The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-06-06 00:00:00

BRIERLEY HILL. ,
OLD HILL.
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DatiNKENNEss.—A.Cthe Police Court on Monday, TRANSFERS.—At the Police Court, on Wednesday,
i before Mes•rs H. Smith and H. Hall, "William before Messrs. W. Bassano, C. Holcroft, and H. A.
BANKRUPTCY Casa'.—Several bankruptcy claas ! Marshall, Benjamin Knowles, and Richard Knowles Wissg;n the followin„o• transfers were allowed :
were called on at the County Court on Tuesday wers cleiroed with being drunk on the 29th ult. Prince of \Vales Inn, Old Hill, from Joseph Wright
before Mr. Registrar Collis.--In the first case that Fined 2s 6cl and costs.—William Palmer was to Joseph Wakeman; Crown and Anchor, Cradley
of ,Tes,Fe Smith, grocer, of Brierley Hill there was ! charged with being drunk in Cottage Street, Heath, from Thomas Harris to Edwin Harris; Bull-
y° appeaeance and Mr. Jobson the official reseise • ; Brierley Hill. Fined 2s 6d and coat.—Georse field Hotel,
.N 1 indm:ll End, from Jonah Evans to
applied for an a ijownment sine die which was Lashford was charged with being drunk on the William Henry Little; Railway Inn, Blackheath,
granted. It was stated that the bankrupt had eh. 1 23:d tilt, in the alarket Place. Brierley Hill from the executors of David Parsons to Henry
seonded and that a warrant had already been issued Fined 2s 6d and costs.—Thomas Saunders was ! Parsoes; Royal Exchange, Tividale, from Henry
by the petitioning creditor.—Besajamia 8r00ke,,,,' charged with being' (bunk at Quarry Bank, on the i Woodhall to Richard Leighton.
tailor and hatter, Kingswinf -rd, (sane up ter hi.; -23rd ult. Fined 2561 and costs.—Thomas.Portruan ii MAINTENANCE CASE.—Joseph Siddaway was sum-
public examination. Mr., Podiatry, from Mr. ' was charged with being drunk en the Vale els,
_in I mon d t- show cause why he should not contribute
ehak speare's office, appeared for the debtor, lu High Street, Quarry hank, Fined 2s ad and costs, to th, , - 'ntenance of his parents, who were in re-
reply to the Official Receiver. the debtor said his —Ricnard Fax •y and .John Fazey were charged ceipt : . def from the parish. It was stated that
liabilities were .2259 83 Bd, aid his assets, aft, r with being drunk in the Woodman Inn, --California, the s int earuel by the defendant was 24s
deducting preferential creditors, at .290 12s 2d. It) on the 25th ult. P.C. O'Brien said he viSited the , per Wc._,K, and also kept a greensrocer's shop. An
made out as at, meat in Ap il fir Messrs Shasnons, Woodman and there he saw the two defendares , order for 2s p: r week was asked for by the guardians.
drunk. Fined 2,6 d and costs, or 7 days.—Henry
of Walsala showing his position, hut he did not i::. The Bench made an order fer 2s 6cl rer week, and
elude in it three sums of .211, £52, and £32, bor. Rides was charged with being drunk on licensed , to pay the coats.
rowed money, tlait lie bad laid out in the alteration Premises known as the Greyhound Inn, Dena'. DeuegeNrEss.--Joseph Brown was charged with
of p• operty he on e owned. There wits a mortgage Park, on the 26th ult. P.Cs Reynol is and John. ' being drunk and disorderly en tee 25th ult, at
on it, ad it was sold. He kept hack the statement son visited the houe and saw defendant stagger. IP veyto an, Cradley Heath. -a long list :f pre-
of the borrowed money from his trade creditors, be in,g about in the taproom. Fined 2s 61 and costs.. - vious co Nistions were recorded against the do'
cause i IN ;IS due to private creditors. He did u, t Cherie • !leaser was fined 2s 61 and costs for hei g feudant, who was now fined 5s and costs.—Joseph
keep back the ieforatation for the purpose of ge'ine . drunk on the above premises en the same dite,— S nit'a war charged with being drunk on the 27th
more goo is. He could not say wine her the stat,7- , Walter J._nes was also ch :reed with being drunk it I ule; he was further charged with assaulting P.C.
inent he drew up satisfied Messrs. Shaming that the Greyhound on the 26:-.11 ult. P.C. Reynolds said Slater on the same date. Defendant was found on
he:was perfectly solvent, The statement he sup- defendant was very drunk and had to be assisted , the ground drunk, He was raised and asked to go
plied to them showed, he believed, that he only home. Defendant was further charged with being but refused ans kicked the officer on the leg. Des
°seed .218, to .220, besides their' own debt. He had drunk aid disord rly on the 25i h u't at Con bourn- fen lant was fined Is and costs for being drunk, and
ne p: ii intere tonte r • ,y 1.8 borrowed. His brosk. P.C. Jeffrey proved the case. Fined 23 6d : rdered to pay the costs for the assault.—William
losses were due to the puranzise of property and ad-
and costs in each case.—Samu 1 Whittiogbam was Windsor wss chareed with being drunk on the
d m itions to it. There had been a deed of assignen eearged with being drunk on the 23rd Let,
t in High licensed premises of Isaac Mullett on the 25th ult.
made out in f ivour of Messrs. Shanoieg, but it was Strtet, Kingswinforde Fined 23 Gland costs,— air. Cooksey defended.—Two police officers swore
not a. tad upna. Messrs. Sha ruing's representative Henry Sitter was cheated with being drunk and that the defendant was drunk. Two witnesses
said it was not enforced, owitig to ill,: debtor repre• . rli•orderly 0:1 the 23rd nit in High Street, King- . were called for the defence and swore defendant was
senting th .t he only owed .220, besides their debt ' '
swisgtord Fine i2s 6(1 and costs, or 7 days.— not drunk, Defendant was fined Is and costs
It was at first propcsed to adjourn the examination
Thomas North was charged with being drark and William Poole was charged with being drunk and
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sine die, but after a conversation the examination
disorderly on the 25th tilt, at Quarry Bank. Filled disorderly on the 25th ult, in Oldbury Road, Black-
wee closed.—George Roberts, publican, lately carry-
53 and costs, or 14 days.—Caleb Pears in was heath. Fined 5s and costs.—Sylvanus Harris was
hie on business at Stout bridge, as came up for his
charged with aeing drunk and disorderly on the charged with being drunk and disorderly on the
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xamination. Mr. C. H Col is appeared for tae
26 h ult, ia High Street, California. Fined 28 (3d 26th ult, in lialesowen Street, Blackheath. This
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debt-v. In reply to the Official Receiver (Mr Job' ane c)sts, or 7 days.—Beniamin.Pearee sees caaeged was his twentieth appearanse, and he was nowsfined
on) the deb:or stated that his liabilities were ,Cl; 7 w;th being drunk and disorderly on the 25th nit at 55 and costs; or 14 days.
and his assets nil. He had been in busirees • s
icing-se neord. Fined 2s Gland costs, i' r 7 days._ f Assamrs,—Joseph Hill was charged with as.
since 1874 at various places. He made same moray J seph Cox was chirged with la hie drunk on the saul:ing Emma Bryant on the 28th ult. Mr. T.
ho a 1874 to 1878; about £4OO he should think. Ile 25th ult, in Hieh Street, Kingewinford. Fined Csoksey deftnded Complainant arid she was
then paid 02500 to take to a fresh place, and b-r- •
2:s 6:1 and costs.—Thomas Beasley was charged stuck in the stomach by a st,)ne which the defend.
owe I .2201) There were ax out-door beer lieen vith being drunk and disorderly at Amblecote, on ant threw at her She did not throw a stone at
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grantee within a stone's throw of his house, and he the 24th ult. F:ned 2561 and costs.—John leavis lihn.—Olive Goodwin said she saw defendant throw
sould not get a living. He sold out for £3OO thus or being drunk and disorderly at Brockmooi on the at the complainant' and hit her; she also heard hint
losing £26 aby that house. Ile then went to Bo-
26th ult was fitted 2s 6,1 and costs.—Samuel Hand- threaten to kill her.—Thomas Bryant said heavent
-tau and took a house, berrowing part of the money ley was charged wilt being drunk and disorderly out in consequence of what he was told and caw
for the purpose and afterwards moved again, lie
on the 29th ult, at Woraeley. Fined 2s 6a add the defeudant with a knife in his hand. He heare
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eosts. or 7 days.—Willam Bowen and Sohn Cara. defendant thriaten his wife.—Hannalt Priest, for
ultimately borrowed .250, under a bill of a Ile, and
£lO was charged for interest on it, The bill of sale w.ight were ehargsd
jaith being,disorderly and re- the defence, said she lived near the complainant's
fusing to quit the Old Mansion, on the 25. h nit. The and defendant's houses, About 3or 4 o'clock on
c: editor ultimately took po-session, and said he liar;
b tter let him compromise e ith debtor's creeditors, I ,ndlady said defendans were in her house arid the day in question she le and some stones rattling
as being the best course t take. Witness hail £l5 began to cau,e a dis- urbance when sae would not on her shop. They bounced off her shop on to
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te. The sale realised .2130, An accaun was rest-
fill teem any tile. She ordered them out, but they did Hill's. She (witnes.) had lived there 33 years, and
dered him in the matter, and it was in tne t
not go out, and she hel to get assistance. Fined ha i never had any disturbance till the complainant
poet: s-
sion of the Coart. There was no obj._-ctian raised to es and costs each, or 14 days. came to live there. Mr. Bassano said there had
the rle tor passing. TußeaTs.—Neri Dunn was charged with using been some provocation, and they should only tine
We have received fro a Mr. Harvey Pein, F S
:threats towards his father, Elijah Dunn, on the hien 6ti arid cests.—Joseph Stuart was charged with
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27th ult. Mr. His appeared for complainant, ass rutting Harry Bennett on the 26:h ulte Corn-
Chartered Accountant, of Kidderminster, ore of his
Charts of Boek keeping.—lt is a sheet of p +per 95;11
Defendant was bou•,d. over in I his own recognisance
tlainant said the defendant hit him two or three
by '2O and (II it all the books uecesary for a coin of .210 ane out surety of the same amount to keep elows on the back of the raek.—Enoch Stuart was
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the peace for 6 montss and pay the costs, or in sc. charged with assaulting Anne Bennett on the 27th
elete system of book kespiug by double entry rem
be seen at a glance. Only one transaction of eater fault 14 days' itaprisonment.—John timer was ult. The complainant's mother said she saw tee
kind is given and the reader is not confused with a esareed with u-jigthre its towards his wife, Isabella defendant striae her daughter on the back. On
number of r ntries, when one is sutlifient to stew Homer, on the 10th u.t —Complainant said defend- remonstrating with him he made use tf bad lan
nt ran her ups airs and threatened to take her-- guage, and, picking up a spade, threatened to serve
the principle. A compendium if terms and full ia- '. .'
- ; was eel' 'hen he had ° her t tie eathe. Defendants were ordered to find a
Lime:

tio3rt out.

Ii was c,

strtietiuns bre given. -A
unique feature Of the t hart

,y w

drink.

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is that red linf-s are ruled shCsiiiig the posting nod
final disposition of each entry in the profit end 103 s
IV count and balance thet. Corlect and useful rul-
ings are given The system sliewn is suitable fr
quy trade and the eti:. r• s usefui i•I all tact s fol.
rct,rehee and most va utble to the stulent It is
Mere W. Kent and C 2:?, Pater-
noster Row. Pciee Is.
I:S,ALD uueEpc.iss ham p -e-
-s'ded at the m!‘ t,n, cd this Boer I yt-sterday.-
m tied 7, disilaugel 10, reruaiu,rg 505 aoinst 503
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Kirgsc‘infori £45 35 Od, Stourbri.ige .230
34 Id, lialescwen £24 3s .1441, Non-les delta -£1 19,

for two m,

to sea bow he

cace was
behaves.
D.of.tnE.—John Barker was charged with do:ng
damage t ) some hazel bushes, on the 12th ult, the
property of th: Earl of Dudley. Mr. Heaierton
pear .d f r the proecutio.i.—John Bowen sai i he
slw def n laut and two more man in Hituley
Wood wh.,re a. new growth of twigs were coming
up repres-nti ig the growth of the next two or three
years. He saw hi cut the twigs produced. De-
fendant said the witness was swearing to him for
another man. Mr. Smith said they considered the
caw, pr wed, but they weie not ging to be a v e
on hint), but they h.)ped th'

;owl behaviour for 3

each of £5, and be of

surety
months.
Picot AND Toss —John Burgess, Simeon Flea'.u,
Joseph Homer, R 'Oen Wharton, Joseph Robir,snn,
Daniel Round, Edward Pariah, William Parkes,
and Edward Pottman were charged with playing
at pitch nl toss on the 25[11 ult. P.C. Peake &Lai
be, in coni,)any with another officer, watched the
wh le of the defendants playing for al out twenty
minutes. Burgess, Heath, Homer, Robinson, ::nd
Portman, who nave been previously convicted, wen
tined bs and costs, or 14 days. The others wen
find 2s 6d and costs.
P' ;ct wirn DICE —Henry Billin

SO, ot.nl 1:101 83 A ktotrainst-.1:98 us 101. •
DRUNEENNE: tth Police COUI t yest, r• a. .
h. fore .N 1 z.sr Cochrane, and T. D. Thomas and W.
Turney, Jatnes Worrall w.is charged wi h

3 ,Sin all -fine they were

LtYIS

;ham, Jose 21

10in,9; to impose would be a waning to lain]. A Ike
offs 6d including cos•s was irnpos d.
SCHOOL BOUM CAsE.—Tilirletill persons ere
b M Coif

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Woodhouse, Join Harris, William Coleman, WO.
liam Edwards, and Thoma 3 Tibbetts were charged
with playing at a certain game of chance, to wi ,
ith 11ice, en the 25th ult. The 11.-nch afiei

drun- k a; Norton n th 2711 uit. noel 2,
Cd and vo-ts,—'lhomas 11ixiey was charged w.
eing drank ad disordialy cn the 25t..1.1 tilt, a.
'leo. Fined 5s and cos,s, :;r 14 da)s.--'a,.,it

_r. (:.!• not ;ending their
snmaloned
children to I.olo°l regularly. Eight were fined 24 6 I,
w., le, tO withdrawn, and cne was adj urned.
MIXED Ur AFlia. Shadfal: 11 fraffle wa,
beimir drunk on 1.

Wl.-- i, ULL 4.. _
cantioiling Wonahouse, fined him 2s 64 nichidino
co-ts. The remainder were fined 2s €d and costs,
or 7 days.
GROSS CRUELTY. -Joseph Marsh . was charged

e was crairged with bt.ing drun;:
Fined 5s and c,,sts— J. Tom 'S Hill wms
.1\V5,,,11.
cht:gjd will being drunk and di;o:thrly en the!
!lith nit at the Lye. Fined 5s and cost s.—Sainue
Fletcher was charged ~ith I..eing drunk and dis-
h- ierly and r,lusi,lg to qui,. the Coach and [fors t;
[on Fin d 109 and cos s.----:Jesse Cart., might. w,s
cht (red wit!) being druak and disorthrly on tho
30.1'utt. lined 2s 61 and costs.—lsaiah

et, ,!g,d wit.ti

ice isod prt•ini-e3

ku(Avu a.,; she Woortuan In, on Whit Mondiy.
M. Aildi-,on defende'L—Re. C'firien said iie
visited Vie Woodman In and there Nam Shadrach
aer in th- ta-rooUl. lie was quite drunk an,t
le cal el tit, inudlord'fi a teution to him and Le wa,
out out Witness vi it,d the house afterwards and
f.nd defendant there ant he wai again put out.•
—Tranter and Thonpts Edwards were then cha,(yel
.11 Th
t_;omplain,:nt said defendant

with unlawfully nnd will ully illtreating and tortur-
in; a cock loWl on the 2iith ult.—The defendant
was S,-,TI with a basket, and on seeing the oftier io
trent into a public house and put it un :er a 1 endh
The police offic2r followed in and pulled the La
our, A ba; was inside it, and a cock fowl, reaiy
t; hurtled, was found in the bag. There were ,om
scale and weigiiti on the top of the fowl, Nvideli,
when it was pulled out, was pantin; for breath, an i
seemed very much t=riausterl. Defendant wa:, ti

w B Charged vsriih ein3 drank and diEorderly on
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witn assnuiling

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(mas on t

Le 25th :11

came

the 30th ul ,at the Lye. P.S. Cope s tit.l h saw
Jaendant drunk and he asked. witoesi for a_uiglit's

im in the

£3, in default one month.

lodging.

He took him to the police rta ion and

noticed some b-o n 1 on h's neck. He a,ked
arout it, and he said .1.1 have been trying to finish
myself and if you go to Hickman's brickyard y n
will find the knife" went down there a d
found the knife, liefendant was fined 2s 6d and
costs.—Edward O'Boyle was charged with ben,,
'trunk on the Uth nit. Fined 5s and osts.—Joi. n
Staniar was charged with bein; druak at Bagley
on the 24th ult. He was further charged with ob-
taining intoxicating liquors falsely by representing
himself to be a traveller, on the same elite. Fine-.
2s 61 and cysts for being drunk, and the (the
ease was adjourned.—The charges against J ain
Joyce and Thomas Welch for similar offences were
aIEO adjourned.
ÜBSTktUCTION.—CharIes Harris was charged with
obstruct:rig the free pas age of the Vigil way on the
2nd lost, at Wollescote. P.O. Jon, s said he watelie4
;he defendant s :;art for 15 minutes, when the
horse started up the road. The defen ant came
ow of a house and fetched it back and re—entered
tie house. Fined 103 an I coats.—William 8.-et' le
w,41 charged with being drunk in-, the Cross Walk
Inn, on the 7th inst. P.S. Cope said he vaiit3d
the pubii..!-house and there saw gbe Idefeiol ent,
who was drunk. Benjamin Gordon sad defen at
was not drunk and was capable oi transaetin;4
business. A number of previou. cont ictions wet,
proved against the defendant, and he was now fined
es 61 and costs.
Foldouts DRIVING.—AIfred Hadley was chat ged
with dthing a horse fun i us'y on t e 23;h tilt, a!
Clent P.O. Moore said the defendant was driving
the once t full gallop. He- had a cane, with
which be was urging him 0n,4m:1 was not trying to
check him at ail. There' *.re several Lundred
peo-die near, Fined 5s 3nd costs.
SA/3,a, BoARD C.1,103.—A number of pt rsois
were sommo ed for not sending their children ti-
-. lioal retiiarTy. Fins fr. is to 5., were LI
dietcd.
PITCH AND rO4. Jos, ph Fieeman, Wiili en
;ewey, .1,,s ph El glom, G.ange Butl r, Itie aril
Car: Wright, Eli Ut I, and Alb rt Hitl were charged
oef..re CE nel Fletcher with palling pi ch an.: .o ,
an the 26 h ult, at Wollscote. P.C. Powell said
tie saw the whole of tile defendants plying piton
and toss, and on seeing bite they all r. n sa ay
BinAhon said he was at work but ttie ffie.r said
iS WaStitli a certaiu he was there. Eli Hill said h.,
was pliying at cricket. from hal-pa.st devon. til
t-quaa ter to sin. The offico. Said he wao
sure they were all there. The whole of the cases
trey. adj timed for a week tu. enable them to get
aitnesaes.
REMANDED James -O'Brieu w s c7argei On
su,aic on wilh s ealing money frcin a till at ‘Vo -
cester on ;he 4; int. An application was ma :e
,or a remand :o Worcester, which was aneorlingly
done.
A UouttLe CHAIta 4 —Edward Sankey wa- charged
with using obscen- language oa the 2i h ult ;
was furtl,er chirged with obstructing tt e fre3 pas—
sage of he highway to standiug on it for a long
and unreasonable time. Date., ant %%ABA .ed 20:
and costs, or one month's imprisonment.
Fungous Hutton was char ,eri•
with driving furiously on the 17th June, 1881
e.s. Chare said be was whipping the horse. The
horse w. a galloping faster than ever he saw one
gualo, before. Del aidant was filed 10s ant cos s

BRIERLEY HILL.

ADULTERATION or LARD.—On Thurs lay, at the
Police Court before Mr. Neville, the deputy s
pendiary, Timothy Raybonld, grticer, Quarry Bank,
was ch:rged with selling lard not of the 'quality
aod nature demanded. The summing was issu-,i
at ttie instance of Inspector Horder, sni 11,
Hooper (Dulley) defended. The lard had been fr.
warded to Hr. June, the county analysy and .hia
re. or; was that it contained about one per cent. ot
lie further consi ered that this via,er ho
ueen added, for it was eon illy distributed th ou. h
tne lari. There ought to be no water at :1
pare lard, In cross-examination by Mr. lin pr,
wineSs said that at ad per pound wholesale, lh
nliinifacturer vvou!ti only get 6s 8d per ton on .::.h
aFe centage of wat,,r. If the water had been in
one place it might have been the result of an acci
dent. Joe ;h Court, grocer. lib(' of Quirry Bank
was charged with Selling similar lard. IMr, Honpor
for the defence, urged th7it oae per cent. of watcr
w,.s the result of an accident, airt not adulte anion.
Thl Deputy Stipendiary fined ent:h of the d f:n.d
ants 20s and costs.

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BREACI NG A MAN'S NoSE.— J. al nler, shin _1 :r,
Merry ffll, was sent to prison for a wouth, wit or
the option of a fine, for assaulting Perrin ntson
Defendant knocked plain.iff down, and whi,:t It.
was on the ground, kicked him on the nose, hew:-
int,' it,