The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-07-13 00:00:00

OLD HILL.

Asszutriso WOMAN.-At the Police Court, on Wed-
nesday, before Messrs. Burrs and Hingley, Elizabeth
Challinor was charged with assaulting Ellen Homer, on
the 3rd inst. After hearing the evidence, which was of a
very trifling nature, the Bench ordered both parties to
pay the costs between them. .

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Canoe To SMALL-Pox PATiENTS.—EIIen Parkes (17),
was charged by Mr. William Whitehouse, on behalf of the
Rowley Local Board for having, on the 17th of Jane, at '
the Parish of Rowley Regis, being then and there suffer. I
ing from a dangerous infectious disorder called small.pok,
did wilfully expose herself without proper precautions
against spreading the disorder. Defendant pleaded not
guilty. Mr. Whitehouse was called, and saio that some
time since the Local Board were at the expense of print- •
ing and posting bills and circulating them all through the ;
parish, cautioning persons suffering from the small-pox,
exposing themselves in the public street. In this case,
besides that, three different officers have cautioned the
parent of this girl, or the girl herself—the pollee-officer,
the surgeon, and myself—and after those three cautions
this case has taken place.—Mr. Hayes (Magistrates'
Clerk) to defendant: You are liable to a petislty not ex-
ceasing £5 —Mr. Whitehouse (continuing): An order I
was made by the Board to prosecute in this case. I '
have cautioned the girl and the father myself. I told
her not to go into the street. She was suffering from
small-pox when I told her, and the doctor was attending '
her.—Hugh Richard Ker said: I am a medical officer to
the Board of Health for Redden Hill. I was taken to
defendant's house on the 20th ult. Last witness accom-
panied me. Defendant was suffering from small-pox, but
was iecovering at the time. I had not seen her before.
I told her she was not ins fit state to go oat She was
in the back kitchen when 1 saw her. Her father was
with her. Her father said Mr. Beasley had told him that
defendant would be right in a few days to go out.—Mr.
Burrs: I should like to know whether you While it better
for a person suffering from small-pox to be confined ins
room or to have plenty of air Y—Mr. Kee : Let them
have plenty of air.—John Henry Lees said: On the
night of the 17th ultimo I was coming up from Old Hill
Railway Station, about half-past six o'clock, when I saw
defendant come round the corner at the top of New-
street ; that is 200 or 300 yards from her own house,
She had her shawl over her head, and I saw her face
. looked very red. She seamed to walk as well as usual.
Defendant said, " I am guilty of going out into the
street.--Deleudant's father was called, And said: My
daughter was taken ill on the Thursday in Whitsuns
week, and on the following Monday she was very thick
with the stoat 1-pox. The was very ill until the torn which
took place on Jane 4th. She was deranged at times.
The first time she went out we did not know about it.
Mr. Beasley came on that day and saw her. I asked him
how my daughter was, and he said slse was no better.
He went upstairs and examined her, and said she was as
well as he expected to find her. In ray opinion she was
not right in her head when she went out on the 17th of
June. Cross-examined by Mr. Whitehouse: Mr. Beasly
has seen the defendant nearly every day. He has cau-
tioned Die against allowing her to go out. Ile has told
me since the summons was taken out that I did wrong in
letting her go out—The Bench said the father ought to
have kept his daughter in, and he was responsible.—The
fish, said he had other children who had not had the
small-pox.—On the application of Mr. Whitehouse, the
case was adjourned for a week 4I- Mr. Ileasly to appear
and give evidence.

CAUTION TO RAILWAY PASsENGEttS. Joseph Guest
was clirrged by Inspector Lock with leaving a train whilst
-in motion, at Old Bill railway station, on the sth inst.
John Hodges, statien•master, said that on the above date
when the train from Birmingham due there at 7.30 p.m.
arrived, defendant got out of the train whilst it was in
motion, and fell down on to the platform. Defendant
said he thought the train had stopped. He heard them
call out Old Hill, end he put his hand against the door,
which opened, and he peeped oat, but in doing so slipped
on the platform, and went down. Defendant was fined
is and costs.

AIitbAULT CASE.—Alfred Woodhouse was charged with
assaulting John Edwards, on the find inst. Complainant
said he went to his club on the above dale, and as hews.
coming out at eleven o'clock defendant set about him and
hit bun five or six times. Defendant saw an officer, and
ran away, lie pleaded guilty, and was fined 6d and costs,
or seven days.

DRUNKENNESB.—Noah Allport was fined Is and costa,
or seven days. for being drunk and disorderly at Old Hill,
on the Mb inst. Police.constable Cox proved the case.
STEALING Two Ducas.—Edward Stringer, a lad, was
charged on remand with stealing two ducks, the property
of William Smith, on the 2nd that, at Gorsty Hill, and
on the Saturday night he missed one of his ducks, and
the other one was gone on the Monday following. They
were worth is, and the ducks produced were his property.
He made a communication to the police, sad Police.con-
stable Jackson .went with him to William Crumpton's
house at Blackheath, and Laud one of the ducks there.
The other was at Benjamin Hingley's. William Crump.
ton said he bought the ducks produced from prisoner,
and gave him Is 9il for it. He asked him where he got
it from, and he said he won two at Bullas's the Saturday
night before. JAMEA Whittall said he bought the other
duck produced from prisoner on the 29th ult. He asked
him where he got it from, and he said from their house.
He gave prisoner 2s 2.1 for it. Police-constable Jackson
proved apprehending the prisoner, who said he did not
take them from prosecutor's premises. In answer to the
charge, prisoner said he took the ducks in order to buy
him some food. His father was very tel to him and
struck him with a hot irns. He had marks of his cruelty
all over his body, and the father had turned himself and
his mother into the sheets naked. The Bench said the
prisoner was totally neglected by his parents. He was
sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment.
STEALING WINE.--.OE(TIIE Fletcher was charged with
stealing two bottles of wine, the property of Joseph
Whitmore, of the Cross, Old Hill, but there being no
evidence agiiinat him, he was dismissed.