The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-11-26 00:00:00

SATURDAY, NOTEMBEr 26, 1881.

High Street, Brierley Hill, was summoned for per-
mitting drunkenness. Mr. Waldron prosecuted on
behalf of the police, and Mr. Stokes (nessrs. Stokes
and Hooper) defended. On the evening of the 19th
inst. a man named Whitney was led into defend-
ant's house in a drunken state. Police- constable
Hollins followed him and called defendant's atten-
tion to the fact that he was drunk and then left.
Whea the officer again returned in a quarter of an
hour the defendant said Whitney had gone. He
was, however, found in a back smokeroom. Defend-
ant thereupon pleaded that he thought Whitney
bad left the premises. It was shown that he was
supplied with nothing but 'soda water to drink.
The Stipendiary, after a fergtby hearing, con-
sidered that the evidence was not sufficient to con-
vict, and dismissed the case, at the same time
remarking that the police had done quite right in
bringing it forward.
THE STIPENDIARY ON OBSCENE LANGUAGE BY
Farcuiss.—Mary Brown (58), married woman, of
Round Oak, and of a more respectable appearance
than the class usually charged with using obscene
language, was charged with that offence. The ex-
pressions to which she gave vent towards the
daughters of a neighbour named Dant were of so
filthy a nature that it was deemed advisable not to
offend the ears of the Court with them, and each
witness handed them up written on slips of paper
for the Stipendiary's inspection. Mr.ll3oughey, ad-
dressing the defendant, said sometimes people in a
state of excitement used bad language, but of all
the bad language he had been obliged to read or to
I hear of, he never heard the like of that he had been
obliged to read that day. He should have thought
it perfectly impossible for any woman to ap-
proach to any_hing like such language. He had no
doubt she considered herself a respectable married
woman, and it was the more shame for her and the
like of her who used such language. He shuddered
at it. She had lost her respectable character, if
ever she had one, in his opinion, and he should
think also in the estimation of any person who had
over seen her before. She would be fined 10s and
costs, or, in default, fourteen days' hard labour, and
the disgrace was more than the fine.—Agnes Pear-
son a young girl, residing in Level Street, was
fined ss, or seven days' imprisonment in default,
for using obscene language on the 19th inst.
ASSAULT BY AN EYGINEMAN.—WiIIiam Jackson,
late head engineman in the employ of Messrs. W.
and E, Webb, Ivy Mills, Wordsley, was summoned
for assaulting James Davies, a watchman under the
same firm, and:was further sued by his employers
to recover ..t5 las 7d as damages caused by his
neglect of work. Mr. Holberton (Messrs. Homfray
and Holberton) appeared to prosecute. It appeared
from the evidence that on the 12th inst. defendant
neglected his duties, and upon returning to the mill
had his attention drawn to the fact by Davies,
whereupon he assaulted the latter, and rendered
him insensible for a short time. He has s:nce left
the neighbourhood, and did not appear on Thurs-
day. The Stipendiary gave a verdict for the full
amount of damages claimed, and ordered a warrant
to be issned for the assault.
REF USING TO QUIT LICENSED PREMI S E S.—Wm .
Stevens (20), ironworker: Amblecute Road, Quarry
Bank, for keing drunk and dis )rderly, and refusing
to quit the Grand Turk beerhouse :on the previous
Saturday, was fined 40s and costs, or in default one
month's bard labour. Defendant had been a num-
I:er of times previously convicted- for various of-
'epees.