The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-08-07 00:00:00

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4oletpiant,

the the1i..55% Itha asked him foe • watch.
Iniffso "f oviei ha fah it him and hit titan
several times. Complainant yes in the rood Hiller fIP, I
and "efidoof. ue.inf him. follawed him. mid smelt tn
on the bands and faZil With. a pair of handed's, and made
him bleed,/—Cornpleilitant said he hied et Bit,h/1"th• !
end we. A Jewahhein 'sinker. (In ,the AST. date
Ratted: MOJA Ptille4; Mid h,”""
!nine op Maleeowen.street, Slmicheath. On niKr"d an
entry, saw a man in the entry. Bullet went In end said
" Mate, give no a match." The man rachel Olt and ,
'track twice at him. Ham ran away, and the man ran
at him toomplainant) and Rolm& They both ran away. ,
hut the men raciest hold of him. He sill "On on,
and pushed him, and pulled out the liindetiffs and struck
him on the face and hands and made them bleed. A
man named Smith mane out. and said he would report
the defendant. Knew Stroh, and he Was the man Who
struck him. On Smith mying be se• uld report him, the
defendant loosed eonshlainaiit, Cram-examined ; Would
ewearthat defendant was in plain clothes.—Thivid Bolles
(Blackheath) mint he wait with the entisplainant ott the
above dia.. Saw defendant in an entry in Hale...wen-
eareet. Went and naked the defendnnt to give him
match. He did not say anything, hut hit him (witness
, "aml new nun ci lie Mita down the entiy, and
wee Mire Tt was the defendant.--John Round, tailor.
151nritheath, corroborated last witnees.—William Smith
Said lie lieud a nixie* in the street. end OD Petillg Out sew
Complainant and defendant strtggllng together. eloked
complainant to repot! Blytin.—Mt. Addison. in defenee,
said he should prove through 1 *itn . that the
defendant Wm fo unitornion tl.i nlcht,ln at.tion. "4
that he Was peen by the anferititendent an *Metal offi-
cers about the tame the essaelt Was elleevd to have been
committed; and there was one witness who eaw him a
mile and • half away.—Police constable Hume raid he
was stationed at Blakedown. On the above dote, about
Wiled eh yen o'clock, met the defendant, who was in
uniform. He went towards Rowley. Saw him again •
little before two o'clock. He isvitneasl was on beat for
Halesowen.street from ten o'clock till twenty minutes
past twelve o'clock. Passed the place where the assault
is said to have been aommitted. Cross.rzarained : Sow
him at twenty minute* peat eleven o'clock about 200
yards from the entry, and he was in the same place at
one o'clock. He lives shout 200 yardo from the entry.
Will swear that be was in uniform, and had had as uni-
form cap op. end not a billyenek.—Police-constable Tay-
lor slid' he was ststinned at Blackheath. On the above
el.,te he any the dvfendant in Perry's Lake, a few minutes
before one. Heard the Howley Chunsh elork strike one
whilst we were talking. He was in uniform.—Aaron
Moyle sei4 he was on duty em Parish-coxstatile at Black-
heath. Went on at one, and stayed on until four o'clock.
Saw defendsent about Sweaty minutes to two o'clock. in
High...trace, 1111.11h...0h. fie wee in uniform —Super-
intendent Mills Said lis visited the station at 1.45 a.m.
Mann was net on duty. Met him at two o'clock in uni-
form.—The Bench retired for about ten minutes. after
which they considered the wise not proved, and dis-
missed it.