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

OLD .11ILL.

APPLICATION FOR A TR NSPER.—At the Poliae
Court on IVednesday, before Messrs. W. B .ssano,
C. Holcroft, end H. H. Wiggan, Mr. J. Stek .6
(Mess] a. Stokes an Harper) I)udl..•y, wade an a'-
pile ,t .on on behaif of Josiah [lard,, Tivid.le, for
tho tran,fer of a wer license, and handed in the
usu.-. 1 certificate of character.—Sui•erintenatnt
Woo:laston raised an objectio.l to it, and th... ap-
plication was adjonrnei until transfer daf, in an-
while an intgrim zuth,rity wisud be granted.
DarmucEsli F.SS.—Ht nry Wes, wood, mii.er, cf
Rowl,y, was fined 5s and c...sts, for bea;lg druak at
Rowley, on the 6th inst.—Josep:l Law, tivt-t
maker, Rowley, was charged witn being drunk and
disorderly, on. the 7th inst. Poli.se-cons'ahie
Style said that defendant was drunk and making
use of ba,i langwge in the Du 11Py R sad. Rowley.
Tins being the hr t off sn,::e he %%as fined 53 incluci
ing costs.—JAms , Harris, ,hainmaker, Redda.
Hill, was fined 5s and co=ts for being drum: and
disorderly, on tie &h inst. Police-cslafk as le
Walketon proved the ase.—Michael Cusick, forge-
man, Quarry Bank, was fined 5s including cats
to being drunk on the 17th inst. Police-constable
Twigir proN,:d th, es

CAL : STEALING.-11 ninth Hyra s, of Cradley
Heath, was charged with ste,ding a quanti S oi
oat, the prop -rty of t,e Earl of DAley, on ti e
211,1 inst.--Po ice-c listable Twig 4 said that at 6.45
p.m. on tho day in question he saw the prisot,er
take 301bs weight of coal from No. 30, Earl Ond,ey's
['its, Cradley Heath —She was sentenced ti 14
days' i.npris 'omen wit out the option of a fine.
A Svatious Orv,Nca —Tomas Kirkham (14), of
High Street, Old Hill w-ds chai ged with etieeling
shit al, the propv_lrtv of Josi,ph Kirkham, on the 9tt,
inst.—Sarali Werton (42), of blaek Wig ni Street,
was .eharged with receiving the same, know.
mg it to have been stolen.— bliza K tkhana, wife of
pro ecutor, shopkeeper, of High SireQt, Old Hill,
said that she misseu toe sh-,wl po need on 'Ma:,
thy I.,st, and it was worth is 9d.—Poliee-oonstable
Wiek.,t,•ad said that from inf.., tnetion he receiv..d
ha arres,ed the boy ci Tuesday morning and
charged him. in the pres-Jece ef the women, with
stealing the shawl preduced, In reply he said
"alrs. Worton asked me to bring her a shawl and
save me 3d for it. and also told me not to let my
mother know anything about it." He (witness)
then charged the female prisoner with receiving the
shawl know,og it to bare been a °lett. She replied
"lie was going through the opening and turned
into rey hone and puled the han.ikercei. f out if
his pocket and said I should have it for 3d, but
did not say wh,re he gJt, it from. I gave him 3d
for it."—Mr. 13assam.. address:ng the boy, said :
You ha.v. biought yours,lt into a very serious
position by idiowing yourself to be made. the to ,1
of t; at wicked woman in assisting her in robbing
your parents. You have made y, urself liable to be
seht to pris n and so gat yourzelf included in a
criminal cours , and bliAt the prospects of you'
life entirely. We hope tau the position in whion
you are now placed will have such an effect up. n
you that you w ,n't be guilty o! such an offence
again, we will, therefcee, di,charge
dressing the female prisoner he s.d : You have
been inciting that boy to rob his parents. It is
a much in ,re serious offence than if you had at lU
it yourse:f, and you will be committed to hard
labour for three months —Tit re was another
charge on the sh9et against the pr•sonPrB, the boy
with stealing aird th, woman wit, reeeving a pair
of hoots, the „roperty c)f Mr. liillinghani, shoe
maker, but this was not prwe ded wit ii.
CA TION To CAILTEBS.—A youth named Daniel
M,son. of Blackheath, was sunmon.-d ler being
asleep whilst in charge of a horse and trap, on the
3rd inst.—Uefend,:nt wThs seen by Police-sergeant
Cooper lyiig ',sleep in the trap he was in charge of
wrapped up Li a horse rug, about 12.30 at night.
wa,4 hued 5s and costs.—Rolaud We.,ver, of
Old Hill, was fiued 6s and costs for being drunk
whilst in charge of a horcie and cart, in the Hales.
owen Road, at 11-5 :bri Tuesday night. Police-
coes*able Rowe provA 'he case.
CauTioN To l'ioEorr FLYERS.—Bytha Street and
7-arnuel boW of Tividale, were fined sp,
oioh and cost', with the alternative of 7 days' im-
p i o 'mend for tY structing:the footpath at Tividalp
oa t e I,th nit Police-constable Glarra preyed
the ease and stated th .t they were taking part in a
p•geon flying match.
IHE cILF.XONA MUSICAL UNION —CertAnly one
the grandest musical perf-rmances ever witn3ssed
In 01,1 Hill, was rendered in the Trinity Schools ..on
W duesday evening last, by the Cremona Musleil
Union, • r,..enhead Family. An knjoyable evening
was spent by all wlto were present and the per-
formers were loudly applauded.

UDDERMINSTER ELECTION EXPENSES.

ACTION AGAINST MR. J. BRINTON, M.P.
1.1 the Ex-hequer Court of the Queen's Bench
Division of the High Court ofJustic,,, Westminster,
on Tuesday, Cie case of Graham v. Brintan came
b fore Mr. Baron P.dlock alai a jury, Tois was an
acti :n brought by Mr. Reber Graham to recaver a
sun of .404 for work and labour done as a solicitor.
for the defendant. Mr. John Brinton replied that
although the plaintiff was employed as an agent he
was nat. re; ained as a solicitor, and paid .£64. into
Court as sufficirnt to meet the plaintiffs clam.
Mr. Jelf, Q.C., and Mr. Muir appeared for the
plain iff, and Mr. Powell, Q.C., and Mr. Follard
rupr. send the defendant.
Mr. Jelf, in opuiing the case, said that the
plaintiff had for.some time been engaged as a
solicitor and electi .n agent at Newport, Mon-
mouthshire, and that in 1879 he brought a busi-
ness at Kiddertnins:er, to which place he brought
his exp..rience of a legal and political nature. The
borough of Kidderminster had enjoyed a gr,-at
noto.iety for pertinacious election disputes, and the
p!aintiff, on hi-. arrival in the borough, soon became
known as a valuable authority anti agent in such
affairs. bi 1871. Baron Grant, who had enjoyed
gre it populari.y in the place. came down within
two days ..f the gn-ral ekcaou and was put nu as
a candid to, and wi;11 as much buoeess ai
Frederick Rolacrts at Candalisr. he (Baron Grant)
sueceeded in cat rying the seat by storm with his
crowd of clerks till agents—(laughter). Baron
Grant was soon afterwards unseated on petitien,
but a violent contest had taken place, for succcs.,
attended the m
.yeinnt he had ins,igated by t, e
success of :-ir William Fraser t. reprtsent the
borough. At the recent dection some question
ar ,se as to who should be the Liberal candidate
and amongst the gentlemen chosen was the defendant
who was a popular member of a large manufak
tering firm. However the defendant witt,drew
from the position, and two gentlemen—Mr. Green
and Mr Willis— were proposed as alternative
candklates. The Liberal party cast their lot in
favour of the latter, iny. he s4h-equeotly re.irecl in
favour -f tr Gre.on From bat time Mr. Green
employed the pl. Dit ff !is his agent. Subsequently
the defend ,nt wa, again persuaded t,come forward
as the candFiat., Mr. Roberts re irig in his favour
, 1880, and the &feta:ant
on the 18th of. Mat:ch
retahaed the poina ao big vat. Eaton Grant.