The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-04-27 00:00:00

OLD HILL.

DAMAGING WHFAT.—At the Police Court, on Wedne,-
tay, before (Aloud F.tteh,r, Harry Hamblin, John
t1.111w.,c1, Joseph eheitard, and John savory was
r,nttrged with ailfuLy damaging a qu,,ntity f gr.° vibg
.4heat, on the 14th tBt Ito p:operty of i bianu, Par-
geter Jeea.l le cat.e as ot pitased :mu the ~,Ut.ll
onaea w.re witiAirawli on vayment of 7a 10.1 each
0011 S.

CHARGE OF STVALINO a PIGEON.—WiIIi. m Adal7o4 eas
du,rgati, with feltat,ou,ly stesnug a pi-on. oa the i7th
to,t, the property l Joseph triest.—Complainnut p ove ;
dat he lied lost a pigeon ant, he sok it in the psse,•sion
iL tr,e tiefendant.—lhe dcfere,3w that lie had lost ihe
.igton in que,ttou three tllne3 atid that he bad bought
twice. lie thought it very hard to be sutron,ined f
having his own property and eailed Joseph Wiletts, who
'aid that the p von belonged to the defeutiani.—t:olouer
tiletcher ittid ttnro wss a doubt in the Cife and gav, the
3 feudant the benefit of it and distuissed the auw-
MOlll.

DEEACH oft THE PEACEI --BeHist:Gin Perkes and Henry
Provost were charged witu committing a breach of toe
peace by fi,hting. on the 15th inst.—eulice-constabte
.3ylvestre proved the case and seiti he saw the defendants
ietliting at Gradley tiestie—Def :indent pleaded gu
i/efesalants were ordered to find one surety each of £5
-Ind themselves in £lO to keep the peace fr (due
month.
CHARGE OF STEALING • FtoWL.—William Au •tins. and
Joseph Humphries were charged with stealing one fowl.
in the 15th lost, the pioperty of William Darby, of
tliackneath. The two prisotiers were brcught up before
ale court last week charged with being concealed on Mr
,-.)-rby's premises tor an.uelawful purpu.e nut Mr. Darey
did not wish to press the cad, and they were dischar.eet.
.11 Mr. Delay returning hitwe he Rime, thet eon of nig
towls had been killed. on charging the prienter with
he offence they admitted it sad they were locked up.—
there eai only one Wagistrate present prisoners were
remanded for a week, bait being accepted in two swedes
1.25 each and theniselves in e5O.
Meen-Xitteres Weterzu.—At the Old Hill Pollee Co.,et,
in Wednesday. their were twenty-one cases entered for
tearing. Nearly all of them had to be ailkturned
a ,nsequence of their beiug but one Magi-trete eresent
And the cases required two to adjudicate Phis is a very
sad *Cite of things and the 1141310 occu.-red i.tot week. It
.tteuie Us to be a great tiard.hip upon those persons
silo have business wet's, having to pay f r iegai a..ist-
Luce in addition to the loss tot time and expenses they
,re put to in getting their witnesses Mr. W. S. itayee
iso „del that tie had two appilcatems to make for be
I.oeallee but their only being one Magi4r.ce
tton had to be reuew,d and 11,s tweets w..etel ewe;
publish fresh notices. We do not know where the fault
•ies but we theuld think it was qoiti time that some
At-tattoos were made fir the e ,uveuieuee of. the
' public
(Adds DINNEIt.—Ou Kamer Mouday the Miners Inde-
pendent Oider of the Knlgilti yE th• Wood heid their
tuirty-tourth annual feast at the bows,. ot Ir. Foiey'.,
the Duke William, 04 Hill. Thu members sat dowu at
0.. e o'clock to a good substantial unmet coesistiag ot
the old English fare. After the meth was withdrawu
Ar. Jos, ph Ba ebrook was called it. toe chair. Her
e•n c.. ZUG uy several of toe inetub,ra bon' vocsi
tr. instruw-utal. The member. twine up at ten &clot k
sing•ug the old doxology. Tots suctey subscribed
to.° gu:heas to the Duthey Dtspeuoery.
MECTING.—A ye..try teeetiett was 1,,1,1 at Holy
A'. its. Old Het, on ; ti. itev .1. Otalleto•
-tte cLair. Mr. W. Bassabo wes r•elected vicars war 1,
eiid Mr. 11 G. Wa,ker, 'eaten wren. 'lnc futiewiug
sidesruen were re-elected :—Metesie. a A. Linden Beet.
'denies Cooksey. E. Burgess, C. Edwards. stud S.
lLomer. New eldest:nen, Mr. Jarues Plebe The Vicar
expressed his deep oble.;ations to all cue eut•goile4
- officers.