The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-29 00:00:00

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BOA RD OF GUARDIANS.

I The weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday; Mr. Brooks in the chair. There
, were also present :—Messrs. Rolliuson, Baker,
Billingham, Darby, Fereday, Fiddian, Griffin,
Rhodes, Guest, Homer, Hall, Jeffries, and
• Paskins. The minutes of the last meeting were
read and confirmed.. Admitted into the house
during the week, 12; discharged, 15 ;
• inaining, 409. Correspondiug week last year,
396. Out-door relief, Kingswinford district, £35
Os 3d; Stourbridge district, £23 lls 5 ; H ales-
owen district, £22 6s 6d ; total, £Bl 7s 3d,
against £93 6s 6d last year.
The half-yearly return of the condition of the
lunatics at Stafford and Worcester asylums was
laid on the table. In the former there were 16
and in the latter 59 inmates.
Mr. Barratt called the attention of the Board
to the desirability of having notices issued for
the abatement of various nuisances in the town,
as during the last week he had had a case of
, English cholera in his district.
The Clerk was instructed to have some bills
printed.

MAN DROWNED.—About five o'clock on Wed-
nesday afternoon, the dead body of William
Hart (2:9, of the Lye Waste, was found in one
of Mr. F. T. Ruflord's pools, at Hungary Hill,
near the Railway Station. It appears that a
young gentleman named Mathews (son of Mr.
James Mathews, the well-known flautist), was
fishing iu the pool, and his hook became entan-
gled in something heavy. He pulled it rather
hard, and, much to his surprise, instead of find-
ing a large fish on the hook he found the dead
body of Hart. He immediately gave an alarm,
and assistance being soon at hand, the deceased
was at once got out and carried to Mr. C. Ham-
brey's, the Railway Inn. He was last seen on
Sunday afternoon about three o'clock.
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CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.-At the Public
Office, on Thursday, before R. L. Freer, Esq.,
Christopher Brunt, residing at Bagley, was
charged with embezzling various sums of money,
the property of his employer, George Smith,
coalmaster. Evidence was given as to sums of
«limey being received by prisoner on the 7th of
March and 7th of April, and prisoner was re-
manded until. this day (Saturday):

,
JUVENILE HOUSEBREAKERS. —At the Public
Office, yesterday, before Major Fletcher, C. P.
Noel, and W. C. Firmstone, Esqrs., William
Vincent und John Powell residing at
Amblecote, were brought up on remand charged
with stealing £1 Is Ud. the property of Henry
Bate, of The Thorns. Mr. Addison appeared
for the prosecutor, who said he did not wish to
press the sase. Prosecutor said that on Sunday
night last he went to bed, and at half-past teu
o'clock had in his trousers' pocket .t.l is
consisting of five half-crowns, three florins, and
the remainder in shillings and sixpences. About
four o'clock in the morning he noticed the trou-
sers' pocket sticking out. He examined the
pocket and found the money gone. On going
down stairs he found the window of the kitchen
open. Had fastened it the nigut previous. The
prisoners lived near him, and were often in his
house.—Police-constable Lampet said that he
was on duty on Monday morning, and, at about
three o'clock saw the two prisoners by the Mar-
ket Hall. He asked them where they were
going, and they said to work, at the Lye Waste.
He then asked them if they knew what time it
was. Whilst speaking he beard the chink of
money, and asked them what it was Powell
said it was Vincent's money, and ran away.
Witness ran after him, caught him, and found
is upon him. He searched the other boy, and
found 14s lid upon hint. They said it was their
own wages. Suspecting they did not come by it
honestly, he looked them up. On the road to
the station, Powell said that Vincent got into
prosecutor's window.—The Bench, in considera-
tion of the time they had been locked up, sen-
tenced them to 24 hours' imprisonment.