The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-12 00:00:00

OLD HILL.

Dnosamesse.—At the Police Court, on Wednesday,
before bAr. N. klingley. Elijah Lowe wal charged with
being drunk on the sth iribt. Police...eatable Jackaou
preyed the cute. Defendant pleaded guilty. Fined •2d
6.1 and e sta.

AIDING AND ABETTING —Joseph Mole wag charged with
siiissig and abetting in an ste•sult on the police. Al there
Was only One Megt.trate peseta, the Case Was withdrawn
on payment d costs.

J:a.ECIELP N6OLECT OF WOOL— .;amu. I Southall (16).
was charged by Vllllitlin Mills with ne_:lecting Ins wen k um
the 31.1111 ult. Defendaut, in nuns LI., said that he Lad
no tight lob" iu the pet to work ot " ciigiug," a. the rule,
maid no boy should StOrl, unthr t ighteeu C.e iiiantheed.
' —l% Ahem Mitts was summoned by Samuel Southall for
is 0-i wage. eye After iodating the evidence, tie Bench
ordered the d. fondant to pay the amount and eon*
Cuanon on D.,sa al LON.— Thoutas.,Noley, formerly stir.
facc manager at Homer Hill Colliery, was summoned In
John Teylor, lithe ring-officer, for neglecting to support
his wife and family, arid slowing them to become charge-
. able to the Cuion. Complsitieut said Hist the driest.
sits wife became charg, able on the VII. last, and there
*AS IsO. due. 'The defence was that defendant was in
ill health, and ruble to support his wife and Immy He
had been supported by Ins father Circe tile tat of Jams
aty, and had been suffering from chronic rheumatism.
To prove the hitter amtement, lie produced two certili•
eater front Or. Ker. and I.e. Slal.uio Under the circum-
stances, Mr. ilnigley said 11, was afraid he could itmke no
order. the wile, a respectablv-dressed womm, said that
she had been married to the defehdant fourteen years,
and that her husband was ill from rheumatism, rod had
left her to go to live with his father, sad she had since
been denied seeing tim. bier daughter lied awo Leen
taken from her by his family, and they refused to tell her
where she was. She comddered it cruel and hi artless
to keep her away, and that the proper person to have con-
trol Over her was her mother. Although her husband
had been ill part of the time, he bad some work, and up
to the time of the Homer Hill Colliery being sold to u
company lie was in receipt of £2 104 pi.r week But in-
stead of Oving her a portion of the money,he had %petit
it with other women. She produced letters, allowing that
he had been corresponding with another female. If her
husband was no ill . he represented, she consider.' her
horse the bent place for him, where his wife could attend
to him. She Lad a beautiful home, and if lie would only
come home she would work hard to support Lim until he
had recovered. Her boy was getting taper week, which
was all the income ribs bad. Mr. Ilingley remarked that
if she wound send the boy to his works, he would tied him
something to if,,; but in the present case could not make
any order. Mr. Taylor said, under the circumstances, he
should have to summons the defendant's father to appeer
next week.

01 STSALING A WAIT/C.—William (ionld was
charged with feloniously stealing a watch on the 3tli Mat,
the property of William Stevanton. Prosecutor, who re.
sides at Blackheath, odd that he was in the Bui'dela'
Arms, sitting near the tire. Several persona were pre-
sent He had a silver watch in his possession, and
showed it to those in the room, and the watch was passed
from one to another. The prisoner went out of the
room, and he asked those pronent for it. They denied
having it. He then went with the police, and pointed the
prisoner out as the man who had got his watch. Priso-
ner gave it tie the police...Meer at once. The Bench did
not think there was any felonious intent, and dismissed
the case.