The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-01-27 00:00:00

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TRUCK PROSEC Uno NS.

The adjourned cases under the Truelc Act were
calhd on at the Stuurbridge Police Court, on Tues-
day ~fternoen, befere Col nel Fletcher and Mr. A.
iry Fred rick Kitson, nail fa tor. pullcan, and
and progisiou &Ater of the Lye. had been
p ooeii d ,gainst on tl e tormer cc t asion on rico
informations for pa,ing Fdwaid Bradley and ;
Abraham Hill other than in the current coin of the
realm, and it will be remembered that both the
men named proved hostile witnesses when called
for the prosecution. The cases were adjourned
before the defence had been gone into, and on
Tut sday 111 - Waldron proceeded to address the
Bench for Kitson Mr Hooper (instructed by Mr.
Williams, of the Anti-Trwtk League) appeared for
the prosecution —Mr. Waldron, in addressing the
Court, submitted that tie t re was no evidence what-
ever to stilly that the relations of empioyer and
workmen existed b_tween Kitn and Hill
.on th
7th Nov( rubel—the date mentioned in the into mo-
tion The evidence only s: owed there was an
inary transaction ot barter or sale between
them and there was nothing- to show that Hill
too iro, from Kit-on to make it up for hire or
it ages. Mr. Waldton also submitted that there
was no trustworthy evidence on the subject of
dates. Apart from th se points, he urged generally
that there was net one little of evidence against
Kitson in either of the cases brought forward.
Both Bradley and Hill stated thatu they never re-
ceived other than money for the work they ha!
don e for the defendant, and he submitted the Court
was I °and by their evidence. L would he absurd
if the prosecution assumt d the very witness, s they
relied upon were untruthful. Evidence was called
t ahoy they made a different statement in a
public-house to what they did before the Court,
but they were not on their oath in the public-house,
and had they stated in the witness-box what they
were llegal to have said in the public-house, he
should have had witnesses to contradict them, and
they would have rendered themselves liable to a
charge of pe,jury. It was from the fear of that
that they did nut swear what they had stated to
Williams in the public-house.—The Bench, after
retiring to consider their decision, said oey knew
front experience it was very difficult to obtain evi-
dence in the cases. They thr.'.ught there was a
difference in the two cases brought under their
notice, and that the evidence was much stronger in
Hill's case than the other. They intended to con-
vict Kitson in Hill's case, and should fine him £lO
_ _ _ _

and costs. In the other case they gave him the
benefit of any sli,ght doubt, and dismissed it. Half
the penalty wOuld go to the infi,rmer.—Mr. Wald +on
said his client did not intend to submit to th
decision of the Bench, and would appeal.

A case was then calld on azainst-ja.mes Watkins
roil factor, of Careles, Green, the:Lye, that he being
the employer of one Handel Bashford, did e ti
into an illegal contract teL a imition of his wages
should he had out of ihe shop of one Chlrles
NV atkins, a Careless Gieen —Mr,
_Beeper, she

prosecuted, said the pra,ceedingA in this ease were
different to thrse in the cases which had previously
engaged the attention of the Court. Bashford bed
been in .defendant's employ for about eighteen
months, and it had been customary for him for
par of that time to expend a portion of his earnings
in part of the premises occupied by defendant. In
consequence of his not purchasing more than he
did he had to leave the defendant's employ. Mr.
H, oper went into the points of law involved in the
case, ~nd *ben called his witnes4.—Handel Bash-
ford said he live at Engine Lane, Lye. Hai b n
in the emiloy of defendant. Entered iut
year and eight months a..:0 Left it 6th Nevem—
ber last. Was engrtged to make horse •,a.i.s or
brazils. . Defend ,nr supp ie.i tire iron. As a rule,
he was paid regularly up to about th-, la t four
Dnring the last f ur months he rr extra •,t
ev, ry Saturday. Bis wife bought me it !rout
Charles Waliina. defendant's son. A butcher's
shop, kept by defendant's son, and a green& o er's
shop, in which he had been served by deter' ant
and hi a son, adjoined the warehouse. The reckon-
ing us .d to take place in this w,trehouse bet een
the two shops named, but they were al un,'or thy,
same roof. The greengrocer's shop was open to
the witrer,ous,., and th re Was a h&c in a p,,r Won
by which the butcher', shop cont.' be seen from
warehouse. Defendant always paid witness, but
one of his sons sometimes reckoned his work tip.
It was customary fr wane s to purahase green-
grocery at Watkinm's shop in the week. Witness
was only supplied once by Watkins. When they
reckoned up defendant always asked him first what
his work came to. B e never saw any account for

greengrocery, but defendant charged him once or
tw:ce at time of r. ckoning for greengrocery wit-
ness's wife had had during the week. Defendant
a-ked if he could recoll,ct what his wife had had
in the week. He usually looked to his wife follow-
i g him to Watkins's at the time of reckoning. H.
had seen his wife go into the shop and settle for
thins she had had. Every week which he w kvd
for the last four months he was with defendant

there were purchases at one or other shop. On
November 6he took 61b or 81b of nails to make up
the quantity of work for the previous week. It was
461 b f seven counter horse nails. On 6,h Novem-
ber he had a reckoning with defend •nt, who paid
him 3.2 d. The_amount coming to him w.s 16-
. _ _

2d. Witness's wife had received the other 12s.

on th? Saturday b lore. Witness was not present
In conversation %lib defendant when he sent for

iron, def ndant I.ail le tat to look af er those who
looked after him. He a ked defendant several

times thy he could n t have iron like others did.
Defendant said. "Where you lay out tine shilling
they lay out five." When witness worked for tuna
he had said at times, "1 have as good meat and
grocery as others have." Witness had sometimes
dea,t with a relative for potat ,es, and defendant
had complained to witness's wife about it. Cross-
examined: When he went into defendant's employ
defendant did wit keep a grocer's shop. He kept
a meat shop. Defendant (aware paid him in
en( ney. He knew Alfred Baker. He did not tell
him that defendant had always paid him in the
ordin .ry way of business. The w, ole of defenth.nt's
premises were under one roof, and the back door

of the btreher's shop was within half a yard of tht•
door of the warehouse. Witness handed his wages
to his wife. He did not, tell her where eh • was to
;..o an spend the money ; she knew that herself.
lie-exammed Alfr,d Baker wak a relation of
Watkins, and he distrained upon witness's goods
last week.—Harriet B ,stiford said she was wife of

last wit: ess, and during last year she had ben in
the habit of purcha-ing grtengrcery fr, m defen-
dant, and meat from Charles Watkins, defendant's
son. Witness used to go after her husband to de-
fendant's on reckoning days ; i-otnetitnes she met
hiat i.y dttendant's door, and at otaers times in
!he highw.ty. When her husbilnd gave her his
wages he went ad made purchasesfrom dt..feittlar.t.
She used to have ari lea from defendant in he
course of the week, and o.eneraliy ow,al somet iug
on the Saturday, when she settled the account.
Defendant served her with poMoes hitnself. De-
fendant had told her that where she had lai I out
a penny others laid out a ehilting. Ho said on
several occasions that his potatoas were as good as
anyone else's, and asked why did she not have
th m from him, instead of purchasing els,-where.
On the Saturday before her husband left she wet
and received 13s. from defenda- t. He paid her in
the warehouse, and she went into the adjoining
st_ op aa I bought 311 b. of meat. She did not hare
any t watoes that day. Cross-i-xaMined : Wen she
r.,(eived the 135., defend Int did not tell her to
buy:meat from his house, hut he always looked fo
h to go to him. Defendant, h,d tiiinself waited
upon witness, and received money from her in the

. .
gri engrocery shop for platoe-.—Mr. Waldron
'tool addressed toe B nch for OH defendant, con•
tending. that there hal been no offence esta• lished
under the Act —Mr. Ho,per lepli4d to tom., point
raised by Mr. Waldron, and th- Bench nit ima ely
adi.urned the case to Frid,,Y wets, wiien their
de,ision will be given.
- THE ScHooL BOARD ELECTION. This election
passed off very quietly on Monday, and resulted it
the return of the seven gentlenen see tecl at a
meeting held for that purpose some time previous.
There were originally eighteen persons nominated
but they all withdrew with the exception of the
selicted seven and Mr G. W. Prescott, who, as
the followi. g votes will show was ths defeated
candidate. The returning officer, Mr. Thomis
Wall declared the state of the poll on Tuesday,
which was as follows; Frederick John Ilaskew,
draper, 1225 ; Alfred William Worthington,
gentleman, 1027; Godfrey Rowley Perkin, shoe
manuf act urer, 1020; Henry Newnam, schoolmaster.
770 ; Isaac Nash, spade and shovel man ufactlinir,
713 ; Hugh Sher_ard, cl-rk in Holy orders, 599;
Lionel Banks Penley. clerk in iloly orders, 385 ;
George William Prescott, solicitor, 203.
A recent writer in our local papers has wisely
observed that "one of the follies of the age is to
buy dear Wines and Spirits." Another folly is to
suppose that buying from th9se who make the
largest return of duty is buying them in the
cheapest market. The Merchant woo pays duty
upon th,usands of gallons, pays in exact propor-
tion to the retailer clearing a single c.a.:::. A grcat
profit must be gained to cover enorm.,..us expenses
of large business premises, cost of advertising, and
in allowance of profit to the Agezt, greater in
umany imstances than taken by 1... e rzspect•
able .Nlerchaut. To buy ( heap is to hay where but
one profit is made, an. we cannot better ilin,trate
our argument than by pointing ou.t the way in
whleb our townsmen, Messrs J. ttutland and Son, of
a 63, High-s, have opened up the trade. Wci have
.., no hesitation in eayiug that 25 per cent. is now
1 vaved by their bringing the producer and the con-
maw toptheri OYU WO PrOei Paia a iklr Y4lll

Pos. an Iu t,iA.l will fully bear ow- our ass .tions
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CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITON, 1883.—
An International Exhibition will be opened at Cal-
cutta, on th 4th December next, under the patron-
age of His Excellency the Viceroy and G vernor
General of India, and His Honer the Lieutenant-
Giovernot.• of Bengal. There will be nine principal
Bcct ous :-1, fine arts; . apparatus and applica-
tion of liberal arts ; 3, futniture, and o7•jects for
the use:ef dwellings ; 4, clothing, ircluding fabrics
and objects of per-onal wear; 5, p7oducts of mining
industry, ft restry, Sze ; 6, !ppar.:tus and processes
! used in tl:e common arts; 7, f.:od, fresh, preserved,
' or in various states of preservatku ; 8, a.rtizan.'s
workmanship ;9, children's work. Certificai es of
gold, save and bronz, medals will be awarded by
spccitl juni. sof experts. An attempt will at obe
made to hold an exld iton of live stock, aFricultural
and hortie, Lunt produc's. and of a loan collection
of paintings, sculpture, and works of at gen,rally.
The India Government has w,ranted the use of the
India Museum, together with the gr, quids and
builoings adjoining. It is a magnificent pile of
buildin;s, s.dd to be the very finest in India,
si:uat-it ou the Maida,n, faciiz " Ch iringee," do-c
t., the Got ern r's Palace, and in the very centre of
Calcutt.,, and also voted a lac and-a-half of rupees
(X 15,003 ,o defray expenses of the Indian Court.
, Annexes will be er cted to meet furtner rt quire-
ments of 4.:2chibitors. All goods forwarded Fr
exhibition and a ,dressed to the secretary for that
purposo are admitted free of duty. Calcutta is a
free port, except for arms, ammunition and military
stores. liquors (beer, wine, and spirts), opium and
salt. Appdcation tor space with full particulars of
the intended exhibit, must be wade at the office of
the official Agent for Great Britain, Mr. NV. P.
Dilworth, 4, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-
strict, London.

DRUNK AND INCAPADLE.-011 Saturday before A.
Freer, E-q., George Pagett was charged with being
drunk and incapable on the 19 h inst. P.C. Cart
wright proved tne case. Fined 23. 6.1. and costs.—
At the Police Court on Tuesday, befoie Colonel
Fl-tcher and A. Freer Esq., John \Val was
charged with being drunk and d.i,orderly on the
22a P.C. Cartwright proved the case. Fined 5s
and cests.—James Parkes was char;.e.l with being
drunk and disorderly, P.O Bigv pr ved the case.
Fined sa, and costs.—John Hull was charged with
being drunk an i disorderly. P.C. Cretteher proved
toe case. Fined ss. and costs.

SOLICITING PROSTITUTION Mary &vial was
charged with solicitmg prostitution in the public
strget on the 19th inst. P C Biggs proved tilt.
case. Fined ss. and costs.

DRUNKENNESS —At the Pt,boa
_Court yesterday,

b foie ColontlFletch, r, Xlssrs 11. 0 -Firinstone
and T. D. Thomas, Charles Lees was charged will
heinr, drunk at Bell End, on the 18th list. P.C.
Smith proved the case. Fined 2s 6d and costs,—
Charn-s Southall was darged with being drunk
and disorderly at the Lye, on the 16th inst. P.S.
Payne proved the case. Filled 2s Gd and cos's
William Oxenham, painter, was charged with being
drunk and disorderly in the public strpeis, on the
16th inst. Inspector Baker and two other wii-
ness,s said defendant was drunk in:tbe street on
the day in question. Defendant denied being
du k and called Mr. Rowley, who said tha the
d f,tldpnt, was sober at one o'clock on the 16th
inst. The case was o.dj.iurned for a week. John
Hart and Ciet.rge Collins were char .ed with being
d unk an ; dibor-erly at the Lye. on t c 21st last
King proved the ca-e. Fined 5s and c,•sts,—
Mary Ann Moore was charged with being drunk
and disolde:ly in the pubiic streets on the 12th
in-t. PC. Moore proved the case. Fined 53 nnd
costs.—Jaums Cavit‘ was c. arg :d with bein,7
drunk and disorderly in C:ventry Street, on the
19th last. P.S Oakey sail def. :dant was diuuk,
Rode use of bad language, was very violent, and
th y hat to ta,ry him to the police Aation. P.C.
Dty at P.S. s corroborated. Soveral pre, iou -
Cmv ct ons ere pray d agis list defendant and he
was tin .1 20s aid c O'Donald w s sum
monel for being drusi and disorderly at Cradley,
on t e 22nd inst. P.Cs. Myles and Chare proved
t e case. Srvenleen rireviou= conv;ct'ons were
proved against.defendant, and he wits fined 20s
and costs,
OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Thomas Flavell was sum-
mr.n9,l for using o•-•scene language on the 20th inst.
P C Cartwright proved the case. Fined 5s and
costs.

CHARGE AGAIN3T A PUBLICAN. Jabez Jordan,
tha Lamp Inn. was Cl.arged with selling ale on the
27th ult., he not being duly lic used. Mr. Per,y
defended. P.C. Biggs proved buying a quart of
ale from the deft.udant. Suptaiiitt!ndent ‘‘ heder
obj eted to the ttarsfer on the ground that de-
fendant's son was a pugilist. The B. ncti consi .ered
ihe eve proved, but did not wish to inflict a penalty
and dehnddnt pa:d costs.
DRUNK AND REFUSING TO QUIT —John Nickliii
was charged wit, being drunk and refusing to quit
the Fish Inn, on the 22ud inst. Benjamin Wood.
hail and P.C. Chats proved the case. Fine.! 5s and
costs.

CLAIM FoR WAG ES. SatilUel Evans was Sum
moned b 3 George Davenport for £3 12s 6d, for
wages alleged to be due. Mr. Waldron defended.
After hearing he evidence the c ,se was adjourned
for a fortnight, to b. settled by arbitration.
CHARGE OF PERMITI ING DRUNICENNEsS.
Jemima Southall, landlady of the Cock Inn, Lye,
was summoned for permitting drunkenness in her
house on t e 22. id in t. Mr. lower defended. P.C.
King said he vi,iteti the d,fendant's• house on the
above date about half-past sev• n o'clock. A man
WAS in the ht.use drunk and a cup of ale was belor e
him. P Cs. Brazener and Jones corroborated The
ch-Jence was that the man was a relative, that he
came into the house druuk, ad thit he did not have
an 3 thing to drink ii the house. Several witness_s
were cahed to prove that she or lerrd the man out
ot the house and that he did not imv( any drink in
the house. The case was dismissed. W lliam
Pardoe was then charged with being drunk on the
licen ed premises of Mrs. S Drfi ndant
pleaded guiPy and was fined Is i-ind costs.
STEALING A HAMMER AND I. L James
Kendrick was charged with stealin, a hammer and
a trowel on the 18th just, the property of Henry
Taylor. The case was adj• urned for a week for the
•te lir:lance of an imp trtant witness.
Sr KA LING S wEDEs. • ..irrip was charged
with stealing a quantity of sum !,..s the property of
Joseph Whitmore. P.C. Girtweight proved seeing
defendant take two swedes tr in the field. bh had
n worki g ott the farm. Defendant said she did
it frau Irani, as she had n,t, got a hit of bread in
to hoists at t time Fined Is
CRARGE UNDER TR ”; BAILEE ACT. Edw rd
Atalrews wis char_.ed with suing a horse. oil the
17th insl, the property of Jceieph Shilvock, for £1
Ms 6d, and converting the saute to his own use.
The cas3 was adjoarned for a Meek.
NEw AeirAmen.A THEATRE. During the week
Mr. barks E:iiere's capital company have been
t,e forming here, bu• owing the inclemency of the
we lith r :here have net been crowded houses, It
really a first-el ss company, and to-night (Satur
day) two great dr trims will constitute the evening's
entertainni. nt. Next week Miss .sophie Miles and
her tal nted company are ann..unced.
SWAN dark', HARMONIC SOCIETY. The u'dial
weekly meeting of this a eiety was held at the Sw
Hotel on Tup,day evening. A number of capital
songs and well selected recitations were given and
a most enjoyable evening was sp, nt.