The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-02-03 00:00:00

BRIERLEY HILL.

CHARGE op Emma:Lamm —At ;the Petty Sessions
held on Monday last, before H. 0. Firmstone and H.
Smith, Esqrs., William Dean, clerk, was charged with
embezzling three sums of money—on the Ilth Septem-
ber, £7 lOs ; on the 19th October, £10; and on the 2511.
October, £l6 14s 6d—the property of Messrs. Webb and
Sons, of Wordaley. Mr. Stokes prosecuted, and Mr.
Waldron defended.—Edward Webb, sen., deposed: I am
senior partner of Webb and Sons, at Wordsley. The
prisoner was in my employ as traveller, and had been so
for nearly 12 months before he absconded. His duty was
to get orders for flour, receive money, and account for it
on the day of his return. Prisoner was supplied by me
with books to make entries each time he received monies.
The books produced were the books supplied. In the
month of September 1871, we had • customer named
Thomas Priest, He owed us £35 16s 64. The entries
on the llth September are in the prisoner's handwriting,
and the monies purporting to be received from the motto.
mere. There is an entry by the prisoner of having
received £2B Is on the 11th of September. Bata received
the money from the prisoner. Have not received the
difference. In the month of October we bad a customer
named John Stanley, of Princes End. He owed us on
the 19th October £lO. The entries are in the prisoner's
handwriting. The name of John Stanley is not entered
as having paid any money. In the month of October we
also had • customer named William Henley, of Dudley,
who, on the 25th October, owed nil £l6 14s 6d. The
entry ismot made by the prisoner as having received the

, . . not rt.ielved any money on If ee,)
see ict, i !I,e prisoner has not accounted
either of the sums money referred to. Cro.s.ex
I did call the prisoner's attention to several bums of
money. One was named Bird. Prisoner admitted re.
ceiving the money, and said there was some salary con,
lag to him, and if there was any deficiency he would
make it up. He also said be had received money from
Tromso§ and Hickman. There is £5 10a Wary due to
prisoner. On the Fnidsy the 3rd November, prisoner
came to the office. A conversation took place between
the prisoner, my son, and myself. I afterwards ordered
him out of the place, and told him not to come to the
place again, unless he brought the money or security.
My son did not in my presence ask the prisoner to go on
with his business. Be-examined: The time the letters
were written, and an interview had, prisoner only said
there were three smell amounts due from Truman, Hick.
man, and another. At that time I did not know that the
prisoner had received the sums which is at present
charged with embezzling. The total amount of the de.
feleations is £B3 odd.. William Henley, of Lister.street,
Dudley, proved that on the 25th October, he owed the
prosecutors £l6 Its 61. Prisoner called upon him on
that date, and he was paid the money (receipt produced).
—Thomas Priest, of Old Hill, grocer, said on the 11th
September he owed Messrs. Webb £35 Irs. On that
prisoner called and he was paid the money (receipt pro-
duced).—John Stanley, of Prince's End, proved that on
the 19th October he paid the prisoner £lO for Messrs.
Webb, and produced the receipt.—Henry Bate, ledger
clerk, said he was in the employ of prosecutors from the
22:14 September 1870, to 11th December 1871. The
book produced was in the hands riting of the prisoner,
and the sums eetered were those purporting to have been
received by the prisoner. It was his custom to call them
Over once a week. Prisoner has not paid to me the sum
of £7 108 received from Thomas Priest; £lO from John
Stanley; or £l6 14s 6d from William Henley. She
notes produced are errors of the prisoners, which were
afterwards corrected.—Policessergeant Breton proved ap.
prehending the prisoner on the 25th January, in the
Forest of Dean. Prisoner said he had lent the money to
a mer. named Fletcher, to work • brooch pit. He was
unable to get the money, and could not pay it. He said
Messrs. Webb owed him £2O for salary, and Ils 6d
for expenses, and that he thought it was • case of debt,
and not embezzlement.—Prisoner was then committed
to take his trial at the next Stafford Sessions, bail being
accepted—himself in noo, and two sureties in £lOO
each.

OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE FRETRNCRIL Wil-
liam Dean was charged with obtaining £l9 5s from
Christopher Data, grocer, of the Lye, on the 10th °eke
her, under false pretences. Mr. Holberton prosecuted,
and Mr. Waldron defended.—Christopher Dein deposed:
lam a grocer, residing at the Lye. On the 10th Octo-
ber the prisoner called upon me, and asked me if I would
discount him a small bill. He said it was £lO. He
stated thai his wife had property at Aston, and the money
was not quite due, as he received it quarterly. I pro.
wised to discount it, and when the bill came it was for
£2O. I gave £l9 ss. The reason I lent the prisoner
the money was, because he said his wife had property at
Anton. Priaoner gave me the address of Newton, of
Aston. I could not find any. such person.—Mr. Holber-
ton asked for a remand, and the case was adjourned for •
weak. prisoner being bailed out himself in £lOO.
CHARGE OP DEFRAUDING THR GREAT WRSTERN BAIL.
WAY CONPANY.—James (Fittings, a mine agent, of Brock.
moor, was charged with defrauding the above compsuy by
travelling on the railway from Brierley Hill to Brettell
Lane without having previously paid his fare. Defend.
ant was further charged with trespassing on the line. .
Richard Penson, station-master, of Brettell Lane, said
that ou the above date defendant came by the train due
at Brettell Lane at 9.58. Defendant said he had a season
ticket. Witness asked him to produce it, when defend-
ant threatened to knock his teeth out. He afterwards
showed witness his season ticket, which was from Dudley
to Brierley Hill. Defendant refused to pay, and witness
took his name. Defendant then went up the line, and
was going towards Brierley Hill. Witness followed him
and asked him if he knew he was on trespass. Defend-
ant said that was his nearest way home. Witness then
told him he should report him. William Bayliss gave
corroborative evidence, and said if he had not gone to
the defendant he would have been killed, as he was on
the main line, and the express was due. The Bench
remarked that they did not think the defendant intended
to defraud the company, as he had come past his station
and had to go back, and should dismiss that case; but
the second charge was a serious one. Defendant bad
imperilled his own life, and the railway servants had been
very kind to him, and no doubt saved his life. For the
offence of trespass they should fine him 10+ and Cogs.
CHARGE OF CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—Thomas Head,
• young man, was charged with cutting and wounding
William Davis., on the 27th alt, with intent to do him
grievous bodily harm. Mr. Addison prosecuted Wit.
Ham Davis, furnaceman, residing in Brierley Hill, said
he was in company with the prisoner, and a man named
Joseph Willimott, to the Round of Beef public-heuee,
and then had two quarts of ale. Afterwards he went to •
Mr. Sinikiss's and had another quart, Witness then left
the house to go home. The prisoner followed, and chal-
lenged him to fight. Witness told him he should not
fight. The prisoner pulled out a knife, and stabbed him
in the ribs. He then knocked the prisoner down, who
got op and followed him with the knife in his hand, say-
ing that he would take his life. Prisoner followed wit-
nese into his house, and he was put out. Witness seat
for Mr. Ashmead, surgeon, who dressed the wound.
George Ashmead, surgeon, proved that he attended the
prosecutor, and found a punctured wound jest above the
eleventh rib. It was half an ineh long. and • quarter of
an inch deep. Police-constable Mayland proved appre-
hending the prisoner. The defence was that prosecutor
struck him first, knocked him down, and knelt upon him.
He refused to get of him, and he pulled out his knife
and struck him. The Bench remarked that it was • seri-
ous thing to use • knife to any one, and they should Ape
iJiai 60+; in default two months hard la'.our.
WHOLSSALI IRON STRALIN(I.—At the Police Court On
Wedueul.Y. before H. Smith, Esq., Benjamin Oakley
127), Abraham Oakley (22), of Brettell Lane, and The+.
Willett*. of Oldswinford. were charged with stealing one
ton of pig iron, on the 27th ult, the property of William
Orme Foster; and William Hill, of Oldswinfard, was
charged with receiving the same, well knowing it to have
been linden Superintendent Mills said that he bad re-
,eived information of the robbery, aid asked for a re-
mand until Monday next, which was granted.

A meeting of the School Board was held on Friday, at
the Girls School. Mr. F Icy presided. There were
also present Rev. J. Hodgson, Messrs Bunn, Bolton, and
Belcher. Mr. Smith, architect, attended the meeting,
and laid before the Boi.rd plans of a new school build.
and he WWI instructed to obtain bui tiers estimates
of the cost of erecting is school according to the plans
produced, and also of one of a more simple sly le; the
Ii iard reserving to themselves the power of rejecting the
I.,et at or any estimate The chairman gave n ilire of
.iis intention to resign his sent on the Board. The
ineeting, sac ties, Ndi.111r134,1 to 23rd February.