The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-03-28 00:00:00

OLD HILL.

UNJUST SCALES AND WEDiIITS.-.At the Police Court.
on Wednesday, before Messrs. Barr... Flingley, and
Watson, a number of persons were summoned hp Mr. J.
0. Herder, llospector, for having unjust scales and
weights on their premises. Mr. Cartwright, of Wolver-
hampton, appeared to support the prosecution, and in

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opening the ease said some of the defendants were sum-
moned for having coal scales, and the deficiency was a ,
great deal ; others were summoned for having a ball at•
tached to the scales, which were 'otherwise correct, but I
by having the ball, which was liable to be detached, they I
had rendered themselves liable. The Bench remarked
that if persons continued to sell coal und other things
short of weight, with intent to defraud the public, they
should inflict heavy penalties. George:West, coal•seller,
Rowley, Was summoned for haying a pair of unjust coal
scales, on his:premises, on the end of February. Com-
plainant proved that the scales were ilbs against the pur-
chaser. A daughter of defendant said she sold the coal
in quarter vwts. She weighed it four times for a cwt.
The Bench said that made it worseJas defendant cheated
his customers out of 12Ibs. in the cwt. They considered
it was a very bad case. Fined Is and coets.—Janies
Levitt, grocer, Rowley, was charged with having in his
possession two pairs of unjust scales. Fined Cs 5d and
costa—Joseph Hadley. Rowley, one pair unjust scales.
Fined in and costs. —Richard Poole, shopkeeper, Black-
heath, a doz. weight 2drachms against the purchaser.
Ordered to pay costs.—William Evans. pork butcher, of
Blackheath, one pair of unjust scales. Ordered to pay
costs.—Jehoram Willetts, grocer, Garrett's Lane. one
pair of unjust weights. Fined Is and costs.—Enoch
Westwood, grocer, Garratt's Lane, one pair of unjust
• scales. Ordered to pay costs.—James Davis, flour-seller,
I Old Hill, one pair of unjust scale.. Fined la and costs.
I —John Bladon, greengrocer, Garratt's Lane, one pair of
unjust scales. Fined Is and costs.—Stephen 'Farmer,
butcher, Garratt's Lane, one pair of unjust scales. Or-
dered to pay costs.—Joseph Whitmore, fruiterer. Old
Hill, two unjust weights. Fined 5s and costs.—Heze-
kiah Allport, Old Hill, one :psir of unjust scales. Or-
dered to pay costa—Janice Merchant, tobacconist,
Albert Street, Old Hill, one pair of unjust scales. Fined
Is and costs.—Mark Smart, 'greengrocer, Black Wagon
Street' one pair of unjust scales Ordered to pay costs.
—James Mayfield, bread•seller, IHalesowen Road, three
unjust weights. Finep Is and costs.-- Joseph Pearson,
grocer, one pair of unjust scales. Ordered to pay costa.
—William Newman, greengrocer, Waterfall Lane, one
pair of unjust scales. Fined is, including costs.—Messra.
Willetts Brothers' nailmasters, Old Hill, one pair of un-
just scales. Fined is. to include costs.—Daaid Willetts,
nailmaster, two unjust weights. Fined 2s sd, to include
coals—Alfred Warden, shopkeeper, Reddall Hill, one
pair of unjust scales. Fined 2s lid, to include costa.—
Maria Bambara, shopkeeper, Cradley Heath, -1 unjust
weights. Fined ss, to include costs—Joseph Priest,
grocer, Cradley Heath, one pair of unjust flour locales.
Fined is, to include costs.—Sarah Payne, shopkeeper,
one pair of unjust scales and further charged with re-
fusing to produce her weights. Ordered to pay costs in
the first case, and fined Is and costs in the second case.
—Joseph Cole, Cradley Heath, one pair of unjust scales.
Fined is 6d. :including costs.—Jane Horton, Criulley
Heath, three unjust weights. Fined 213 6d, including
costa—Thomas Charles Gibbs. grocer, Five Ways, one
pair of unjust scales Case dismissed.—Daniel Gill,
Cradley Heath. one pair of unjust scales. Fined 2a 6d,
including costs.—Mosea Dunn, greengrocer, Lonny

Town, two unjust weights. Fined ss, including code.—
Edward Cartwright, provision dealer, Cradley Heath, one
pair of unjust scales. Fined is, including coats.—
Phillip Standhouse, grocer, one pair of unjust scales.
Fined 2s thl, including costs.—Fdward Sutton, general
dealer, one pair of unjust steelyards. Fined 3s tid, in-
eluding in-mtg.—George Attwood, Tividale. one pair of
unjust scales. Fined Is and costa.—Benjamin Lowe,
Tividule, one pair of unjust scales. Fined 2s thl, includ-
ing costs —William Ralph, Tividale, one pair of unjust
scales. Fined Is, including cnsts.—lsaac Holloway, of
Tividale,:one pair of unjust scales. Fined in, including
costs.

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APPLICATION FOB SLIIIMIES.—JOIIII:JCpCOte was sum-
moned by Emily Harris, for using threatening language
towards her, et eradley Heath. on the 17th net. Mr.
Waldron defended. Complainant stated that she lived
next door to dofendant. On the above date there was a
dispute about some clothes bangitg on a line. 'iefeu.i.
ant brought two horses and a carr:and knocked the clothes
down. She remonstrated with him, when he told his
daughter to fetch a knife and be would run it through
witness. The girl refused to fetch the knife, when the
defendant picked up an axe and attempted to strike wit-
ness with it, but she got out of Ili:, reach. She had him
hound over two years ago. A witness named Mason and
Police-constable Kettle gave corroborative evidence. He.
fondant was bound over to keep the peace for three
months, in one Burety of £lO and himself in in £lO.
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ASSAULT Casits.—:Johannah Tromans was fined 5s and
costa, for assaulting Sophia Price, on the 19th inst.—
William Chatain was fined 5. and costs, for assaulting
Mark Attwood, on the 22nd inst.