The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-17 00:00:00

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BILLIARD Micreti,—A billiard match was played
on Tuesday evening at the Talbot Hotel, between
Widte, of London, and H. Coles, champion of
he Midland Counties. The game, which was very
interesting, was 1.000 up, the spot being barred.
[he game was rather a (pick one. From the start
it was evident that the champion was in good form,
nt his opponent was far from being in eood form,
and play d, apprrently, as if he did not care whether
he st, itch the balls or not, although he was ap—
plauded several times for some neat canons. Soon
after the commencement of the game, Coles, who
had giii.lually raised his score to 113 by breaks of
120 aed 24, a ith ether smAller breaks, made a splen-
: lia ;bre .k of 101, a real good perf :•rtnance, and ric-
knowl deed by some who were present to be the
best bit of playing they had ever seen. This bit of
masterly cueism showed off to perfection the good
judgement and precision with which the chauip.on
is endowed; ant he was frequently applauded for
the style in which he executed some of tile most
difficelt canons. scoring %%hen there did not seem a
pos4i le chance of doing so. this break included
35 beautifully made nursery canons. White kept
adually adding to hie by several breaks, inelud
lug one ot 35. Soon alter Coles again teak the
cue and retained it till he had made another grand
break of 98, bringine th • scores, Coles 362 aud
White 142. After an ho,r's play the scores aa re
Coler! 456 and White 204. White now played up a
little bet t-r and quickly added b eaks of 23, 22 and
20, whilst Coles, who now played in glad f ran,
and was lucky enough to have plenty of play left
on, soon piled breaks of 44, 54, and anothei dashing
break of 84 on to his s, ore. This he followed up
with breaks of 34, 20, 31. and 39; meanwhile,
breaks of 18, 31, 23, 20, and 37, were added by
White, The
.scores now stood, Coles 995 an 1
White 739. Eventually Coles made the winning
at -oke, and won by 261 points. The highest break
made was the 101 by Coles ; White's largest item
was 37, '.l he champion, after he bad passed 50,
p ayed in grand form, his canons and screwing he
in much appreciated, end it clearly evident that
h had the game in his own hands. White, who is
enown to be a god eueiat, and has tecently been
-:eeccssful in several tournaments, played very in-
d'rferently, although at times he gave an exhibeion
of his canon making and screwing powers, which
net aith the approbation of those present. The
game and the room was under the able superinten-
dence of J. H. Stokes, met-It(r of the above hotel.
SoinEE.—The annual soiree in connection with
S:. J hn's Church was held in the Corn Exchange
on Monday night. There was a good attendance.
Tie Rev. L. B. Penley presided at the meeting
which was afterwards held, and an excellent pro-
gramme was gone through.
Mn. H. T. BYWATER'S PUPIL CONCERT We
h .ve g eat pleasure in calling the attention of our
riaderi to the announcement on our front page re-
ferring to this concert, which takes place at the
Cirri Exclmn!Le, oo Tuesday evening next. The
v-calits include Miss E. Legge, Miss Deans, Miss
Downs, Mies M. Broomhall, Miss Glover, Miss
Steel, Miss M. Field, Miss Gould, Mrs. Frank
Griffin, Mr. 1.1. T. Bywatee, Mr. Howell; solo violin
Mr. C. Flavell Hayward; solo piano, Miss Downes;
accompanist, Mrs. Arthur Griffin. Such an array
of talent as this should ensure a crowded house. and
we hop. the endeavours of Mr. Bywater to please
tha public will be rewarded by the success he so well

deserves.
BOARD OF GUAEDIANS.—Mr. Raybould presided
at the we,sly meeting of this Board yesterday,—
Admitted 12, discharged 12, dead 2, remaining 576
against 558 —Relief; Kingswinford £44 16s 7d,
Stourbridge £3O 8s 21, Hales ,wen £23 18s 81, Non •
residents £1 19s 2d, total £lOl 2s 9d against .496
16s id.
DRUNICENNESS.—At the Police Court, yesterday
~efore A. Freer and W. J. Turney, Esqs., Noah
Partridge was fined 2s. 61. and costs tor being
:hunk on the 10. h inst. at Oldswinford. P.C. Eaves
proved the case.—Thomas Reece was chirged with
.eing drunk on the 12111 init. at the Lye. P Cl.
F' well proved the case. Fired ss. and costs ; or
14 days.—Thomas Eveson was charged with being
unk n the 9th inst at the Lye. PC. Wright
[sieved the casee-Defendant's wife appeared to ask
for a protection order against her husband a; she
was afraid of him.—Mr. P.c r said they coull not
;o lute those affairs now, and they only had to desl
with the charge before them.—Defendant was fined
s. et,d costs or 14 days.
STEALING Come—William Lavender wds charged
vial stealing a quail tity of ct,atl the property of G.
K. Harrison. on the 13th inst. P.C. Wright said he
was in Bott Lane on th,, day in questioa when he
saw the defendant come with a shovel and take a
quantity ef tire teen wider a b:iler. He turned
round to the coal and pile I up the shovel with coal.
to cearged him with ste.din; the coal and he said
he engineer told him he could have it for leaui!ig
,he fire berg. The case was adjourned for a week
ir the 311. wiance of the engineer as a witness.
STRatisro BED LINEN.- itttry Jane Madlone
was charged on remand with stealing 2 sh..ets, a
I)lanket. and a pillow, the property of it! tilds,
Fletcher, Round Court.—Prosecutrix said the pri-
:oner was a lodger at her house for 7 weeks. On
the 26th ult she missed a sheet. She. spoke to the
prisoner about it and she said "I have pawned it,
:ut will get it out." She brought that sheet back,
and afterwards missed 2 sheets, a blanket, and a
pillow, on the Bth mat, off the prisoner's bed She
never authotised the prisoner to pawn anythinz.
She did not wi h to press the case.—Ann Skid-
more, Old Star Inn, Coventry Street, said the pri-
soner left some pawn tickets with her on the Bth
Inst. She gave ti em to her husband, and the next
morning they were given to a police offieer.—Sarah
Jane Holland, assistant to Mr. Whi:well, pawn
b. oker, Stourbridge, said that prisoner pawned the
above articles in the name of Mary Lawson.--
EC. Biggs said he he received the tickets from the
servant at the Old Star on the 9th inst. He
charged the prisoner with stealing the articles, and
in reply she said "I own taking them." Mr.
Freer said it was a very serious charge, but under
the circumstances that should not send her to prison,
but fine her 41 including costs, or 14 days.
STEALING PIGEoNE.—AraIUr Perks (13), John
Nash (a), Ed Plerk,•s (9), and Edward Nash (9),
were charged wit-, braking open a pigeon pen and
stealing therefrom 3 pigeons, vslue 30a, on the 9th
inst, the property of Richitrd Rogers, Summer
Street. All prisoners pl aded guilty with the ex-
ception of Perks, who pleaded guilty only to being
with the others.—Prosecutor said he had 6 pigeons
in a pen at the back of his house on the Bth inst.
He missed some on the Friday morning about 7.30.
lie found the top broken down, and the door had
been broken open. There wtre torte missing.
He made a complai.it to P.C. Cartwright, and went
with him to Angel-street, to a man named Adams,
:m1 there saw the missing pigeons.—Job Adams
;aid on the morning of the 9th inst, the 4 prison-rs
cure to where he worle-A, et eeen 6 -11,1 7in the
knornilig with the 3 ligeons, and wantei to sell
thew. tor 94. Ile as..;eu. Feik %he they belonged
to, 1141 d h• told they were hie. Ile aid his awe;

had turned hire out and he had brought the pigeons I
wit': him, l'erks, John Nash. and Eli Parkes eat.li I
had a pigeon. Hav):ig a so. p , 'en that they were
stolen he took possession of :.liem.—P.C. (Jur--
wright said from information received he went to
Angel Street and received the 3 pi-.r t ons (produced).
He afterwards apprehended Per he at 12 u'elock at
night, in a brewhouse by his own home.—Mr.
Freer said they were sorry to s th-in brought up
on this charge, and if they went on in the same
course they would get into further trouble. They
did think of sending Perks to a r.fortnat,..ry Fchool.
but had resolved to give him another than e, and
should order him to receive_l2 strokes with the
birch rod, and J. Naßh 6 strokes; P.S. Chare to
birch them. In the ease of Parke- an IE. Nish
they ' ehould adjourn the case for 6 in n ha to see
, if they behaved properly.
' CAUTION.—Henry Stevens was charg,d that he
being the driver of a horse and oat was in seeii a
position that he had no control over his horse.
P.C. Jones said he found the reins lying on the
bottom of the cart and the defendant fast asleep.
It was in the main road from the Lye to Stour
bridge' and there was a great deal of traffic—De-
fendant said be was not asleep. The horse was
standing still, and he was waiting,for his master.—
Mr. Freer said he ought to belvery careful and'aftcr
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cautioning him, they dis.miased the case.
STEALING A COAT.—William Perry was again
charged with stealing a coat the property of James
Waldron of Clent, on the 25th September.—Mr.
Waldron defended.—The evidence was read over to
prosecutor and. confirmed. P.C. Moore repeated
his evidence.—Mr. Waldron said there was really
no case at all.—ln answer to Mr. King, Mr
Waldron said he did not see the prisoner near the
field at all —Mr. Freer said they thought it was a
ease of grave suspicion, but under all circumstances
they bad resolved to dismiss the case. An order
was made for the coat to be given up to the prose-
cutor. _ ...

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ASSAULT.—WiIIiam Chance was charged with as-
saulting Jo,epit Wurtou on the 10bh ins., at the
Lye, Mr. Homer prosecuted. Complainant said
he vgas in the Primitive Methodist School at the
Loe, when he saw a piece of timber put up through
the window. He ran out to see who it was when
the defendant struck him several times. He did
not put his fists in defendant's face, nor spit in his
face. John Hart said he was at the school on the
day in ques ion and he saw the def(ndant throw
out his arms and said there "should'n a b-----go
up tsere." He then saw the detendant strike
Worton two or three blow. There was no public
road where the assaulr. was committed. Defendau.
said compl daunt pushed him and spat in his fac,,
and he then struck complainant Complainant
,hen challenged him out. Mrs. Hill suthorisedit it
not to let any one come up :the entry. Mr.
A. Freer•said they were quite satisfied there woo an
asshult e.numitted, but it was not a serious one and
they should not fine. him extensively, and he was
fined 5s and costs, iu defaul 14 days.