. B.
Phillips, David Wakeman sought to recover 151
days wages at 2s per day from Thomas Coekson,
farmer. Complainant said that when he went for
the situation defendant agreed to give him 2s per
day and he now wanted to give him is 6d per day.
He had received 18s and now sued for the balance.
Defendant said he agreed to give complainant the
same as the other men were paying and Oa:. was
Is 6d per day. Defendant was ordered to pay at
therate of is 6d per day.
POACHING. —John Clarke and George Joyce, two
navvi's, were charged with night poaching and
Rs.;aultng John Burk, gamekeeper, on the 22nd
, inst. Bark said he was at I:Lawiley WU with three
' other men and saw defendants in a field belonging
to Mr. King, about 12 o'clock at night. They
followed, them and found they had set a net. A

few minutes afterwards defendants came -up and
Clarke struck witness on the lica,d with a stick.
He also received a blow on the hand but could not
tell which of the defendants did it. Witness then
struck back and a scuffle ensued. With the assistance

of others the two defendants were eventually
securei and taken to Retusley PoHoc Station.—
Charles Smith and William. Smith, of Old Hill,
corroborated.—Police-oonstable Bull said he re-
ceived the defendants into custody and took them
to Halesowen Police Station, He searched them
end found a rabbit wire and pegs upon Joyce, and
also found wire, pegs, and string upon the other
defendant. He received the sticks and nets pro-
duced from the keeper. He charged them with
poaching and assaulting the keeper and they made
no reply. Defendants were committed for trial at
the next Assizes.
HIGHWAY OFFENCE. Charles Parrish was
charged with allowing two donkeys to stray on the
highway, on the 10th inst.; at Hasbnry. Superin-
tendent Kemp proved the case and defendant was
fined is and costs.
OBSTRUCTION. William Chatwin and William
Morrell were charged with :obstructing the foot-
path at Romsley, on the 14th inst. Police con-
stable Bull said he saw the two defendants naked
and running on the footpath. They ran across a
field when they saw him. Fined is each and
costs.

DRUNK AND DamnEame—Samuel Sanders was I
charged with being drank and disorderly on
the 30th ult. Mr. Hayes, for the defendant,
pleaded not guilty. Police-constable Webb said he
was on duty in Birmingham Street. There was a
great disturbance opposite the Queen's Head. He
saw the defendant leaning against the wall and told
him to go home, but he refused to do so and knocked
his hat off into the mud. Cross-examined: He did
not say to the defendant "Go in you young b—'
He did not force him into the entry. He did not
hear anyone say he ought to be ashamed of himself
for using him so roughly. He did not charge him
with kicking him. Police-sergeant Raybould said
he heard that Webb was in a disturbance in Bir-
mingham Street. He went to the place and saw a
great number of people there. He heard Webb say
to the defendant he had better go home as he was
drunk. Defendant sad he should go when he b—
well liked, and knocked Webb's cap off. Witness
told him he had better be quiet. Mr. Brown
pushed the defendant into the entry and a short time
afterwards defendant tried to come out again and
the doors closed and pinched his bands and made
them bleed. SuperintendenttKemp:said on the night
in question he was returning from Oldbury and was
going up Birmingham Street, when the defendant
came to him and asked him if be thought he was
drunk. Defendant was under the influence of drink.
Defendant was swern and said that he was perfectly
sober. He had been in the house up till eleven
o'clock playing the pianotorte and had only had share
of 2 pints of ale and a bottle of ginger beer. He
went and:stood outside to get a little fresh air and
did not mate a disturbance. Mrs. Sanders, mother
of the defendant, and Charles Brown, manager at
the Queen's Head Inn, corroborated.—Mrs. Sanders,
landlady of the Queen's Head Inn, was also charged
with being drunk and disorderly on the same date.
Police-constable Webb said there was a row opposite
defendant's house and he went to see what was the
matter. He saw defendant who had a great number
of people round her and she shouted out to him
"What have you been doing to my son." She was
drunk. Superintendent Kemp and Police-sergeant
Raybould said that the defendant was drunk.—
Police-constable Webb was then charged with
assaulting James Sanders on the 30th ult. Defend-
ant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Hayes prosecuted.
Complainant said that on the above date he had
been playing the pianoforte up till 11 o'clock, after
which time he cause out of the house and stood
against the wall. The defendant came up to him
and said, " Go in you young b— or I'll break
Vas stick over your back." Defendant then pushed
him into the entry and fell upon him and cut his
hand, making it bleed. Two men came up and
pulled defendant off him. Mrs. Grove said she saw
defendant go to complainant and push him into the
entry and heard defendant threaten him. Com-
plainant was sober. All three of the cases were
dismissed.
AS9AULT.—Joseph Attwood was charged with
assaulting his wife, Mary Maria Attwood, on the
16th inst. Complainant said that the defendant
came home the worse for drink, and struck her with
his fist. The Bench said that as he had been
bound over, and it did not seem to do him any good
they should try what a little imprisonment would
do for him, and should commit him for one month
with hard labour.
PERISITTING GAMBLING.—AIfred Willetts, land-
lord of the Nelson Inn, Sping Hill, was charged
with permitting gambling in his house on the 13th
Inst. Mr. Hayes defended. Police-constable
Parkes said he visited the above place and saw
some money and cards on the table. There were
four men playing at cards. He picked up 45 cards
and a cribbage board from the table, and found 47
more cards under a bench. Mr. Hayes, for the
defence, said that the defendant only allowed them
to play at cards to amuse themselves and not to
play for money, and that he did not permit ''(iamb-
line% Daniel Willetts paid he was in the house
when the officer came in and had been in for three-
quarters of an hour. The men were not playing for
; money. Defendant was fined 50s and costs.