The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-07-02 00:00:00

DUDLEY.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT INQUIRY. -- Major Hector
Tuhock held a public inquiry at the Town Hall on
Tues fay ai to an application of the Town Council
for sanction to borrow £1.500 for improvements.
There were present the Mayor (Alderman Walker';
Town Clerk (Mr. E. M. Warmingt,m), the Borough
Surveyor (Mr, Ganimage). and Chief Superintend-
ent Burton.—Tie Town Clerk said the decision to
enter upon the propo3o wok was unanimously
come to at the meeting on the 13th April and was
in accordance with the wishes of the bollc of the
inhabitants. The expenditure would be ecoally
divided over the sev-n wards of the borou4h.
pavements to be laid down would be of such a
na.turi that, a 4 cox; tired with the practice of patch-
ing, would result in a saving to the town. The
rateable value of tee town was abeut £lBO,OOO. and
its indetitcdness £72,000 of which only £4,000 was
on account of paving. Of this £4,000, £2,800 was
the unpaid balance of a loan £3,000 raised in
1885 for the purpose of paving the approaches to
the town. The Corporation property was valued at
£35,000, not reckoning the sewerage works, —The
Commissioner visited the various places proposed to
be pavep, and promised to report,
CII.IMBE.t OF CoMNIERCE.7Oa Tuesday, Alderman
Gar:att presi&d'at the ordinary meeting of thi
Chamber. A letter from Mr. E Stanhope was read
resp ci g the imiulle f accepting Admiralty an I
‘Var Office c.ontr,icts, and th Chamber same to tht.
co.,clus,on th•it it we desirable to publish lists of
succe,sful tenders for the information and guidance
of the unsucc-ssful o•nitra• to: s. The secretary was
inst•netA to call the attention of the local members
of Parliament to claue2s in the Truck Act of which
t!'.e Caamber disapp oved.

W ESTE R SE •SION

A: the S,:ssions on Tuesday, the fo!lowing cases
were heard, and adjudicated upon.
ALLEOFD 11,)BBERY BY A lISILWAY SERVANT AT
DUDLEY.—JA!I Eletch r (.)n buil) was inlicted for
eteaiing a prir of boots and a pair of slippers, the
proper.y of the Lon. I,:n and North We,tern
way tl ta V. ley a' .0 a h.: was ona,)i ey .1, oa
April 26, at Addloy. NIL.. Patrick ItlvAnsp.-osecuted
aa.l Mr. it. II Alupillet, de'ealed. —Soule detect—
ive:. 114;ticed a pair of h ots Irid len under some straw
in a ,hed, and they co .c .aled thein„lves and
watchel. Tit: prisoner caulo ard took the boots
away, and witen at •pped he ha i one ot the boots in
his possession, the ota:r bout n I th • slipper.e
hiving been dropped or throwu akwu.— Mr
Amphlett Aubini.toi tha; it was ineu °beat on the
p,(Hecutioa to show that Ale goods were tie property
r) soul, per•zo:ts—The Court decided that the case
ust to toe jury.—Piisoner was acquit ted.—Th,
fo;etaml II the j.u-y rei.dying to the Chairman, sail
he was In, Les-m-111,A or to pri otter, and had bren
lor ,i 1 for him T.., Chairman said he could not
tinder-stand now the foreman ould conscieudJusly
take an oath to do just co in the case. Ile was
o d, r dto le,ve tl.l box.
ALLEGED INDECE,T AgSA LTI.T AT SCOURTIRIDGE
I) .vi .1 Davis. oo bail, AOs charged with in•-.!e..aent y
stsrau.ting Rebecca Harris on June 19, at Stour.
I.rikt,:e. Mr. J Amphiett prosecuted, :and Mr. Li.
11. Aluplilett tlef n.re r.—Prisoner was acquitLd.
ItucuoN/sANs 11:sal:di:kr-ED.—Charles t Uart, 1):1
ehargod with obtaining .23 18s 101, by
false pretei!ces f oai Josiah Harvey. lii,irleperrauli, andater
on May the defendant did not a
his recoguisturces and rho,c of his bail were ordered
to be eAreated

THEFT A T DUDLEY. Jo?epli Danks phlade 1
guilty to steliiing Goibs or coal, tho pr pry of
FruuLis GT-z;br,oli aud anot.,er, on •he 21st of
Ju :e, and wa sduceneed to thros
by. ou.

(..711ARO EC OF STALING LEATHER sr CRADLEY
HEAT,' Bennett, oa oail, w fi ch,rgo 1
with sLalia4 a tut .;:ti Vof loather, tit pr)per.y of
Henry I laawon, oa May 2ad,
Mr Marehaut p;u3etuted, and Mr. R ii, Amaphtett
defended,-7The jury acquitted the prisoner.

THEFT AT KIDDERMINSTER.—Sarah Ragan (8
no trade, pleaded guilty to stealing a dolly, the
prop, rty of Howard Onions, on May 2nd, at Kidder-
tuinster ; and, having been several times pieviously
convicted, she was sentenced to five years' Pena
servitude,
RoBBEKY AT HALESOWEN. ---.Frederiok Marshall
(27), lithographer, pleaded guilty the stealing
silver watch, the property cf John Rogers, at Halesowen, on May 15th.—He was sentenced to Si%
months hard labour,

A CARD.--A CLERGYMAN will send, free of charge
a prescription tor the care of all those who suffer 1 fora
the errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous debility,
physical exhaustion, an 3 early decay. This great rerned9
was discovered by a missionary in Old Mexico ; it savzd
tura from a n iserable existence and an early grave.
end a self•addressed, stamped envelope, to REV. JosEro
Houma, Bhm-rosirttry Mansions, Bloomsbury Square,
London, W.C. Mention this paper -