The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24 00:00:00

WORDSLEY.

KILLING A Hour. —At the Petty Seesinne, on Monday
la.t. before B. St John Matthews nod H. Hall. Eisqrs„
Thomas Williams axe charged with nnlawfnlly killing a
hare belonging to the Fail of Dudley, on the rrth inat.
at Wombomn. Mr. Owes, solicitor, eppeared on behalf
of the Earl of Dudley, and iotid the defendant was in the
sera'. of Mr. Samuel I railey, of Womhonrn. tin the
above date he was in a abed when a keeper ininled
Sproit.on west up to him with a doe., ant the ilaw
roand the tnaa attraeted the attention of the keeper.
W 1.,, friend a hare on the defendant. Di.f.-ndent was
afterwards e burled with 'tiding the hare, and he a•imit-
ted the otrei ee, sat beg that he kilted it with one of the
Earl i• 1 Minty's traps. Limns Sproation said on the
*hove date he saw the defea.laut a. atied ie a field be.
langi.2 to Me Samiill Hadley. Vi Wives hail a doe with
tutu, alio smelled FOOMi air iii fendaut. cud ha (witness)
afterwarda boned a hare on bitu. Oats information to
Ifinisno s. who etilq,oot definolulit with killing a hare.
Doltudaet be killed the ha ,i 3 with 000 of the traps
b,tra4.l.g to Om Fool of n 44.1. Ile oran Hrolgion said
, he met the defendant with 'a hare in it earl, Charged him
WI!, kiiiing tin hate, Slot be admitted it TI P here lied
beta racently killed. Defendant woe lined 41 lid and
trusts ;lii delimit 14 lava.
Eitit tett or ?lin Henry Roberta and John
! Thinnat won, cilia god with emutaiitteg a lareatit of the
j peat+ lay lighting, on Vie lid. inst, at totrry Bank. Po-
said On the above date he maw the
defendauts fighting 01 Q otery !Sauk Saw theta lighting
fat roe minutes. They both On.) another isTerit
times. Defendants pleedel guilty to wiestlieg with one
another. Ordered ti pay tbe ...La, 8. tid each.
HTI.:ALING Aoton was chsrged with cut
Ea; *quantity of grass beloligiug hi Mr. Foley, on the
12th Bud. Mr Addison defended. Roliert 11.1.1 said he
await keeper to complainast. On the above date he sIIW
the defendant rut a load of grass off the !rink, and carry
it sway. Mr. Addison oaid defendant did cut the grass,
but asked the Bench to treat this case in the same way
that a similar one was treated last week at !triage, Hill.
Orili•red to pay the co.ta.
AtiAiNsl. A LICF.NAFM AIert:ALIA:R. —Daniel
Salton, landlord f th • Fish an Con hourabrook, was
charged by Superintendent Mills with permitting drunk-
ennems in hi. honer, on the 12th instant. Mr. Perry do.
fraud, Police-constable Breton said be was stationed
at Brierley Hill. Ow the 12th inetant, at twelve o'cloek,
he visited the Fish Inn, an old-licessed public-h0w...10 pt
by defendant. Heard • great noise in the house, and saw
a man whn was very drunk threw a cup of ale on the
ground, and on the lendlady asking him why lie broke
the cup, he said because she did not bring him some
drink. The landlady tiaid if he would he quiet at.e would
give him tome. The man did not go oat, but went into
another room. He came out in about ten minute..
Cross-examined : Pollee-constable Freeman was with we.
The landlady said the man, whose name was Vaughan,
was in a club held there. Do not know whether lie got
i drunk there. Did not hear anybody order him out. The
cafte was adjourned to Stourbridge, yesterday, when the
defendant wan again brought up.