The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-17 00:00:00

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MID-WORCESTERSHIRE.

hecountingof the votes cast at the above electiol
vta; proceeded with on Tuesday morning, at th
i;oard Room of the Droitwich Workhols, whi.her
the ballot-bores had bo.en broight from the seven-
ten polling districts into whi.7l2 the constimency
ivided. A large numb.....r of persons gathered in
:he vicinity as the how drew on when the result
7.-a.4 expected to be known. M. Corbett's friends
conddently predicted his_ success, but the large
majority that some of them, claimed for hint was
not realised, though the outcome was a substantial
ni lar,e one in his favour. The curiosity on the
zubject-of the poll was set at rest about twenty
--,;l,lutes to two, when the High Sheriff left the
.onntiug-room to declare the result to the assem-
lage in front. Mr. Corbett and Mr. Dadson and a
I.nruber of the active political supporters of the
yandidates were present. The High Sheriff an-
nnced that the numbers polled were :
Corbett (1: L)
Dadson (L)

Majority 1,270
He declared Mr. Corbett duly elected Directly the
Sheriff road out the numbers for Mr C(n.bctt there
was much cheeri,:g by his friends, and Mr. Da.thion's
record was treated with . some counter manifesta-
tions.

Mr. Corbett said : Mr. High Sheriff, I believe it
is now my privilege, and it a very areat pleasure
to me, to propose to you a cordial vote of thanks
for the abs and efficient manner in which you
ii tve7dischargeri the duties of your hi4h office hi
t his contest. Permit me a1,.0 to conjatalate you
on the termination of your labours so fa l as ti,
county is concerned.
Mr. Dadson. Mr. High Sheriff, Ihe to sPeon,l
!hat vote of thanks. I t.ave done my best in th,>.
w'lort time at my displsll to beat Mr Corbett, an
I have failed. I congr,ltulate Mr. Corbett
Dvison, turning to Mr. Corbett, shook ha:111 vft-'
Lint

The High Sheriff, in repli ing to the v. to of
Tllanks to him said : Mr. Corbett, Mr. Da3on, an,7,
c.ntlemen, I beg to thank you le • the vety km
ti• Iv in which you have passel a vote of thanks to
1:1•3-, and I thank Mr. Corbett p aticularly. for re-
f--rring to the end (if my labours. I should be more
r3ln human if I was not extremely pleased and
atified that on a great constitltion d que4tion
the county over which I have the honolr of be;n:.
shoull have roturnpd a pert.?etly
r •=3—that a sili phalanx of five county and thre,
,rough mernb,:rs shout Ibe return-d to Parlilm-n
ith one object in view. (heers) I don't knew
~-!lether there are many counties in England ei.
i);;11 the same may be said ; but I am proud that
t can be sail of the county of Worcester, and
t' at it has happened, prob‘bly for the first and
t time, in the year of my sit riyalty.
ihe total number of voting papers taken fron-,
the ballot boxes was' 6.85, and in a idition to thus:.
f •r the sespeetive candidates there were 61 spoil,
pere This left a discrepancy of two in the tote)
-::en from the boxes. hut it was not thought ne-
- s:ary to go through the papers again to correct a.-
•!;naterial an error. In Borne cases the electors

t.l dr.)pped canvass cards into to ballot-hoxPs
4i Nell al the voting papers. The total numb: rO,
o es ol the register is 9.48 t. out of whicli a per-
•-qtage has to he struck off for duplicates, ("oaths
but this still shows that a considerable number
of v.-)tcrq were left unpolled.
• .`:.lr, Corbett's friends took Oa horses from hie

to draw him throt“h the town aftee the
73,-:laratiou of the poll, ani a hind proeeed,d, nlav-
in ; ''See, the conquerina hero comes " Cr•-,wds
•-;7le acentup +flied, cheering him, and Mr. Cohett
an unmistakably ropular de.lomstration in ii
;Yu'. Opposite the Raven he a•-!dressed af,Nv
• it+ to his supporters, and the more
t't,..,:ii.draggeri him all the way to Impney.
MR. DADFON'i FAR 1'1721L.

Dalsou addvs;d a mecting at Sto.:r.)ridge
ruesday night in ti e noighb,A:rhood of the
Mo ket Hall.
.k!r, W. H. PACKWOOD said Dir. Dodson had corn,
to th ink those who had snpported him in th
co,t'ost, He would !ewe Stourbridge with the good
;-es of the working classes and of a good maa-0
o' 'he middle classes for want he had done. It I.nt,
bd,,o a people's fight, for the soldiers had f.,u11.
alL!,ough the generals hal deserted the;.
Mr. DatosoN, who was -.-cceiyed with einars, sai
I,e had done his list auri,:g the si:ort time he luot
ben there, and he had been beaten. They had al
d :no their duty manfolly, and he hoped wly n tio
ti i cane to fight that battle ng lin they ou
w'o it. He believed the time would come before lcmr.
as he House of Calm:ton., woal.l oe such a ben;
g t-den that he doubted whother they wouhi be aWt-
to nanage the affairs of tho country for Jon.; a.)•;
anodier election, therefnre, would, he believed.
tshArly talcs place. If In were amongst them again
h -old not ask Viotti to wok more heartily an,
en; it tslaitically than they had done. Although he
h WO9 he was glad he had come, ani ht da
132 plea,ed to see the working men standing should-r
Alto_lld-,r. He wished thi•ni farewell, ancl hopet
s ,0.1 to renew his acqutintauce with them.
Me, Sabine an I 11r. Prakes also Air cue 1 th 0,,..
pr-a.at, and Mr Da lon then drc:l7,

ABSCONDINTG PAUPER—it the Niice Court,
vest "%lily, b.-fore Cobine! Fit teller, C4ioncl
ritui Ares;rs. T. D. Thomas A. Pre.r, W. J
T 0-rpy, an I E Webb, Joseph RAby WA3 chard
wi h ibse nclin. fmn the Kin.rswin!or.l U•lion
W,:rkhouse with a suit of cbthes, on the 6th inst.
. Perry, a workhous3 official. sal i that tie cas
I a lin before the etaardians, and he w 4.9
!&eil to st ite that they di not. wish t
case, as the defendant was an old man. The I--
fend int was at•cordingly discharged.

SAULT ON A SraelogerasTsa —Charles S nith
wa: charged with ass.tulting I'dorgar,
sfe' inamaster, Lye, on the. 7h inst.—C.enplaimee
went into the mitre pnblichouse to take a time
t C.ll. Whilst there he got into conversatien abeu
rlities and the &lenient joined in. Uttirnatpl,
he defendant's temper aroec, and be wreck con.
pl nt two WOWS on the mouth,--Wiliam Chance
su pottedi the complainant's evidence.—The defeud
an etil they were talking, about polities, and the
CO
a;iteLl an
oinnc‘t,erseaidb Let
Tvhoteedc for
n
theeatened to twist his head off and cliallo,,gel
iii ito fight.. Ile watre•l to f.ro into the street, no.
to 'I kw° a row in the hore4eand complainant the
ran away —The I.l,mela consi:Thred the case prove..
an I fined tho defendant 2s 6i and costs.
- APPLICATION con A JUDICIAL SEPARATION.--NTNE
EA EA or lltssur.—Mr. Waliroe made an appii
eatioa on behalf of Susannah 'Wooliridge for a
Felicial separation ord .r from her husband, Be-
jamin Wo.ddride.,e. He st ited that the defendent
!Ined 203 and costs for an aesault on his eel,.
lin ^[arch last, and after that he treated her cruelly.
! in June he was again brought fief •re tee meere
; teat a and fined 20s and eosts. Thee weel I hay:
Ito determine the atnount to be paid by the clefe,d
nt In the suneri r Coerts one-thi.d of tee mane
wa4es was a t dor.ve, but he could not say the,
were bound by that deeision.—Tee comnlainaet
was sworn and sail thn-r an order had been mad
,-
against the dofenlant in the County Court to pan
103 per week, but he bad disobeyed the ordee
Setee the order was made he had said he bhOlii
stove her and ''knoelc it out of her." During th•
nine years she had been maeried to the defentlae
he bad treated her badly. On two occasions he
had been fined 20s and costs for assaulting her.
She was arraid he would ,to her some bodily harm
if she lived with him.—The defendant denied ht
had ever threatened her.—The Bench granted a
a e.aration order, the cemplainant to hey., charge
the children, rind ordetel the deferelaet to con-
tribute 7s per week ti sup ort of his wife, and to
pay the Costs.
SERIOUS ASSAULT ON • HIISRAND.—EliZabetil
Bl.3omer was charged with infl'eting greviouebodil
harm on her husband, Samuel Bloomer, at Cradley,
on the 11.1 inst —Complainanant said the defend.
ant threatened to stick a knife into him.- ;He trio,'
to atop her, and she then threw some tea in his face
•and broke a basin over his head; she aft,rwardt.
struck him with some of the pieces. They had had
no words before the aasault.—Joseph Harria gave
evidence as to hearing the basin broken, and to see-
ing the two "tu-sling."—Dr. W. H. Thompson
said the complainant came to hid surgery cn the
evening of the 11th int. He found him staffe in.:
from three wounds: one one ton of the head at,eut
long, one on the brow about 2in. in length,
and one on the cheek 2lin. I. ng„ all incised wounds.
To wounds bled freely, and were eternise cut with
being struck with a broken basin.—Charloee
Hodgetts gave evidence for the defence, bet sni
gin" could not say who struck the fir-t blow. and -b
("Lid not see who used the basin Tis witness said
that the two had some words, but she did not we
the nesault as she was putting some coal on tl e
are —D.--fendaet was not los 'old cests; in default
It days imprisonment.. The-Bench sael they con..
-id,red there had been wovocation or they should
have sent her to prisen without the option of a
fine.

,'7_•ERIOLIS CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. -- George
Burton was charged th ..t he did feloni,usly and
fraudulently ernbezee and steal certliu rrrr ey
amounting to £l4 17s 9d on the 29th Ooto,,er, i 36
the property of Mr. Baxter, corn dea:er, Lwer
High Street. Mr. Hinds defended Arthur
Wheatley. 'Fitton Mil, Stourport. said ti,at on the
29th of October, 1885, he pd I the prison r £5O
18 91, all in cash, for goods supplied. He paid th
pri:iJner at Kiddertmnster, in th-1 Corn Ezet,ange
Lie produced the receipt wnich he (prssoncr) signe:,
in his presence. Charles Albert 13exte. r said ir
oonloinonee of information onvio to hiss

`Aleatley he examined prisoner's books ; his re•
•ipting book. and two cash books, one ready cash
)ok, and the other was what he called a petty
Posh book, His duty was to make the entry in tbe
h os and then bring them to him (witnfts) and he
:.)itere 1 them into a general cash book. Prisone7
•.lad entered in his boooks that he had reeeiveo

Od, from Mr. Wheatley. It was the dat:.:
0 'tte pri4onPr to have entered the £5O a. rf•ceiv, '
from Mr. Wheatley I Ailtogether 85 sacks:were sent
to Mr. Wheatley, but the prisoner had only entered
:!, his books 50 sacks. Cross-examined: He first
vrl sn,picion of the etubezzl,ment about th 3 11th
.'r 12th of April. He had knowledge of the pri-
soner's dishonesty when he.visitel Mrs. Burton on
tht day af,er he committed hfs rash net. He did
not tell her that everything was all right, and that
.e was always straightforward. Sometime in M:y
asked the prisoner "what about the ;€l9
rineive-1 from so and so, and the .tl5 for the truci!
1 ,ad of rice meal which you se-,t tolikle. Wheatley:"
Ifo sent the'prisoner a telegram fto:a Hartlebury
telling him he would aid him to get a situation as
;le thought he would very likely do something rasll
•atain, He had told the prisoner he did not intend
to prosectre, but he hal been advised by a friend
to do so. There was a further charge against
the pri-oner that he did on the 25th March, 1585
feloniou;ily and !ra-udulently embezzle and steal

.13 1$ 101 .he moneys of his employer, Charles
A_ Baxter. Mr Wheatley said he paid pri,3ner <242 4s
in the Co-n Exchange, Kidderminster. lie pro
(laced the receipt for the inoiley, signed by the
prisoner in hi i presence. He paid him part with
cnegnes and part with cash.—Nlr. ' Baxter said he
examined the book in which prisoner had entereo
33 45 6.1 as the cash which he received from A.
Wheatley, leaving £lB 183 10:1 not accounted for
in any way.—Sergeant Oakey said he arrested the
pr;soner on the 9th inst, and read the warrant to
He wade no reply.—Pris,naer was committcd
take his trial at the next Sessions on boy,
:.!targe the defence being reserved. Mr. Hinis
he was instructed to ask for bail. He wa,
eit curastancee were against him, but if sub-
s'%-itial bat! was asked for it wou!d be found.—Mr.

cArh-yler obj,eted to bail, and said prisoner had at-
to n;tted to commit suicide,—Proveutor s tid he di:i
obj,ct to bad. The Bench decided to grant
1, til, Id.aself in £4OO, and two stneties of £2OO

13,).1.RD OF GRAILDIANS.—Mr. Haskew presided al
to weekiy meeti ig of this Board held yesterday
Vltni te,d into the house du:ing the week 8, dis-
ared 9, dead 2, remaining 486, corresp•mding
last year 517. Out-door relief, Kingswinf(.rd
eo 53 100, Stourbridge £3l 13a Ofd, Halesoweu
2d, non-re,4ident p tuoPrs .22 7s 2d, tot-,i
2.111 84 3d, last year £lO2 144

SPORTING NOTES.
(By our awn Correcpondent.)

At Manchester to-day (Saturlay) the July Handl.
ea
.) .vid - bring out a fair field of horses, and i.
sh Ld go t Ir. PAnson's representative

PRINCE RUDOLPH or SELBY.

);1 the sa,roe day the Southern sportsmen will te...
iutereated in the Ketnpton Park Jab
If to Heap, for which •
te. _

CitA.F lON and LUALINARY
fair ehaans gi, en them. Nxt week tw-,inl
poct.tut events will he det:i ied, the fir:t
iie-ter Cup, for which