The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-05-14 00:00:00

*ocal an Bistrict 7#eins.

LIBBBAL ASSOCIATIO2C--A. mei tiag of the S' our-
bridge Liberal Associetion was held at the Insti-
tate, on Monday night, to consieer the Irish Land
Tit re was a good attendance. Mr. J. B.
oliepherd (the president) explained the previsions
of ilia big, and moved that, in the opieion of elk
meeting, the Ire)] Land Bill was a legal fulfilment
of the pleeges of the leaders -1 the Liberal party at
the general eleceien, ti at it was conceived in :he
true interests of t'..e Irish people, and was eminently
calculated to promote the verve and presperny of
the sister country. Mr. Pagr,tt secon.led the motion
a after a in wlech Mr. G. 4'TeOr, Mr.
61toel%othdrn, and Mr. Woolley teok par, it was
ria(L—Mr. Green a' terwards ',reposed a resolu-
te -n lib to the aeri-atility of making t e bill retro-
-.elective ott the two points the lederat.d As,ocia-
tions had attiteeti it :o be desiralee ; and also sue.
g stele that tette:its whe tad leases rhould be
eutitled to the tenetit of the Act in the same deer.
as tenants oecue:e'n,4 without lease-.--Mr. Barret
seconeed this, and it wits 'carted.
Cowcatte.—On rnesday evening a grand concert
sills given in the Starnber Mill S hools. toe p:oceeds
of which are for paruehial expens- s. Teel e was
a very large and fashionable audience end the
entertainment throng. out was excet din
good, the various performers being loudly npplau. Ad
The foLowina is the programme, Overtuce, e I!
Bartdere," (a4anged for pianoforie and two ti.ie iii
Fisher.. and Mesers. 11. King, and J. Mateee.vs;
song, " ehak-pere's Clnwe s Song," Mr. Spenctr
song, "Sweethearts," Miss Fisher ; seng, "If
doughty Deeds," Rec. A. Wight; sOg,
" L'ird.ta," Miss RI. bards; solo flute, " Air and
Rondo," Mr. J. Mathews; song, " Nurs,-ry Rhyme,"
original, (by desire) Mr. Spencer; rending, (by
desire) Mr. Herbert Spencer; song, with flu'e and
obeligate, " Quento e Bella," Miss Richards and
Mr. ielathews ; sou piauoforte, Miss Turney ;
"A Summer Shower," Me.,s Fisher; song, "Tn.
Three Sailor Boys," Mr. Spencer; song, Miss
Rieharda •, soug, Rev A. Vi right; cer rune,
" Eluber flote," (arranged for pianoforte Red two
flutes) Miss Fisher, and Messrs. J. Mathews, and
H. King.
'I HE zUICIDE OF A WOMAN AT OLDBURY. On
Tuesday Mr. It. Ducker, coroner, held an inqu
at the White Swan Inn, Oldbury, Kan the body of BRIERLEY HILL.
Mary Pugh, aged 47, &rimer yof Coverery Street TILE DEATii OF A WOMAN F;;OM EXCESSIvE
etourbridge. John ettwood said he was a bail.ff DRINKING.--On Aionday trioyn:ne Mr. W. H.
at the Oldbury County Court. 0:1 1' he went Phillips (di- trict ceroner) resumed an inquLy at the
to the house wht re deceased resided ie Church- Roebuck Inn. Anableeote Road, 13-ierley Hilt,
street, Oldbury. to levy an execution. He s w the touching t` e death of :Jane Holland 52), the wife
ot
deceas..d and gave her a copy of the warrant, and Thomas Holland, cewkeeper and mlk-seller,
eh,: said she stiuuld be able to Lay the money. She Amblecete R Ti,Tif' inques-, was opened a week
i
went about her work for &elle time ie the hue }lgo, when it traespirei from the hushend's evidence
aud afterwards went upaeirs. In a few minut, s that tee de eased was a women of very drunken
he heard the deceased crying out "Lord have habits. On the previous Saturday night Fe e was
mercy upon me, lied iorgi4 me for what I have
done." As she did not eve- down-t airs he asked ied borne be four pat eus and placed up .n the
&or. Afterwiii ds she sat in her cleer nertially Lie-
be next doer neighbour to go up anti see if ehu was dr' seed, ane refused to go .to bed. 11, r husband,
all right. Upon g. ing up-etairs Mrs. Hezlew od eowever, roti:ed, and about three o'cleck on th •
found Mrs Pugh dead and lying on the bed. Dr. next morning he was awoke by his dog, which had
Lyddou said et, was call d t see the deceased on been loft downstairs, reeking a peculier n ice, and
ridny last, but found no marks of valence on the on going dewn he found his wife dead. No '3.. i-
body nor any ur u:ual al,peareness Lie had si nee deuce could he roduced te sh .w that the deceased
made a Post-mortem, ioieteleuted e,ath to ; had been thinking on tie Saturday; but the
poisening by eteeehnine. Inc police produced a ; husband stated that he b lieved her con.lit;ol
leVer, which war fount' Out the deceased, in her I that nieht, wae attr:butable to drink. The inquest
haedw.itng, stetieg eeet see had •,‘ done it herself t wn.s adj ,urn d for a post morteni examination of
i
as elle ea- a trouble te ber friends; ' because of tee her h-dy to be lead,. Dr. Walker now stated tleit
m;-enable condi.ion she was in. The jury returned he had made ihe Pxamination. and found the de-
n v relict to the ett.ct that deceased committed t ceased's lungs shrivelled up into a bard lump and
suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind. ?, her stomach empty. In his opinion the deceased
ClucAp LITERATURE.—In contrast to the sense- '4 died from paralysis of the heart cau,ed by excesive
tional rubbish which has of late year been given dunking.
The jury returned a verdict aecordingle.
to the people we have a pre ty little joureai pub. SCHOOL Boaen PeosecuTross —At the Police
lishd week), or One Penny, called The Novelette, don't, on Mon !,,y Mear• 0. Fi instoee,
containing in eech needher eine complete seey, la. •lker IT I f.
w, .i-we,Lten aed eoneeeing a good iLviratl, is 1:1'J nereens were awn.- oned iee diem L vvy, shcool
grephieal s'ee st ot :eel. US en attendance offie r, or hut ianding their c •aid--n to
whea collected, will make a eery Veasing echool and fined in the sums following their
Livablauval diipticonary ut elajoeut VolimB Qi-til' 1/111WIS:—guazug, Naigo. womb:ante, 2§ 64; ismes

Coat, ST ALTNG —Harry More (14), of CradleY,
wa
,find 1116. includlng cos i, for steaiing coal the
opertv of Messrs King nd Co., Cradley.—Police•
constf bie Oakey proved the case.
KEEPING A DOG WITHOUT A LICBNEIR. John
Forrest. drover, of Crailluy, was suinknone I for
ke,4l;ng d.f.; with, ut a lecnse.—ll,s defence wa.s
that he thrm, ht he was tx, mpt fr m having a
li•en,e.—The Bench -aid ,hat he hal nor on;nplied
with the condi'io,.B .4 exemption and infli-ted a
nominal fitit• of 2s 61 including coats

STE,..LINO MONEY. Jam, s tinning, of the Lr,
was -liarg..sd ivith et,l9ling .R 1 MA 61, on tho
inst, the property id Eliza (3-Prl 'nor. Proseouttix
the prisottirwa.. in to.r mploy. On tte above
date sbo out him •o Mr Ledbury, of Oldsivinford.
t a•k f r work or she hor.-es. Ito (I.edhury) wa-
ont. He saw him at the Heoth and paid him .21
iis 6.1, on triootint owing, wWch defendant did not
.;ay Over. Mr. Le:lbt.ry s .id he sa,v thi. pis .n .r
who tidied for the account, statics ; that Mr..,
(Ja;.den-r ha r.o. 7.,ittch work for the horses and
woul Ihe glad of the money. Ee paid him
6d, and signed t•le rto-ipt prolucel.—Polico-
sori:.eant Ile proved apprei s-n.ing prisoner on
the 8. oenat at tly Lye. Ile c)iargcd p i with
g Jo\ mon.- y, thi.• prop t-ty of Mrs Glriorvq•
ria..n r %m, orui2k ai t e tri:tne and s, 'd it
vrrin:r. lie chArged Lim ag,-sin ncat crlvrt
solvr, and e a Itnitted tme offence a ••1 said he must
uffor lot it. :Sontonc, dto one m0w...-. s ',Lira labour

BOAPD OF GUARDIA.NB.—Mv 114.1,i1 ru,,.:)fia of
this li.parl %gal held y,ster.lay. Ir ftivh,pil,l
prep:ided and therwciere ale) pr, sent
PargP ter, thugley, Burr, R. B. Gnest, Brooks.
Thompon, Brownirmy, Homer, Giles, Lavender.
Plant, Forrest, and H. i I,IJ-d
into the house during the week 22; diseirtrAd
1; born 0 ; dead 0 ; reurliniog in the Lion
f)7B ; corresponding period List year 535
Onb-door relit,kingswinford district £42 ith
8,1; Stourbridue cliltrici; £35 4s SFI ; I:lAles,pwen
di9trict, .V 29 11s ; non-resident 6a 41 ; total
£lO7 12s nd against £76 14s 2d.

HiSsey„ Womboarno Common, 5.; Ann Law, The 1
Brateh, Woubun:i 63; 'Joseph Rolland, Worn -
b nra Gs; ILieli9rd Corns, Wom!-Jou me, 63 ; 1
Chit:ll34 Jon -!s, \V ,rn'aonea -, 53 ; 1.)1) Cora 4,
Swindon, 53; Edwor i Thompson, Seisdeu, ;
,bert Bluut, '1'1731111, 54; oud John Evana,
53

OPSX
,DURINCt AFACHIBITED - -HOURS. Elias
Herris. landlcird-of the Bieck Horse Inn, Delph,
was summoned for ke png his ouse open on Good
Friday, the 15:h ult, during prohibited hours.—Mr.
Waldron appe 'rod fur the lief cnee.— Poliee-ser4eant
Silt said that at hal-past ten at night he saw a
girl named Hannah 13ellardgo to the door of the
house and knock -ae.ver al times. She went away and
returned in a few ininutis and knocked agate 'and
was admitted. Wilk it she came out again he took
from hi-ir it Lytle cozitaireng rum._ lie then went
to the latidierd snit he said 'tat he sUppli d the
girl with th., runt:b.:cause she -aid her motlier was
ill. Anther gi_l named Cartwright was lso
supplied with a Ott of -ale.—The defeniae was teat
the rum was supplied in ccns quence of the girl
s ,ying her mo:her was th ,t the pint of ale
was given to Ihe ge:l
.Certwtight for her M'j• her
who had been washing at the hens° tat day.—Wit-
ausses were called to support that at ,teiwnt.— Iha
Beuch considered the elute fully proved and fined
the defendant 203 and costs.
ON LICNNSED PRnXISES DURING PROHIBITED
Hound..-- Hannah Ballard was then charged with
being on lieeesed pretaises during prohibited hours.
•---Defendant pleaded enilty.--,Pplioe-sergeaot Salt
aed Police-censtable Hollins proved the c :se and
defendant was tined 2s 61 and cots.
SIEALING MONET AT WALLHEATH.
Sinert. of Germ', was charged with stealine £lO 28-
tid from Wallherth, on the 7th ie'st. Mr. Waldron
said tnere was a ch trge of felony made aeainst this
person and he wes appreben led, not wifen he imid
toe felony, but taken out of his home without a
warr:mt. He was illegally in custody ad the
magistrates had ler locus standi,* ,nd he (Mr.
Waldron) protested and t iok the objection.—Mr.
King said that Air, Weldrien,had his remedy in an-
other way an i the eiot was, however, go ,e on with,
The fist witness tahed wee teorin.n Wilde. who
aid th t he was a " Butty,'' working ene of Lord
Dudley's pits On tee 7th iest, he thee( .£l5
wn the pit and put it inte a box width he k ,pt
in a recess in the roalivey near the bottom of the
pt H the : weLttinto the Orki•.gs and when he
ieterue 1 the e we." only £24 iTs 61 lef' in in the
box. Tb p:iseiner was, down the. pit that morning,
tat det hut work. .Primer was aar the box when
he ...eat into the workings. Uross.exa-ained He
authorised the pace to • take the prisoner into
cuetoily ..n Saturday morning last about 12 o'clock.
Prisoner's house was about two miles fro:n tho pits.
He (witness) missed-the money about 9 o'cloc:i the
saute morning. He did not go for a warrant to
the magist:ate. -Prisoner was eetirely if his
premises. There were 50 or 60 sork people down
toe •ame pit. 'The whole of the workmen knee the
money was put there. He charged nobody in the
pit of ste-ding the money. He told the 'police to
search him whilst he was in the field. Prig mar
had been in custody slice Saturday 1a.5..-3arnuel
Seuthal., a boy in the employ of proeecueir. said he
was working at tie. pits. The prisoner went down
the pits shout 7 o'clock and went up again about
8 o'cleck. 4- saw pri'sireer sitting en the eaneje..,
bus, 'which box :cu aained the money. . Prisoner
was:s:tting half-an-hour Cross-examin,:d ; Prisoner
remarked that he (witness) was getting. the skip
out fast tied that he wanted to go up. He had to
ge about 10.) yards into the ,wwkinge and there
were three other boys employed at tee same w rk.
The "holers '• came Mt of the workings about 8
Oe oak and were at tiding near the bea fir about
10 minutes., He did not see prisoner do anything
to the box.— Air. Superiutendent Wool:a ton
tippled for tee prisener obe remanded for a week.
Mt Waldron said he s ienental with very
g- at respes.. t at there was no-, a tittle of '
ev.dence upon which they-(the neigisttates), with
the disitearee of their d rty could fair y, properly
an-I kgrtiina.tely re-nand th pi Oner upon this
chrrie. there eas no evidence whatever to sow
this priio t.r had stein, the money. Ail that the
evidence. f the prosecution pointed out was that the
prisoner had the 7pp trtn,nity, among 50 ..ten mtn,
of stealing the in .nete- Tee polie hal searO;eit
prisoner but ceuld no-. fLd any money —The Bench
remanded the pi ieorter fora week, a:lowing bail
.3etemesereks v.—Joseph I.3radloy, deryinan, in
the employ of Edward Oakes, brewer, of Worleley,
was a .a-ged wieh erebezzlek; the sum of Ll Od,
the l.ropertv f his eniploy e.—Mr. Holherton pri-
se:et:el.—There were a- veral stmilar charees
again:it the prisoner but as he pleaded guilty mily
018 one was takeue.Frederik Cox. menager said
that Elea prisoner aas -a drirynian and had inotrue-
tiers to receive mine, from eus entrees en.i hand it
over to him Prisonee did not band iver el 43 01,
on the 9th ef Fishier ry or any other ti i.e as received
from John Elmore. Is was the duty iif pis 'tier to
pay over the money the same day as he received it..
—John Elmore,-of Greee's Forge said that oe the
Uth Fenitta,3 ls.t, he pnid the p isorter £1 4s Ott
fo!. Air Oakes. Prsoner eiened the ree ept (pro-
deceit) in his pres eice.—Prist n,r we,. fined 4,-)
Ocl,_ with the alternative ot two months' imp ison-
meet.

D*.;UNK AND DISORDYRLY AND ASSAULTING THS
POLlVE.—Alfred Whitney, cazpeu.er, Rock s
wa- chsrged with 13,-ing drain ( and di-orderly on the
17th ins., ; and also with a.,s..ulting the p.nlice.
Defendant pleaded guil!y to being drunk 'ou denied
as initiog the pnli. e.—Ou Saturday nih last
defeud.st,t was drunk aid makng titn of bad
language in Hi4h Steet. Brierlev Hill, and Pollee
constable Luff went and ordered him home. De-
fendant retu-ed to go home and caught hold of the
efficer by his throat. Police-ser.t ant ginith then
went to the, officer's assistance am' defedant kicked
hi,ta on his le.—Witnesses were called for the
defendant, who denied that he assaulted the prdies
—Mr. Firmstone said that there wns no eoubt in
t aeir mnids hat the defendaot Whitney was dunk
it w;ts liii dut to io home when desired by the
p beim?, in that state ; if he would not go home
i was Cie duty of police to make him "'borne,
or, in oi fault if thw, to lock him up. They had no
diaiht th at tlle defendant was not only •Irunk bit
veiy disorderly and till he was as described by the
police "almost like a madman." 'Ph, y should
inflict a tine of 53. and cl•ts in each charge.
DRUNK WIIILst ,N CHARGE or A HoRsE AND
cAßT._.....,Joieph Jones, carter, oC Rom ord v 64 fined
5 nd eoats for being drunk whilst inch• r_q3 ,:f a
hors,n di I. cart. Poliee-cowtable Hawkins proved
th!, off nee.

Dant,TK AND DIr•ORD7:II,X Soshna Tho:rips -n,
furnace man, of Shifit,...bt Strert, Qlqrry Bank, was
tined 2s 6d. and cos-As ; with the alternative cf 7
day's imprsonmmt, for h•ii!!_z
.dtuillt at Quary
Bank on h 30th tilt Police co,stasl9 Gibbons
proved the ca,,.

- CO ..1L S KALlN3.—Ja.per (Till (14., Du Hey Street,
proper yof the Earl of Dudley on the 29 h
Bci• rlev Hill, was chargod st• ng co
nit
P(,lice.c.lnstable E.ien pr-ved that th•) d,•f.qvlant
was • akin.' coal forn tho Rare enirse C
I),fendant, who hai be n nrevtaisly c nvcel w
tiled 104 ; or in d fault•l4 ATIS
eh.:rged with stealing coal on Cie 14th "Ft. the
prop9,rty of the ,Earl of Du loy.—Joseph Hult,
th•-• employ of Vie Earl of D041;.y, sal; tha•
fir,i,n No. 35, Wallcw,,
..nesses to prose th •t
-he was waghi,g h on the, d in question.Ve4fetna.klaunlgt cc o
allie 1 w;
- beiDg sine d•u 't in the case it was
isi BPfl.

Sr..:AL:No Po'intney (l 3) and Eliza
Pouatnev (15). P Stree•, 13‘.i r HT, ~e,•O
..h,rgea with stea;irg, on the 2nd inst. a quantity
of iron the rty the Elt,-1 of D tillev. —A. man
named Lam' ert. wh., is a platelayer in the employ
;ja lorcishi-, pro,e4 that thy were tak'ngt irn
fr m a men el w -ere pullled bars aro stacked
The boy wag ordered to have 10 Btr6ke3 with the
tireh roA an tho girl wis fin-qi ss.

A YOUNG rutai—Silvis Homer (10), of Round
Oak Co.omon, was e, rgei with a. ealing a qua, tity
of bacon the property w Smytheman, shop
kePper, of Round Oalt Common.—Prosecator's i e
said th Aon the 3rd in t. she saw that a piece of
bacon was nileging. The girl was in tho shop and
she suspect:d her of havirg the bacon Sh,
srnraied the girl and laund the piece of bacon in a
pocket at the h..ttom of her dress.—As p isoner had
been pr,vicus'y conviete4 she was ordered to be
sent to the Workhouse for 7 days and then to be
sin, to au industrial Pehool, to be selected, for 5
years.