The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th, 1879.
TUB HOLIDAY SEASON.

differed somewhat from the 'time taken at first, but
they had been handicapped for bad work The foot-
men drill was then gone through. Moms. Pearson,
Bird, Willimott, and F. Walker did it in 45 secs.
Nlessrs. Perry, Cochrane, Nicholls, and T. Walker
did it in 41 sets., thus winning by one seeend
they then went through ti.e eight. men drill which
eves very iater. sting. A tank in the yard eas filled
with water and in a short space of time the engine
woe in full work. The Membeis were invited to
dinner at Captain Turney's house after the enattst,
and a conxivial everfng wae spent.
CRUELTY TO ANIMA LS . —Our correspondent, An li -
cruelty, having kindly forwarded the Animal World
'ior this mouth, we take the liberty of copyine the
following frem its columns. "TIGHT BEARING
REINS—The following passage of the M.S. Report
recently read to the R.S P.c.A. was inadvertently
omitted in our last number. The present correc-
tion of the mistake will give greater prominence to
it :—ln the reports of past years your Coannitt-e
have found it neces ary to caution the public as
well as many of their subscribers against the cruel
abuse of bearing-reins. They have always en-
deavoured to diseriminate between bearing -reins
which gave pain and those which are comienratively
harmless, being well aware that the nearest and
surest way of doing good is to state the truth
moderately. There are, however only too many
reaeons in favour of pursuing your opposition to
tight bearing reins. From time to time your
Society has printed the opinions of celebrated
horsemen against this abuse—Sir Francis Head,
Field-Marshall Sir John Burgoyne. Youatt, Mayhew
Spooner, Pritchard, Fleming, and a host of others,
have given powerful evidence, declaring tight
bearing-reins to be the cause of disease as well as
torture in proportion to the extent and severity
with which they have been applied. Large
drawings have been printed to expose this evil;
meetings have been held of London coachmen
against its continuation; and Mr. Flower has
thrown himself into the cause with the self-sacrifice
of an apostle. Still the West-end of London
reveals the sickening fact that fashion prevails over
humanity, as a visit to Rotten Row abundantly
shows. 'fhe poor horses seen there, gagged back to
their withers, and chafing under torture, have un-
fortunately no power of speech by which to express
their sufferings, yet they nevertheless signify by
outward and visible signs the torture they are
enduring. Your Committee rejoice to be able on
this occasion to present to you a concensus of
scientific testimony against this pernicious fashion
in the following protest, which is overwhelming in
its unanimity and condemnation of tight bearing-
reins:—We, the undersigned veterinary surgeons,
are of opinion that the use of the bearing-rein, when
tightly applied, is painful and irritating to horses ;
is directly or indirectly productive of disease wh-n
regularly worn ; and by its mechanical action
greatly; hinders horses frena employing their full
strength. For the above reasons—on the plea of
utility as well as of humanity—its use should be
discontinued.—Professor Pritchard, Royal V.terin-
a,ry College, London; Professor Axe, Royal Veter-
inary College, London; Professor Walley, Rased
Veterinary College, Edinburgh; Professor McCall,
Veterinary- College, Glasgow; Professor McGill,
Veterinary College, Glasgow; Professor Mayer,
Agricultural College, Cirencesteis*—Profe,sor Ale
has supplemented his protest by the following
words :—lt gives .me very much pleasure to have
an opportunity if subscribing my name to the pro-
test of your Society against the abuses of the
bearing rein. Eleven years' experience in the
post-mortem-house and the dissecting-room of our
college has made me acquainted with a variety of
structural alterations and deformities, arising from
this cause, and which must have rendered life a
burden and shortened its span. That the necessity
for the use of the bearing-Mu at all is excep:ional,
I think, baldly admits of question. If the public
could see and understand the effects of its insidious
work on the respiratory and other organs, I do not
think its use would be long continued by 'Lem.—
Surely the publication of evidence of th's nature
will tend to the abolition of tight bearing-reins,
and to more humane modes of harnessing horses."
* Urywards of 500 veterinarians have signed the
protest, many of whose names have already been
published ; the full list . shall be printed in our
October number."
BOARD OF GUARDIANS. —T il 1 wcekly meeting
of this Bond was held yesterday. Mr. Ray-
bould in the choir. There were also present
Messrs. Haskew, Pargeter, Hodgetts, Burr,
Parkes, B. Guest, Plant, Mullett, Wood, Giles,
Miil4, Hale, Rhodes, Lavender, Kelly, Eveson,
J. Guest, and Brooks. Admitted 23; discharged
24; dead 1; remaining in the house 469 ; cor-
responding week last year. Outdoor relief, £7l
4s 813, against £6l 18s 3d last year. —The
Committee were of opinion that the sewerage of
Amblecote had better be deferred until a sclieme
for severing a more extended area cou:d be
developed. In the meantime the committee saw
no reason why the Local Government Board
should not at once confer urban power upon tne
Rural Sanitary Authority for putting in force
sections 150 and 152 of the Public Health Act,
1875, so that the streets in Amblcote might be
properly formed. The charge of such improve.
ment could be charged upon the respective
property owners, and no loan would be required
as the money conA be collected during the pro-
gress of the work by a contractor.
CuAltuE 05. V:koRANCY.— Harriet Smith was
brought up bee' ee, Nir, R. L. Freer, on Thurs lay,
charged with begging. Police-cons able Williams
proved the case, oul found 2s 7d on her, and a
quanti,y of food. Sentenced to 7 days hard labour.
CHARGE OF DAMAO II•TO IV lIE AT. —At the Police
Court, yesterday, before Col. Fletcher, Lord
Lyttelton, Messrs. H. O. Firrnstone, R. L. Freer,
and J. B. Cochrane, William Turfit was charged
with damaging a quantity of growing wheat on the
6th inst, the property of William Hollington. E.
Hollington proved that he saw the defendant in
the field walking across the wheat and damaged it
to the amount of sixpence. The defence was that.
it was a public road_ On promising not to tres-
pass again defendant was ordered to pay trid
damage and costs.
BaEAca or viz r EACE. —James Hingley, butcher
residing at Cradlete and Major Ilawkeswood were
charged with committing a breach of the peace by
fighting on the 6th lite. Police-constable Whey
proved the can?. Each of the defendants were
hound over to keep the peace for six months, them-
selves in LP', and one surety in £5. -
Datme AND REFUSING TO Q MT.—Charles Walters
was charged with being drunk and refusing to quit
the Crab Mill Inn, Oldswinford, when requested, on
the 6t5 int. Mrs. Moody, the lendlady, and Police-
coastaele Woodhull proved the case. Defendant
pleaded guilty. Fined 5s an i costs; in default 14
duys.

THE holiday is essentially an institution of
modern life, rendered necessary by the
pressure and the strain of the world's rush
and throng. In the days of our fathers, a
long time ago, when the competition for
existence, so keen to-day, was totally un-
known, holidays were not taken because they
were not required. Even in London, with
its million-peopled acres, there was, until
the last generation, no such thing as the
annual holiday which is now looked for in
the great body of the middle classes. People
took a vacation now and then; but it was
intermittently, and not as it is sow, a
regular yearly arrangement to be prepared
and provided for. As to provincial towns,
one sometimes comes across pictures
of these, not very large it is true, enclosed
within their boundary walls, and with their
gates locked at night, "far from the mad-
ding crowd's ignoble strife," where existence
was accustomed to pass as the flowing of a
calm and placid stream. The life of "the
rude forefathers of the hamlet" was one
which, in these hurrying times, the wearied
awl jaded man is almost disposed to envy.
Of course, the incomes which were then
made bore no comparison to those of to-day,
bat on the other hand less was wanted, and
the whirl and worry were unknown. They
married and they gave in inarriage, and
when their earthly journey was done they
were gathered to their fathers, sleeping a
calm and peaceful sleep beneath the vener-
able churchyard elms, whose shade looked
down upon the graves of those who had gone
before them. One generation passed away,
and Another came with unbroken regularity.
Facilities for travelling were few, and these
few w tire expensive far beyond the reach
of the ordinary dweller in little communities
Thus it came to pass that they lived and
died in the villages which gave them birth,
from which their sober wishes never learned
to stray.
All this is now changed. Within forty
years a network of railways has overspread
the land, sweeping away prejudice, and
trampling upon sentiment, and opening up
to the gaze of the prying world secluded
spots and rural retreats which had seldom
been reached before. The railways, too, in
contrast to the old stage coaches, while
bringing more people from London to the
country, and circulating new ideas amongst
the rural folk, rendered travelling so cheap
that the latter no longer confined themselves
to the village or the hamlet in which they
had been born, but made journeys to the
nearest great town, or to London, and com-
ing back, told what they had seen. Others
in the little.population were then encouraged
to go and do likewise ; and then that migra-
tion from the provinces to London set in
'which seems to go on in an increasing ratio.
Not only to the metropolis however,but to
most of our great centres of population; and
now, every year, the small towns are con-
tributing to the growth of the large towns.
London itself, in another ten years, will con-
tain nearly four millions of inhabitants.
The reason for this migration from small to
large communities is not far to seek. In
the former there is but scant room for energy
and enterprise in many callings ; hard work
and inadequate remuneration are too often
the lot of those who deserve a better fate.
In a large town, on the contrary, there is
room for all; intellect and industry united
seldom fail to succeed in such 1, wide field;
if the competition is keen the reward is also
wori,h having ; and thus it is that the young
men leave the small towns and the villages,
and marry and settle in vast communities,
where if streets are not paved with the tra-
ditional gold, there is gold to be made by
those who with steadiness and perseverance
apply themselves to the task.
The activity of such a life renders relax-
ation necessary, and thus the holiday grows
an increasingly popular institution. Where
to) spend it is often a much-debated question.
i 3 not too much to say that within the
borders of our own islands there are places
of holiday resorts which will compare favour-
ably with those of many a continental nation.
The fatgued resident in the town has before
him the wild and romantic scenery of Ireland
tne pure mountain air of Scotland, the well-
stocked salmon streams ef Wales, the lakes
of Cumberland, and. the host of watering
places upon our coasts whose name is legion.
The resident in the country, however distant
from London, has the advantao.e of wonder-
fully cheap excursions to the 'Capital, where
putting his time to the best possible use, he
will find that lie has all his work to do in
order to sea the principal objects of interest
in the vast metropolis. Whether he ree•ards
the broad and ca
Paoio-as river, bearine, upon
its proud la isom the commercial navies of
the world, or the public buildince3 or the
museums containing all that is beautiful in
art, or the palaces witb everything which is
costly in material, he must be dull indeed
who does not go back from. London wiser
than he came, impervious to learning if he
has not received some useful lessons as a
r3Bult of his visit to the eseeat metropolis.

215 SAULT Casu.—Ann Aston and Rose Aston were
charged with assaul in Elizabeth Westwoo ;, of the
Lye, on the Bth inst. From the evidence of com-
plainant it appears they are neighbor. Oa the
above date she was washing, and the delendan-s cut
down hi-r line, and ttre.n pushed her down. Rose
Aston bit her on the hand, and Ann Aston c :tight
her by the hair of the he.id, and pulled it. This as
corroborated by a witness.—A cress-summons was
then heard. Elizabeth Westwood being charged
wit,h assaulting Roso Aston at the Fame time. After
hearing the evidence, all the parties were boun,l over
to keep the peace for one month, each to find a
surety.

A TASTE FOR CHIMPAGNE.—George Bills, in i
the employ of IT. Humphries, was c: arged '
stealing two buOles of champao'me, on. the 16th
tilt, the property of Elizah_th Allchurch. Pro-
secutrix said that the prisoner and another man
brought a barrel of porter to her house. She went
don the steps to light them, and she had oc-
casion to go up th. stvs. When she saw the pri-
soner pass her, be had two bottles of champagne
She accasA him of stealing them and took them
from him. le'-s.ergeant Payne proved apprehend-
ing the prison(-.r, -.vho pleaded guilty, aml said he
was very sorry. Sentenced to one month's hard
labour.

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tH-,
AV,G2 Or WILFUL DAMAGE.—Slilire Hill,
residing at the Lye, was charged with wilfully
damaoieg a gutter, on the 26th ult, 'he property o f
the dasbury''Building Society. Defendant was fur-
ther charged with assaulting Joseph Chance, on
the 28th ult. Mr. Perry appeared for complain-
ant, and Mr. 'Waldron defended. Jesse Smith,
s,eretary, proved l that Dudley Hill gave a, mortgage
to the So,dety on a house at the Lye, aid that there
•were more than twelve subscriptions. The Society
coukl under their law, collect rents„and ultitnet-lv
sell the property, that on the oth August Mr.
Chance was appointed to collect rents. He believed
the defendant was a son of Dudley Hill. Eno•th
Chance said that he saw the defendant get up some
bricks out of the gutter, and throw them one side.
and efterwards filled up the hole. Mrs. Parkes, a.
tenant of one of the houses, said she saw the 1 de-
fendant get up the bricks of a gutter for about
two yards. James C.1,-.:1-...-. :,:...,,-ved that 5s damage
0 was dene to:the gutter. Mr. W. Fiddian, surveva.
Iproved that the plans produced were correct. For
the defence, Mr. Waldron contended that he had a
sunlered their jurisdict'on 1 "LS '-
fide right ti do what l b
7,aE PRIGAD!! Darr,r..—Our read, rs will recollect
con-
ti's at the late ecyi test at the Reath, the r.nem,her.
.le ad done, and con-
2t--. m :No. o . v, oust,ed. The case of
if ; he Stourbridge Brigide did not comp.. .
,-- assault Was the proceeded. with. Complainant said
COm ),-ti,iu. on account of the time, and it was pos..
on the 28th An
pone I until last Wednesday w:lea it took place. in ilia ,
_am a d August, ,he went to see if any further
the Bird S:11 .ofs. Tho. Commis.sioners Id shi:nhe when defendant came and threat-
g.ouad near 6. ed to cut
and :: uu!nber of ladies and -gehtlemea. were ni•rited , end
struck ti . head off. He picked up a spade,
and linong tho:4l present ~,ere Me,srF'• e• C 0 ,31,1"'"',e• , "
save a irisineick. Witness put up his arm to
H. Iliwkes J, W. Turn. y, J. Taylor, .T. itlsoi", d• 1 h. t.. 3 necki ic.ttil!:'. spade cut throught his coat
and stint an' iu . um on the arm. Three witnesses
Woottey, I.lieklin. North, Ao,re, lek, ke. At the
were llied_to e.orreho-cate. Mr Waldron, fel. the
olo'e e' t le: f. mp ition Gip. siu 11.. Tureov said tlic
defenetl, cont.-J.:1.1A trial (.eft..-iidaat had
t.; :11 1N.%0, th'i 4U. Bird, 87 secs. tooa first plize ; A a perfect
Pearson, 59i sees. second prize • W. Williwott, I r.i. f ririht to do what he had done. Mere was no excess
6 leci' third R 440. C1%10.8431 'Tiling said the time 6 ofaseault. The auramons waa dismissed.

DRUNKENNESS.—At the Police Court, on Monda aitshbea
ndde, defendant
absence,
e A
andlld n
filled all euip at
shveort house,n.vei in
that of E iza Scriven, who swore that on the Ist of
Aprilhe t
neditthw
before Colonel Fletcher and Mr. G. K. Harrison.l' without his authority, entering u
Isaiah Humphries, carter, of Broekrnoor, was charged lie liked. Thema t Seriven also stated what names
at he never
with being drunk on 2nll inst., in Pracku opt. Road. ' •
a. it torised anybody to fill up his voting paper —Mr
Police-const tbl Lafford proved the case, and . Wa'cUaan now continued his .
.cisaS-exastaiation of
defendant was fined 5s and casts ; in default. 14 . • S3eri% ea. A con.idera.ble a moure. of amuse-
d dS L ty, —eonarr • it'. o'' B '
• s . re. t 11 Lane was charged meat was caused by the witness's
answers she at one
with being drunk on the 30th ult. Police-constable time telling Mr.
Waldron that he pressed her too
Tytherley proved the case and said defendant was h rd, an Y time telling tim telling him that be did n-ot get
very drunk and using had language. Fined 5s and TI any wi•nesses who spoke the truth as she did, and
costs; or 14 days. than she refused to answer his questions at all. She
ILLEGALLY VISIIINt-
L—Willizon Pearce, white - fulasitt !d that she didn't tell her husband on his
snith, of Dudley, was charged with illegally taking return home that Allden had filled the voting-paper
fish from private waters belonging to Mr. Foley up. The latter told her that there was one c,ndidate
on the 29th ult. Henry Toy, -watchman. of .Prest- at Round Osk—a hard-working man—whom he
wood in the employ of Mr. Foley said he saw the wished to get in.—Thoinas Scriven was also crass-
defendant at Prestwood in a meadow adjoining the examined. He said on Tuesday, the Ist April, upon
,Stour and Prestwood park, at about 11 o'clock at witness's return home his wife spoke to him about
night. Prisoner was putting lines in the Stour for the paper being filled up, but she did not tell him
the purpose of catching eels. Witness found 16 who Allden had voted for. On the following day
eel lines which prisoner had laid down. Witness witness was told by his wife that the defendant
. xam'ned the lines and found 4 eels upon them, Beckley had fetched the paper. On a subsequent
Prisoner said he was doing it for want. Thoiras ( cca ion he went to Messrs. Ford and Addison's
Thomas, blacksmith, of IreStwool, corroborated. newspaper office, whera Beckley produced and filled
Police-sergeant Stevenson said he took prisoner in another voting paper which he (witness) signed.
into custody from Mr. Toy and charged him with He denied that he said at a previous bearing that
illegally taking fish from Mr. Foley's estate at Beckley did not produce any paper. Beckley asked
Preetwood. Prisoner said "I had nothing to take him if he had filled his paper up and witness replied
ts, I did it for want." Prisoner was committed to "No," that he was at work, It was after this that
take his trial at the next quarter sessions. Beckley p:o lueei and filled in the voting paper. He
CAUTION TO CARD PLAYERS.—Thomas Wessell, asked witness who he should vote far. He then
Thomas Holmes, Isaac Hunt, David Angel, James ' wrote the names of Isaiah Rollinson, Thompson,
Angel, Edward Angel, and Meek Wassell were Henry Cardoe, and others, which he did not now
charged with card playing on the 30th ult. Mr. recollect. He did'nt ask me to vote for the Liberal
Waldron defeuded. -Police-constable Malin said six. Was Liberal in politics.—The charges against
he was on duty in company with Police-constable Beckley were next Le ird, Eliza Scriven stating that
Gaz. a He saw the defendants who were ap- the defendant called and took her husband's paper
pa.rently playing at cards. He did not see them away, remarking that it was what he wanted.—At
playing, but heard one of them say it would be his this point, Mr. Homfray, in reply to the Stipendiary,
game. He saw them with cards in their said if Ms. Waldron and Hr. Clulow would promise
hard,. It was about 6.30 at night. Police-con- not t) app-al against the decision in the cases heard,
stable Garra c rroborated. Mr. Waldron contended he would not proceed further.—The undertaking
that there was not enough evidence to show they was not given, and the Stipendiary reserved his
were playing at cards, and that the defendant judgment for a fortnight. The other cases also
David Angel was not there at all. A witness was stand over.
called to that effect, who said that he was with him
on Bromley iron bridge at the time stated above.
Thomas Wassell, Thomas Holmes, and Mark
Wessell were fined 5s each and costs; in default 7
days. The other defendants were fined 2s 6d each
and costs ; in default 7 days.
ASSAULTING THE POLlCK—Thomas Smith was
charged with assaulting Police-constable Thorpe
while in the execution of his duty on the 21st ult.
Defendant pleaded not guilty. Police-constable
Thorpe said he had a prisoner in custody, and the
defendant came up and said he should not take the
--. Defendant pushed him and tried to get the
prisoner away from him. Defendant denied push-
ing him or trying to take the prisoner from him
Fined 5s and ; in default 14 days.
STEALING A SKlRT.—Hannah Timmins was
charged with stealing a skirt the property of Mary
Ward of Brierley Hill, on the 27th June. Prose-
cutrix said she employed the girl one day a week to
work at her house. She missed the skirt on the
27th June and asked the prisoner if she had seen
it. She said she had not. . Prisoner said that pr-se-
cube gave it to her with souse more clothes. Sarah
Ann Davies proved that the prisoner pledged the
skirt at their shop. Police-constable Eden said
that he arrested the prisoner on the 23th ult, and
charged her on suspiciofl with stealing a quantity
of wearing apparel the property of Mrs. Ward. lie
searched the house and found several pawn tiskets
among which, one related to the skirt. He then
charged her with stealing a skirt the property of
Mrs. Ward. She said else had not stolen it. Prieoner
was committed to the House of Correction for 3
weeks.
COAL STEALING.—Harriet Adams was charged
with stealing a quantity of coal, the property of
Messrs. Harris and Pearson on the 25th ult. Job
Wassell, watchman, in the employ of complainants,
said he saw the prisoner take three aprons full of
coal from the railway, and when she saw witness,
see threw it over a wall. Lydia Bice, coal loader,
of the Delph, corroborated. Prisoner was com-
mitted for 7 days.—Ellen Higgs, (30), Ellen Green,
(12), and John Hire; (11), ware charg,',..l with
stealing a quantity of coal, the property of the
Earl of Dudley, on the 29th ult. Police-constable
Taylor said that on the above date he saw the
prisoners John Himms and Ellen Green load them-
selves with c tal. 'Prisoners went up Frederick
Street in the direction of Round Oak. Ile followed
them and saw Ellen Higgs take the coal from John
Higms. Joshua Jones, labourer, of Gornal Wood
saidnhe saw the boy and girl come to the pit three
. times, and take a tub full of coal each time back
with them. He saw the prisoner Ellen Higgs take
the coal off the :boy. Prisoners were strictly
cautioned and were then discharged.—Fanny
Grosvenor (11), and William Grosvenor (13), were
charged with stealing a quantity of coal, the
property of the Earl of Dudley, on the 26-h ult.
Police-constable Taylor said he saw them take
coal from the railway, and when they saw him they
dropped it and tan across the fields. Mary Gros-
venor, mother of the prisoner said that the prisoner
Fanny was at home, aid mindingthe child, and the
other prisoner was minding cows. These cases
were also dismissed,—lsabella Marsh was charged
with a similar offence, on the 21st ult. George
Mogan in the employ of the Earl of Dudley, said
Le sass the prisoner put five lumps of coal in her
apron, and when she saw him she dropped it and
ran away. Prisoner said she was very sorry. She
was committed:to the House of Correction for 14
days.—The cases which were adjourned from last
week against Ellen Bragger(' and Emma Taylor
were dismissed.
DAMAGING A DOW-I.—James Baker and William
Parish were charged with damaging a door the
property of Susannah Wilson, of Wordsley, on the
30th ult. Defendants pleaded not guilty. Com-
plainant said that the defendants were drunk, and
burst her door open. The damage done was about
2s. Mary Pearse corroborated. Defendants were
fined 5s each and costs; in default 14 days.
Assatrurs.—Thomas Collins (50), was charmed
with assaulting Samuel Bloomer (17), on the Ist
inst. Defendant pleaded guilty, but said that
co7nplainant threw a stone and hit him on the arm
first. Complainant said he went down the de-
fendant's garden to look at some ducks. When he
came back again the defendant struck him across
the face with a potato top. Defendant then ran
him down an entry and hit him on the head with a
stone. Defendant was fined 10s and ceste;
in
default one month.—John Oldham was charged
with assaulting James Bation on the 3rd inst.
Defendant pleaded not guilty. Complainant said
that defendant was calling him names and also
struck him on the face with •a piece of iron, and
said, "I'll knock your brains out." Police-con-
stable Hollins said that when complainant came to
him for a summons, he was bleeding from the face.
Defendant was fined 10s and costs; in default one
month.--David Pagett was charged with assaulting
David Homer on the 2nd inst. Complainant sail
they were at work together and had a few words.
Defendant then struck him twice on the face.
Complainant hit him back again. Defendant then
struck him on the head with a pair of tongs. De-
fendant said that he was taking the tongs off com-
plainant and in the &Tuggle the tongs e,iught him
on the head. Fined 5s and costs; in default 14
days.
NON PAYMENT OP POOR. RATES —A number of
persons were summoned for non-payment of Poor
Rates. They were allowed 14 days to pay them in.
DRUNKENNESS.—At the Police Court, on Thursday
before Me. W. F. F. Boughey (Stipendiary), Thomas
Grazebrook was ca arged with being drunk 5.0(1
disorderly in Brockmoor Road, Brierley Hill, on the
7th inst. Police-sergeant Salt proved the case, and
defendant was fin. d is and costs; in default 7 days.
—Robert Dean was charged with being drunk amid
disorderly on the Bth inst. Police-constable Hollins
said some people came to him and complained of the
defendant's conduct. He went and sent him home.
Defendant who pleaded guilty was tined 5s and
costs; in default. 7 days.—John Faaey was charged
with being drunk and using bad language on the 6th
inst. Police-constable Witton proved the case, and
defendant was fined is and costs ; in default 7 days.
STEALING APPLES.—William Winwood, James
Woodhall, and Willian DayliF:s were brought up on
a charge of stealing a quantity of apples, the pro-
perty of William Smnih and Susannah Bladon, on
the Otis inst. Police-constable Hyman said he saw
the prisoners at tl,e Delph. He caught the prisoner
Winwood, who took him to where the prisoners
worked, and pointed them out to hina. The prisoners
boots corresponded with the footmarks under the tree
The case was adjourned for 7 days.
TGE ALLEGED FADItICATION.—The hearing of the
summons s against Thomas All] en, glass cutter,
Level Street, -Brierley Hill, and Charles Beckley, a
clerk, far alleged rnalprsct ices at the last election of
members for the Brierley 11111 Local Board, held on
the .sth Aptillast, was resumed, the same amount of .
interest as heretofore being exhibitsd in the pro-
ceedings. Thomas Allden was summoned for un-
lawfully and falsely assuming to act in the name or
on the behalf of Thomas Seriven, miner, Cottage
Street, Brierley Hill, a person entitled to vote at the
Local Boatd election; he was also summoned for
unlawfully fabricating a voting pacer used, or in-
tended to be usA, by Thomas Seriven; an 1, further
for unlawfully altetiug and defacing a certain voting
paper intended to housed by one 3d.ward. Truman,
miner, Cottage Street, a person also entitled to vote
at the election. C. Beckley was summoned that he
did contrary to the Public Health Act, 1575, unlaw-
fully interfere with the delivery or collection of
certain voting papers of Thomas Scriven, miner;
William Baker, miner; and Edward Truernaa, all
of Cottage Street, Brierley- Hill.— Mr. Homfray
(Homfray and Holberton) again appeared t) prose-
cute on behalf of the Local Board, Mr. Waldron
defended Alldee, and Mr. Clulow appeared for
BeckleY.-73:12e maiu evidence tendered last wee] t Was

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(23),a jockey, of Ilemley-street, Birmingham, was
brought up in custody charged with stealing a pony
the property of William Pearman, horse and cattle
dealer, Stourport. Mr. Hayes appeared on behalf
of Mr. Pearsall, to whom prisoner had sold the
pony, and askel that the litter might be remanded
for a week until the return of prosecutor, who was
at present absent from home. Detective-sergeant
Bird, of Birmingham, gave evidence to the effect
that on the sth June prisoner was entrusted by
prosecutor to take the pony from a horse repository
in Birmingham to Stourport; instead of doing so
he took the animal to Halesowen and sold it t Mr.
Pearsall, landlord of the Shenstone Hotel, by whom
it was re-sold. Prisoner was.subsequently arrested
by witness at Warwick on the 3rd inst.—The
Bench accordingly granted a rf.mancl for a week.
liionwAv OFFENCE.— William Pearson was
charged with allowing his horse to stray on the
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highway on the 3rd inst. Two previous offences
were proved agaiwt the defendant, and he was
fined 5s and costs.