The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22 00:00:00

COCKFIGEIIING AC TIVIDALE.

CARE' OF PERJURY AGAINST THREE
POLICEMEN.

At the 011 Hill Police t.ourt, on Wednesday, ba
fre Messrs. W. Bias i.no. C. 11 deroft, atid LI A
,Viggitt, Po ice-con,tables Winfield and Mounti ey
of the S,atfordshin Constabulary and Police-eon.
stable Sm.th, of the Wore es,ershira Constabu'ary
were charged with having committed wilful slid
.orrupt perju y in a case heard in the Court on
•June 18th against Midian Evans and others.
Mr. James Clark. soli.)itor, of 13r3erley Hill, in-
-ertned the Bench that Mr. Smith 'Dors- tt had been
instructed Liy Mr. Jackson, of West Bromwich, to
prosecute; and Mr, Alfred Young. instructed by
Mr. Waldron, hid beni retained for the defence, It
would no doubt be within the recollection or the
justice 4 present that a number of persons were con-
victed ia that Court on June 18th f..r bi g tngt.ged
in a coc .fight at Tividale on Whit-Moro.ay, the
princip witneaes fer the prosecutior. being the
three defendants. One of tiie men co,vicied was
Milian Evans, of Oldbury; and as he contende
that he had been wrongfully convicted, he swearing
that he was not prcsent at the cockfight, Mr. Jack-
son applied to the justices for summonses for perjury
against the three defendants, which were granted.
Mr. Jack,on, the s. lici. or engaged in the caze, pre.
raising tat ho w ui I sup, ly Me. Waldr, n with the
partieulars of the alleged perjury. These particulars
had never to. n supplied, and although the sum-
monses were e.raive,i on July 15th they wet e not
served upon defendants until Monday lag. Under
these circ mitances he had to apply for the case to
be adjournel, the o uns,l engaged being desirou,
that it shoul I be adjourned for six or s ,vets weeks.
Mr. Bat,satio said the nrigistratel, had decided to
adjourn the case unti Oct brr 7th. It was a seri ,us
charge to hang ever the heads of the defendants,
and they hop'd there would be no further adjourn-
ment, and that the case would he proceeded with on
that day,

PRTIG NOTES.
By our .`po.•in., Corresp,ndent.)

GREAT EBO R BAN ;IC P nd ST. LEGER.

Next week then union will take plice at York on
the Knavet.mire, the c ief ht,t, ing event bt.ing the
Great Ebor Handicap, dist•nce one mile an I a half,
although in previous years the ground that hid to
be covered was two miles, Alihorp heads the list,
but with his weight and the pe;alty he incurred
last Sunday in France, the impost is sure to sto,,
him. The Mate, Bat 111 h, wil; find thL: distance
ju-t beyont his liking. Ben Ald-r, last year' win-
ner, wit give way to his stable companion, Bona-
"
are, wlm is receiving d. good preparatif,n, there ore
should be very handy when the struggle come.
Wavelt t and 13retwalder I do not fancy. Quilt,
who ran second la-t yt ar i nicely treated, but lam
afraid has not done suffieLlit work to win this
,vent. Swillingion and Hun4atiau are a useful pair
of 3-year old-, whilst Londonderry's running a,
Stockton this past week must put him out of court.
Master Sam, however, is an apple off another tree,
and shcubt all go well wi•h hire up to the day of
the race he will take a lot of doing. Finally, if I
couple