The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09 00:00:00

BRIE RLEY BILL.

JUVENILE RAID ON A SWEET STORES.—On Thu/ 8.
day before W. F. F. Boughey, Fsq., Stipendiary
Magistrate, Joseph Howell (14), glassblower, Moor
Lane; Benjamin Skidmore (15), ironworker;
William Janes (14), ironworker ; George Winwood
(14), ironworker; William Dickens (12), schoolboy ;
George Tunley (15), schrmlboy ; Mark Tunley (14),
ironworker; David Skidmore (14), and George
Broadhead (12), all of Park Street, Brierley
occupied the dock, which they nearly flues!, upon a
charge of breaking into a warehouse in the Market-
place, and stealing therefrom a quAntity of swee!s,
the prope:ty of Mr. Cook, confectioner, Dudley.
The prosecutor attends Brierley Hill Market, and
ha a lock-up warehouse to the Market-place, in
which he stores sweats. Superintendent Woollaston
said the prisoners were charged wi'h breaking into
his warehcu-e by forcing pen the door on the
previous Sunday with the piece of g +s tubeing pro—
duced, measuring about nine feet in length. P.C.
Booth stated that he found a padlock and another
ordinary lock had been forced orf the door. The
bar produced he found on Monday in the Market-
place, and paper bag, &c. P.C. Birch said he had
charged the prisoners, and they all, except George
Tunley and Dickens, admitted having assisted in
the breaking in. Howells said Skidmore was put
to vratchfor the police, and to signal with a whistle
when lie saw an officer coming. One of the lads, it
was stited, ha I also made himself very ill by eating
too litany of the sweets. All of the lads' pockets
were stuck together with sweets, and it had b--adi
discovered that a quantity were, after the robbery,
hidden in a mound, and fetched away on Monday
m ruing. Superintendent Woollaston here produced
three purses and a watch guard, and it was stated
that the chain and one purse would be traced to
the possession of Jone, and the other two purses to
Winwood. The Stipenli ay, at the request of the
superirren.lent, reinanded all of the prisoners with
Monday, and offeied bail.
A VIOLEgT CHARACTER. - Richard Cartwrigi,t,
carter, Cottage Street, was charged with beiag
drunk whilst in charge of a horse and cart, with
as nih in Benjam.n Winslow, a roadin in, and
further with assaulting P.C. Pitekle.,-. Defendant,
it appcarod, withoutfi p -ovocation, struck 'Winslow
whilst he was at work on the road, knocking him
down, and m tking his face bleed. He was thunk
at the time, and in charge of a horse and cart, and
h•al Buckley went to arrest defendant the latter
caught hold of the officer, and in a struggle which
ensued, kick( d 1 u For each assault he was
rentenced to lard labour for one mouth, aid for the
drunkenness he was fined 103 and costs, or 14 days'
hard a,our, the terms of im.)r:sortment to run con
see,tively.

It11:310VItI. ORDERS FOR SMALL Pox P.,TIENTS.—
Mr. J. L. IL-ltierton (Cerk to the Locil Boa,r1),
support, d by Dr. A shtnewl (Medical Olf.ce,), ad
Mr. Beckl,y (Sanitary Ins ,u c or) api,l ed under
th‘i l 24th se‘ t on of the Public Health Ac: for com-
pu sory orJ rs to be granted for - the removal of
three Small-pox patients from their homes at the
a.-lph to the isolation tents at Wordsley. T:e
Stipendiary (granted Co necessary orders.