The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08 00:00:00

OLD HILL.

ALLEGED MURDEROUS ASSATJLT,—It the Police
Court, on Wednesday before, Ale•srs.
Ba,stmo, o.llolcroft, and H. A, Wiggin, John
Evans and Sohn Ciiarles, miners, of Old Hill, were
charged with unlawfully wounding James Pearson,
landlord of the Royal Exchange lon, the eres4,—lt
appears that on Saturday evening the del( ndants
created a disturbance in a public-housa. and on
being ejected they knocked Pearson down, and
kicked and bit him iu a most savage manner.—ln•
spector Walters stated that he had seen the doct..,r,
who t,ad toll him the prosecutor was so dangerously
ill that he cou'd not with sa,tety allow him to attend'
—The ease w..s adjourned for a fortnight. '
FActoRY ACT PROSECUTI. ONS Messrs. Wood-
Aston and Co., anchor and spade manufactw ers,
were charged by Mr. A. Platt, inspector of factories,
with employing two boys after two o'clock on the

Afternoon of Saturday, the 11th ult. Mr. C. C. W.
lloare apeared to prosecute. Defendants were
ti-- el 20s ;tad costs in each case.—James Lane,
anchor manufacturer, of Cradley Heath, was
C: arged with employing a youth named John
“rilliths after two o'clock on Saturday, the 11th
ult. The youth was put in the box, and stated that
on the day named he was allowed no dinni r hour,
and his master asked him to work during the after-
noon. Defendant was fined 40s and cost-,.
EMBEZZLEMENT. - Herbert Mann, carter, of
Br,ckmoor, was chargal with embezzling 15s, the
property of his employer, William Foley, mineral-
water manufa...tur r, of the Round of Beef Inn, ,
Cradley Heath, on the 25th ult.—Mr. Waldron ap•
poured tt prosecute.-It appeared that on the 25thpr1-
seiner took thirty dozen bottles of mineral waters
ent in the morning, and sold twenty dozen, but
failed to account for the same —rosaph Dana, of
the Colliers' Arms, was called, and stated that on
day named the prisoner charged him for two dozen
beers, and only left one dozen.—Prisoner was com-
mitted to goal for one month, with hard labour.
ALLEG ED IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—AIbert Edward
Phelps (16), jeweller. of 1-1a:1 Road, Handsworth
and Frank Turner (17), jeweller, of South Road,
Elandsworth, were charged, on a warrant, with
stealing a gold watch, one gold and one silver
chain, a slx-chamber revolver, and sixpence, the
property of Simon Blewet, clerk, of Porters' Lane,
Tividrde, on the 24th ult.—Prosecutor made an tip.
plication for the case to be withdrawn, hut the
Bench refused it. Prosecutor was them sworn, and
stated the youth Phelps was a relative of his, and
, had frequently visited his house, and on
the day named he, in company with the other
youth, brought a letter from his father. Prose-
cutor's wife stated that on the day named the pri-
soners came to her house, and after remaining some
time, they asked to be allowed to go upstairs to have
a wash, and they afterwards left the house, and
about seven o'clock the same evening she missed
the articles. P,C. Decoy said he arrested the pri-
soners at Handsworth, on Monday last, and they
pleaded guilty to having stolen all the articles ex-
cept the money. From a statement they made he
found that they had exchanged the gold watch and
silver chain for a slyer watch at Mr. Spencer's,
jeweller, High Street, West Bromwich.—Prisoners
were remanded for a week in order that the deposi-
tions might be sent to the Public Prosecutor.