The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-09-24 00:00:00

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BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING 3 AT

STOUR BRID CI E.

At the Court House, Stourbridge, on Tuesday,
'afore Mr. Registrar Collis, Albert Edward Hands,
Hales)wen, baker, came up for his public examin-
ati et. His liabilities were £241 lie., and assets
£9 14s. In answer to Mr, Jobson (Official Receiver)
b oskrupt said he had not kesfi a betting book, but
had done a lietle betting among his frie ids. He had
not been to a race meeting since he filed his p3tition,
or for above twelve months. The result of his bett-
ing left him as near level as posdble. He had £7OO
when he first started in business, but had been
unfortunate in all his transactions. He had ban
in other businesses, but lost money at them.
When he went into he baking business he could
not make it pay. Many times he had paid as much
for his flour as he afterwards got for the breid
There Wft3 no opposition to the debtor, and the
examination was closed. Benjamin Pearson,
Brettell Lane and Lye, galvaniser, came up for his
public examination on Tuesday, at Stourbridge
Court House. His liabilities were .£435 Us. 11d.,
and the assets ..£166 04. 6d, In reply to Mr. Jobsoa
(Official Receiver), he said he joined, in bu3iness
with John Thompson, James Day.es, and Arthur
Davies, in Set ember last year, and raised some
money on some property he bad pit into the business
His partners could not go on, and he took to the
business, of which he knew practically nothing. A
writ was served on him for money he had becsme
no-surety for with other pet sons. He was persuade 4
t ) have a scab, and part of ti e mo e3y he re ) iNe4
was paid to persons to whom he was iudebtea.
There was £29 left, on w.iich he had been living.
He was pressed by Mr. Jobson as to the manner in
h:ch he carried on the business. He had sonte
house property, but there were mortgagea upon it,
and the mortgagees were selling. The examination
was adjourned for Pearson to file particulars ot dis
Lursements made from the sum ofj£s7 he had after
his sale.—Richard Mouatford, Thorn's Wsrke,
Quarry Bank, chain and anchor manufacturer, al.o
came up for he public examination on Tuesday, at
Stourb Ile Court House, before Mr. Registrar
Collis. His liabilities were £920 ss, 19d. and the
assets .£2BB 7s. sd. In reply to the Official Receivor,
debtor stated that he had filed a petition once bef ,rs
and had once made an assignment by private
arrangement. When he filed a petiti trt bfore it
V% as in 1880, and the I:a' Pities were £24 000 or
£25,000 He purchased the e tate of the firm of
which he was then senior member for 4s, in the.
round. He carried on the business on his own
account in the same works at Neth -rton till Nov—
tmber, 1885, when he called his creditors together
and assigned the who:e cf his estate, During tho
first two years he carri.d on bu-iat 54 en his own
account he cleared about ..£1 00 a year, and then
bad trade came. When he made the a=signmen in
1885 his creditors, he liaised, received about 45.
in the pound. After the assignment he carried on
business as a merchant from December, 1835, to
March, 1886, and on Cie av rage mate frem £2O to,
£25 a week. Ile then Lok to Wie Thorn's Works
and went into manufacturing again. After he did
so there was a strike in the ehain trade, and
different contingencies told against him. When
he made the private arrangement some of the
creditors would not agree; he had to pay them in
!nth When the chainmakers' strike occurred he
lad orders which he had taken on a cert tin basis of
wages, and whieh he was b..und to execute, and he
had to pay the men higher sages to induce them
to work. He approximated his loss by the strike
at £290. S tortness of eapital for a manufacturing
Lusiness was one of the causes of his difficulties.
Directly he knew he was insolvent he brouglit
hinge to a dead stand. He tried to raise some
capital, but o ni'd not do so. Every penny he
received and paid was accounted for in his books.—
The Registrar declared the examination closed.

ELECTION OF CLARK TO THE IMPROVEMENT
COMMISSIONERS special meeting of the Com-
mi-sioners was held on Monday for the election of a
clerk to the Board, and other business. Mr. W. J.
furney presided —The resignation of Mr. John
Taylor, as clerk to the Board, which had hen
brought before the last meeting, was now foenal:y
accepted. Mr. etewoam suggested the desirability
of tlet Board resolying itself into committee to
discuss the question of Mr. Taylor's successor ; but
this was in. t thought necessary. The salary attach-
ing to the new appointment is £l5O. a year, and
there were two applicants, Mr. Harry Mills and
eir. C. Herbert CoiLs. It was agreed to test the
feeling of the 13. ard by a ballot, and it appeered
that there wore 17 for Mr. Mills, and 8 for Mr.
Collie—The Chai:man then formally moved the
app intment of Mr. Mills, which was seconded by
Mr. H, ilughea, and carried. Mr. Mills thanked
the Board for electing him,. and said his aim would
be to discharge the duties of the effice to the best
of his ability, and o give satisfaction to:the Board.-s.
A hose was expreesed that Mr. Collis would soon
fin I a seet at the Board again as a member,—A
resolution wa - passed directing the Surveyor to
make complaint to the justices. under section 58
of the Highway Ac', 1835, as to the state of the
road at Bouchall (iegarding which there had been
sever a complaints), and cerry on the necessary legal
proceedings, so that the justices might decl .re
which portion of the road :Jai Commissymers and
the Lye Highway Authority were in future generally
to maintain.—Mr. H. James was electsd a mamba
of the Drainage Board, in place ef Mr. H.
decease I.
SCIioOL BOARD.—A monthly meeting of the Board
was held on Monday evening, the Rev. H. Sherrard
in the chair,—Mr. Newnam propos d tinit the
manageas of the denominational schools in the
township be invited to a conference for the purpose.
if possible, of equalising the fees payable in eaca
school to be held in the cou-se of the seine weelc.—
Thcro has been some ques ioa raised latterly as to
the fees payable at the deneminational schools, and
it was a .w seated that tin fees et St. John's Schools
and the Ronan Catholic Schools were exactly the
same as at the Board schools —Mr. Wallace as'ted
if there was not some ariangement for lower fees
for Catholic children than for Protestants ? —Mr,
Boulton said that such was certainly not the ea e
He could if he liked admit Ca, holic children f.ee,
and the Board could not claim to ititsrfore
thee was a deficit at the Catholic Schoolswit
would have to mike it up? He could ot see Mr
Wallace Lad anything to t. =pia n of —The subjec
dropped without any resolution.
COUNTY COURT.—At the sitting of this Court, on
Wednesday—before Sir Rupert Kettle—a jury case
was called on in which two brothers named Beckley
saed their uncle, Felix Beckley, frui.erer, Ot
Brierley Hill, for £5O. for breach of contrast Mr
Homer was for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Waldron for
defendant.—Mr. Homer said the plaintiffs agreed
to take defendant's business, ant they paid him .25
on account. The defendants afterwards drew back
from the arrangement. aud as plaintiffs had b et
making preparations for taking to the business,
and purchased goods they sued him for compensation
There was an attempt to secure an arrangement of
the case after the opening, but it proved abortive
. and the case went on, It wes stated that the a
deposit was tendered again and refused, and that
amount hest te en paid into court.—The jury gave a
vadict for 115. over and above the £5. paid into
court, and Mr. Homer aslo.d for costs on the
big r sale.—His Honour: Oh, dear no I suppose
theso will be a motion for a now trial Pe-Mr. Wald
ron give notiee that he &amid apply for one.
C' us o Wows: leD.—A. man, named John Mount.
fwd. w a found d owned in Sled Poo', Belbreughton,
on Tuesday. Ile was last seen alive near the pot,
on Monday afternoon, by William Meacham, of
Belbroughton, and the acme man Lund the body
in the water the following day. Deceased was a
signalman, and was 58 years of age.
JURY LISTS—At the Police Court yesterday, be-
fell() Col. Flee:her, Col, Cochrane, Mr. W. J. Turney
an Mr. T. U. Thomas, the jury lists for the
se :era' patereess wee granted.
TRAN..PER.—TR: Saracen's Head, High Street,
from Blast eh Clarke to David Wail
ALLEGED Disc:atm:cane ThOGlaiHi
g:ns was charged with being drunk ant rein in: to
quit the Coach and Horses Inn, hli,.h Stre,t, on the
17th inst. Mr. Eagl, S. the landlord, prove t that
def..n hint was in the house the worse foi dtiuk aria
tiitooss ordered him out and he went out alien -
quested but came back again end witness put hint
out. Case dismissed.
ANOTHER CASE 11..nry Cutlsr was eharge i
with being drunk and refusing to quit the Gob it n
Lion Ino, Enville Street, on the 20th inst. Mr.
Voce, the landlord, proved that he ordered et fend
ant out of the house at 10 mieutea to eleven and
he did not go until 3 minutes to eleven. Ile dii
not refuse to go. lined 5a and costs.
STEALING MUSHItot:IIB. Benjamin Daven, o t
Carolme Griffiths an George Griffiths were cliaigsd
with stealing mushicoms at Bahr ughton, on the
15th lust, the property Captain NS el. Joseph Mann
said en t a 15th inst he saw the three defeedai t;
picking mush! ooms in the field and cauget them
The mushrooms were cultivated. Davenport was
the only defendant who appeared, at d his defence
was that he we: t jutu the field t tell t e won on
a man was comiae. I. el lit t have at y tut sh
reonis in his po sessien. The case of eniffithe'e
wei.. adjouined as there was as mist ke in the
name. Davenport was fined 6s including costa.