The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-04-20 00:00:00

OLD HILL.

017 STEALING inoN•—A.t the Pollee Con t, on
Wennesday, b,fore Air. IS. thugley, Juiscpa liiii was
charged with steallug an Iron 'Wu for a cart Wlkeel, Lae
plyeity of John Leroy, vt Lilac iafh, on toe
.usr.—Yrusscutor prov.,l that the iron tir, be.o..iged to
..111 arid Watk WJII.II .150 ',4"..er, wirier,, sant
saw tiie prisouergo in Lilo directma utleTe toe tire
was. flu pundit it up Mad ran It dathg. a fitia
Sal. ',turd to tile top of tie hew and wet oLin.
t-iltioaer s.n.i" 'szbi 'LAW, how are you going ill, is
Were tr..,y jib, iO Lio fwd." 14itbess tont him he din not
that nine tne tire was lyirg en ilia ground
atid prisoner picked it up and went down Hacks: t.re,t,
WOnie lbey wet Air. Daroy. On seeing the prosecutor
ibuutir began to run, witness alto began to rail aua
L4Ly Lut-L it Pulict-ollicer.—Police-coustabie IliCilitri said
about :mica u'clueic he received infurwadoii AVOW, the ,
rubbery and be afterwards found the iton tire. lie took
pubbebsloil of it and he went to his father's house and
asked it his son was iu anti the father said he was not.
Lie searched the house and found tnua in the pantry and
coarged him with stealing the iron the property of Air.
Dal by. Prisoner said "1 wa.s going to take it bar 1.
will pay fur it " and be said "I. should nave sold it and
spent the money in Mr. Darby's hou,e, but it would be
above ten putiuds out of his pocket.'—Prisoner was
Hit thin' charged with stealing an iron anvil, oil the lath
ins , the p operty of Edward Mason, of Blackheath.—
i'rusecutur said hs missed the anvil about a quarter-past
five o'clock arid on the lodowing morningit was sofa by
bus bac't door on the 13in lust.. Tue , anvil prod aced
Was his propezty auG Wa, trot to more WA's iiVe
sad the pasour,r lodged with her. On
the night of tha 14th lust, prisdher went out of the
house about eleven o'cioi:k and 'was away about ha.f an
hour when he returned, Her husband asked huh
mitre he had been and he said that he had got it and
her LUsUalla called aim a liar. Prisoner then weht out
again for about ten minutes and returned. On the 2iiih
nit, a hammer and other things were gut up out of Lie
garden and the anvil was got up about a fortnight back.
fie told him that he stole it the bight that he went out
when lie said he had gut seven bob.—Mr Hacket, iron-
mongei', Blackheath, said he first saw the anvil produced
on the last wirnera's block on the 30% 1 nit. line came
to Lis shop and asked him if he would buy her anvil as
site Itakl u,hiag to eat •froul Lie previous day aura she
asked .5s tiu for it. lie told her she was seihug the
bread out of his mouth and offered to lend her a slotting
to buy borne bread rather than buy the anvil. He ulti-
mately gave her two half-erowns, which was quite the
value of it ,Hannah Hill brought the 'anvil to his shop.
beirg the case the prisoner said he knew
nothing about the anvil. Hannah Hill had the anvil in
the shop and had been working on Bench did
not thing the evidence sufficient to commit the pri,oner
with stealing the anvil and it wa, withdrawn. Pri-
soner was remanded until next week for stealing the
tire.

CHARGE OP VAGRANCY.—James Ostins and Widiam
Humphries, lahomers, of Blackheath, were charged
with vagrancy, on the 16th inst.--From the evi-
dence of complainant it appears that one of
the men formerly worke4 for him. He was dis-
charged and on the night in question he found them
lucked in his yard. One of the men had a key but wit-
ness did not think they were there for an unlawful par•
lie did not wish to press toe case as he knew
Juth of them end they work,-d for s.lr.Cox.—Disoharged
on payment of costs.
ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—James Ostins was then
charged with assaulting Police,in.sLable Hicklin, on the
night of the 16th iust.—Complainant said that from in-
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formation received he went to Mr. Darby's house sit-i-d
found the two men in his yard. He handcuffed them
together and on the way to the police-station defendant
became very, violent, struck him, knocked him down,
and kicked Lim. His clothes were covered with mud
aril defendant ran his head against a wall and wanted
to jump in the water to drown himself. He asked for a
kuite to cut his hand. Defendant was more like a mad-
man. He fasiened hold of one of the bridges and
nearly threw him him into the canal.—Romauded for a
week.

CHARGE CF, DRLINKENNWSS. JAMed Bennett was
charred with being druak.—The case was proved and
defendant was ordered to pay costs.—Tbonias Attwood,
botcher, residing at Iteddal dill, was charged with being
drunk and the Cabe being proved he was fined 5s and
costs.