The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-13 00:00:00

HALESOWEN.

CHARGES AGAINST A PURL WAN.--At the Police
Court, on Tuesday, before Messrs. E. Gem and E.
B. Peill,ps. Joseph Cattell, landlord of the Black
Horse Inn, Manor Lane, was summoned for keep-
ing his house open during prohibited hours on the
17th uli.—Mr. Shakespeare defended.—Police-
sergeant Raybould deposed that on Sunday the 17th
tilt, he visited the house of the defendant, in com-
pany with Police-constable 'faylor about 12 o'clock
and found five men sitting in tee tap room. They
had cops before them with ale in and he (witness)
as,eu defrudanc where they had come from and he
LOW him they said they had come from Old Hill.
Jo told the defendant he did not think Old Hill
was the distance He then asked the men for their
aildresses and they gave him the wrong address and
haa several journeys over to Old Hill before he
cud ascoriain who the men were. In cross-exatuinstion, he admitted that the men in his presence
tola the defendant that they had come ab ive three
rnil s and the landlord thought it was true.—There
wa-, a farther charge of keeping his house open
during prohibited hours on the 24th ult.—Police•
conetabie laylor stated that he visited the house
and met a man coming out. He asked him %here
tie came from and he replied that he came from Old
Hill. The landlord told him there were some other
men in the house and he had better take their
names and see where they came from. He went
into the house and found 14 men there. They re-
peated to him that they that they told the landlord
they came from Old Hill and it was over the dis-
tance—Mr. Shakespeare said he admitted al the
police said was true. The persons told the landlord
the) had come more than three miles and were
en itled to ref reshmen sas travellers. Thera were
two points and the first was, if they were more than
three miles away the defendant would not be liable
and secondly, even if they were not three miles
away, he would not be liable if he took reasonable
preeautrons to learn how far they came from. He
quetea flour. Stone that If in the course of any
proceedings the defendant fails to prove the pur-
chaser was a bona fide traveller, but the justices
wereisatistied toe defendant truly believed that the
purchaser wa, a bona fide traveller and that he took
pre •autio...B to ascertain the distance, the ju,tices
shall dismiss the case against the defendant." He
vircuni not ,ay shall," but if they thought proper.
—Mr. Gem : He ought to have a knowledge of the
distances of his immediate neighbourhood.—Mr.
Cattell was sworn and said that he had kept the
house for three years. The peopee came into the
house and he asked them if they had c )me thre
miles frap home and they told him they h id. They
told him they came from Old Gem : I
think it is patent that from the house t 3 Old Hilt is
not three miles.—The di fendant proceeding said he
had measured the distance to Pear Tree Street, Old
Hill, where three men said they came from and
found it to be three miles and one furlong.—lir.
Gem: There is one pr, caution you have not taken,
inasmuch as you are anxious to uphold your good
character and that is, that you don't take out a six
days' license instead of a seven days; then you
woala have avoided all this, and of having the
house full of men on Sunday.—Mr. Gem: We
shall dismiss the case against him, but we shall
punish those men who gave the wrong names and
misrepresentel themselves.—Mr. Phillips : I advise
You to take out a six days' license and you will not
be annoyed by men on Suuday.
FINED FOR GIVING THE WRONG NAMES.—John
Bettelidge, Henry Pugh, James Turney and John
Turney were summoned for giving their wrong
names and addresses, and for being on licensed
' premises dur.ng prohibited hours.—These were the
men that were founti in the public house on the
first date and gave the officer their wrong names.—
Defendants were each fined 2s 6d and cies, with the
alterative of 14 days' imprisonment.
ON LIMP IED pat MISES DURING Piro =IT=
HOU I iliam Windall. Elijah Evans, Joseph
Pugh. Edward. Stringer, Thomas Parry, William
Parry, Enoch Evans, Edward Tromans, Benjamin
Willetts, George Jackson, Samuel Gadd, Uriah
Gadd, and William Jones wero charged with un-
lawfully bring
on licensed premises during pro-
hi tated hours, on the 28th ult.—Defthiclants pleaded
guilty to being there but alleged that they had gone
over three miles and were. not there unlawfully.—
Police-constable Taylor visited the house on Sun-
day, the 24th ult and there saw the whole of the
defendants rjniflg together. They all said that
th y came from Old Hill, which, according to the
offle-s's evidence, was not three miles off—Mr. Gem
said they would each be fined is and costs, as they.
(the magistrates) did not believe the house was
three miles distant from Old Hill, but if it wa.

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