The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-24 00:00:00

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COUNTY COURT.
BEDFORD V. IRWIN.—At the County Court, held
on Thursday last, before Sir Rupert Kettle, judge,
this was au action to recover the sum of £3 19s Od,
for refreshments supplied. Mr. Waldron appeared
for plaintiff, and produced an I 0 U for .22 15s.
74d. which was given by the defendant to plaintiff.
DeLndant did not admit the signature. Plaintiff
was called and said the refreshments consisted of
bread, meat, cheese, ale, and spirits. Verdict for
plaintiff £2 15s 7td.
TIBBETS V. HOMER HILL COLLIERY COMPANY.—
This was an action to recover the sum of .£ll 4 Od
for ploughing and sowing a 6 acre field.—Mr. Perry
appeared for plaintiff and Mr. Collis defended.—
Plaintiff's brother-in-law was called who was bailiff
and manager. Mr. B. 'Wooldridge was called to
prove the value and two other witnesses to prove
the sowing of the seeds. For the defence Mr.
Collis contended that 14s for sowing per acre was
excessive. Mr. Broughall was called and said the
ground was sown with clover and not oates as
stated by the plaintiff's evidence. His Honour re-
marked that the case ought to lie heard before a
jury. After some further evidence His Honour
gave a verdict for the full amount and costs.
JORDAN V. LALLEY.—This was an action to recover
the sum of £5 a deposit paid for a public-house.
Mr. Col'is appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Perry.
for the defendant. From the evidence it appears
that defendant agreed to take the Old Star, public-
house, and paid five pound as a deposit. On goini,
to the house he missed a looking glass flora the mantle
piece. He did not complete the purchase in con-
sequence of things being removed. He did not
complete the purchase although he tende: el the
money. His Honour gave a non suit.

THE NEW THEATRE ROYAL.—This place Of
amusement has been rebuilt and enlarged. and is
now one of the prettiest and most tastefully as.
ranged theatres in the provinces. It is 120 feet
long, 45 feet wide, and the stage is 28 feet deep,b.nd
the building will seat 15,000 people. The scenic
artiste was Mr. T. Hall, of Birmingham, and the
stage was rchuilt by Mr. E. Templeton, assiAed by
J. Riley. During the week Mr. W. C. Osborne's
"Young America Company" have been performing
to good houses. The whole of the characters were
well sustained, vspecially the "Willie Rufus" of
Miss jenny Bostock, the 'Dutch Emigrant.' of Mr.
W. C. Osborne, and the Pirrre Derniont of Mr. W.
S. Campbell. We understand that the proprietress,
Mrs. Patch, is in negotiation with several fiest-ciass
companys, who will appear at this theatre, and
now that we have a really good place of amusement
in the town, it should be patroni,ed in a manner
that will show that the efforts of the proprietress
to please the public should be deservedly appre-
ciated.

SUDDEN DEATH.— 011 Thursday, Mr. John
Bristow, of Kidderminster Street, died suddenly- at
his residence. The deceased gentleman was on his
usual business in the morning, and had his dinner
but complained of being unwell, and went to lie
on the bed. Shortly afterwards Miss Horton went
to see if he was bettr, but found him dead.
.Mr.
Bayley was soon in afleudance, but life was extinct.
URICKET.—The last match of the season wid be
played on the Cricket Ground (this day), betweeu
Stourbridge and the Arcadians. Should the
weather prove tine, the match will be intercsting.
A LUCKY COAL-OWNER.—We hear of most valu-
able discoveries of coal in Staffordshire, the deLils
supplied showing that the expense of workini, the
new coal-beds will be very small indeed. Whilst
some costly sinkings for coal on Vie fringe of the
New Cannock Chase district are p.oving di astrous
in a pecuniary sense to those who have couluete.l
them, the underta:cings in search of the recious
mineral beneath the new red
_sandstone in that

portion of the staffordshire field which borders upon
Birmingham are being attended by success. The
efforts by the Earl of Dudley's colliery engineers to
demonstrate that the old area—so celebrated for
its ten-yard coal—is not yet exhausted are receiving
their reward. A one-acre tract of this mineral.
some portion of which is of the amazing depth of
14 yards, has just been discovered on that part of
his lordship's estate known as the Broad Lanes
Colliery. The find is the more valuable because
the seam exists at so shallow a depth from the
surface as six yards. It will theref3re be possible
to get out the coal without the great costs of sink-
ing a shaft. The mining will be carried on by open
work, and as the district is somewhat thickly popu-
lated, the chasms will be filled up as the miners
proceed,—lroat.
NARROW ESCAPE.—in old man residing at Wol-
verhampton had a very narrow escape at Stour-
bridge Junction on Thursday evening. '1 he 6.25
tiain was just going out when the man tried to
get in, could not do so and hung on the step, and a
number of persons shouted to the driver who saw
the critical condition the man was in and pulled up
the train and the man was released from dangerous
position.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—At the Police Court,
held yesterday, before Colonel Fletcher and C.
Cochrane, Esq., Isaiah Taylor, of the Lye, was
charged with being drunk and disorderly on the
16th inst. Police-constable Wicldows proved the
case. Fined 5s and costs, in default 14 days.—
Jesse Car Lwright was charged with a shrill :r offence
on the 20th inst. Police-constable Webb proved
the case, and said the defendant made use of bad
language and threatened him. Police-sergeant
Jones proved several previous convictions. Fined
Os and costs, in default 21 days. •
CA.UTION TO BICYCLE RlDEns.—Joseph Pearce-
house was charged with riding a bieyele on the
footpath, at Cradley, on the 18th inst. Police-
constable Oakey proved the case. Colonel Fletcher
remarked that as this was the first case that had
come before them, they should only put a small fine
upon him. Fined is and costs.
DoNKET Saatavieto.—Thoma, GliffitilS was Sum-
moned for allowing his donkey to stray on the
highway at Cleat, on the 19th inst. Polk e-constable
Wallace proved the case, Fined 6,i 6d, to include
costs.
STONE THROWING.—AIfred Shepherd, William
Green, and Henry Humphries, boys, were charged
with throwing sticks and stones on the highway,
on the 20th inst. Police-constable Webb and
Inspector Brown proved the case. Superintendent
Wheeler said he had had great complaints made
about windows being broken. In one house twelve
squares of glass had been broken. Fined 5s each
eo include costs, in default 7 days.—Edward Chas.
Hayes was charged with a similar offense. Police.
constable Taylor proved the case, Fined 5s to
include costs.—William Toinkius was charged with
a similar offence, Police-constable Moore proved
the case. As the defendant was an orphan, he was
'emended to the workhouse fel. 7 days, to be after-
wards sent to an Industrial School for four years.
OBsc ENE LANGTJAGE.—CIiar!e3 Ellis was charged
with making use of obscene language on the 18th
inst. Police-sergeant Jones proved the case, also
several previous convictions. Fined !Os and costs.
OBSTRucTING THF. FOOTPATH.— Thomas Hall,
Edward Iliggin, and Michael •Gavan were charged
with ebstructing the free passage of the road in
Foster Street, on the 19th in-t. Police-constables
Cooper and Maeleley proved the case. Fined 2s 6d
each, to include costs.
BITCH AND TOSS.—Alfzed Bloomer, John Jeff,
Soloman 11 anis, and William Edwards were charged
with playing at pitch aril toss at Craelley, on the
highway, on the 18th inst. Police-constable Oakey
proved the case. Fined 6s 6,1 each, to iticlude costs.
llnallwav OFFENCE.— William Hayes was
charged with allowing eight cows to stray on the
highway at Wollasten, on the 161-h inst. Mr.
Waldron defended. Police-constable Cartwright
said lie saw the cows in the Sandy Lane for 45
minutes. He had received several complaints, and
was sent to watch in plaits clothes, Fined lOs and
costs, in default 7 days.
CHARGE OF STABBING. Samuel Pugh, of the
Lye, was brought up on a warrant, charged with
unlawfully wounding Jonn.ltaybould, in hJanuary
1876. Prcsecutoi said the prieoner stabbed him
with a pocket knife on the left side of the chest.
The two witnesses who saw it had gene to America.
Prisoner was bound ovor in the sum of £5O to
appesr when called upon.
STEALING TAME DUCKS. James Eater (15),
Henry Moore (16), and Thomas Sle.er (10), were
brought up on remand charged with stealing on the
18th inst, five tame ducks from Lutley farm, the
property of Thomas White. Police-constable
Oakey said he met the three prisoners in the after-
noon. He searched Moore and found two ducks,
one dead and one alive. James Sletee had three.
Thomas Sleter had none. The prisonees said they
had the ducks from a tall man and gave ninepence
each for them. Slater said he only gave 2 3d for
his. On being charged with stealing the ducks one
of the boys said that they ceught the ducks in Mr.
White's field. The boys ofered him 2s to let them
go.-e—Julia Hinton, in the employ of the -prosecutor,
said that she had charge of the ducks
.and about
6.30 on Sunday night she missed five, and they
! were the same produced.—Mr. White said he was
continually losing poultry in this way and he
wished to make an example of the defendants.
—James Slater and Henry Moore were fined 20s
cach, with the alternative of ono month's imprison—
cut yen!' gee Slater was o,dered to I aye 6
stripes v, ith the lirsh red.
T ri F1it,"2.1 A Itary Burton
and ;Ehoman .Burton, of Hay urea, Lye, wore

charged with stealing a table cloth the property of
John Taylor, landlord of the Three Crowns Inn,
Hay Green, Lye, on or about the 2nd of March last.
—Maria Taylor, wife of prosecutor, said that on
Shrove Tuesday a table cloth was taken out of the
house. The cloth produced was the same she had
lost.—Mr. Pearson proved that the red table cloth
was pledged amongst their articles on the 14th of
August last.—Police-sergeant Payne proved having
a nuri,ber of pawn tickets from th 3 female prisoner,
among which was a ticket referring to the Cl ,tl2.—
The male prisoner pleaded guilty and the female
prisoner not guilty.—Thomas Burton was furthe:
charged with stealing a white table cloth, also the
property of John Taylor, on or about the 15th of 1
Jure last. Maria Taylor, wife of prosecutor.
identified the cloth produced, which was pledged by
the prisoner at Mr. Whitwells, as being the property
of her husband.—Prisoner pleaded guilty to this
charge also, and said that it was the bad trade that
caused him to do it.—Fined lOs in each case, or in
default 14 days' in each case. The wife was dis-
charged.
SOLICITING PROSTITUTION.—EIizabeth Griffiths,
a noted character, was summoned for soliciting
prostitutiop, on the 21st inst.—Police-constable
Hancox proved the case and she was fined 10s and
cost', with the alternative of one month's imprison-
ment.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—Mr. Raybould presided
at the usual weekly meeting of this Board yester-
day, the other members present being Messrs. IT.
Billinghafn, Haskew, Pargeter, Robertson, Hingley
Williams, Burr, Thompson, Browning, Wood,
Homer, J. Billingham, Mills, Crump, Plant,
Lavender, Rhodes, Stringer, Forrest and Brooks.—
Admitted into the house 14; discharged 18 ; dead
3; remaining in the house 487 against 473. Out-
door relief, Kingswinford district, £4O 4s Od ;
Stourbridge district, .230 8s 64d; Halesowen dis-
trict, £lB 17s Od; total £9O 5s 10d tast year .276
108 Od.