The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-27 00:00:00

BRIERLEY HILL.

BREACHES IN THE FACTORY ACT.-.-At the Police
Court on Thutsday. before Mr. Nevile (Stipendiari);
Messrs. Hickman and Co., brick manufacture,,`
Brettell Lane, were summoned on two-charges Ita.,
employing a female and a young Person be!ore
o'clock on the morning of th.. 18th inst. Mr.
W. Hoare, Government Inspector, prosecuted ;.
Mr. Waldron defended. Mr. A. Platt, Assisia-t'
Inspector, said that at 5 30 a. m he w, nt :o defen'li
nts' works and found Susannah 11, akiits "1,11.
Samuel Round at work, the former making bric'j
and the latter carrying clay. Mr. Waldron admitit
the facts, but urged that the contraventi,,n o'
Act was against the knowledge and wish of the'
defeudants. The Stipendiary fined defendant. 204.
and costs in each case.—At the same Court, .Alf•
Stevens proprietor of the Galvanising Work .1
Quarry Bank, was cbarge.l with employin; tor
young perstms at an illegal hour'. Evidence
g.ven by Mr. Platt, and defendankwas fined £3
costs in each case.

HALESOWEN.
CHANGS OF UNLAWFUL WOUNDING.—.At a sp-,c a
Sessions, held at the Public Office on Tba:sda
betore .Nlr. J. G. Reay (magistrste), Joseph
(31), of Rood End, was charged with tydawh.lif
wounding two young women named Hannah No
and Hannah Bulls at eakernore, on the 24th wt.,
ergeaut 119ybould explained that 0.1 the
day in question the prisoner had cc asion to go f
the Oaken. ore Hi ickwol ks at Blackheath. :so r.
larkin4 took place, and IA hilst prisoner was .1 -
cending a laddcr the gills pushed again:t n,
causing a loaded pistol to fall out of his rekrt
The weapon exp!oded, and both women were injnred,
in the face ant prisoner in the hip.—Mr, lt,ay s
the occurrence appeared to him to be purch Pc-
cictental, and ordered the accuse i to enter in..) litS
recognisanes to appear when ealed upon.

-
ORADLEY HEATH
LOCAL BOARD PROS RCUTION. t the R, ,w ley
Regis Police Court, on W. dnes lay, bt fore Ale-srs.
B. Hingley, M. P., and Henry N. Wiggin
tratts), Samuel Woodhall, Netv Ttwn, was t um-
mened for violating the bye-laws of the Local
Board by opening a public sewer without the sanc-
tion of the Sanitary Autilority.—Mr.l3ritteil, the
burveyor to the Lo.al Board, stated that the ttefsni-
ant, in making some alterations to his property, eat
open the public sewer. Upon defendant's sttentien
being called to what he had done, he pleaded that
he had acted in ignorance of the law, and had 9 110
conformed to the wishes of the Local Board.—D.e
Bench imposed a fine of is. and coats.
THE Al ASTER AND SERVANTS' ACT..--At the
Public Office on Wednesday, b..fore Messrs. W.
Bassano and H. A. Wiggin, Henry Hampto
boot ard shoe manufacturer, High Street,:Nen sued
by Arthur Edge of Haden Hill, an apprentice in
his employ, for wages amounting to £1 14s. ti.s.
Mr.Waltir,,ti appeared hr the plaintiff and Me.
Thomas H. Tyler for the deftndant.—The case for
the plaintiff was that the defendant refused to find
tinplo3ment for the plaintiff at holiday times and
had been in the habit of stopping wages when
aLs nt front his work and when giving evidence in
a ca,e o felony on behalf of the defendant, Mr.
Waldren also applied for the indentures to be
caneelled.—Mr. Homer contended that the plaintiff
had been taught his trade, and he bad been paid
the wage he was entitled to.—The Bench made an
order fer the amount claimed to be paid, with costs.
rhey dechuen to cancel the indenture..
STEALING WATER.— tit the same Court a marl-lei
woman Juno Haddletou, residing at eradley Heath.
was fined 56 and costs for stealing wati r helongin
to the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company.—
Mr, Ciresvenor, who represented tee company, said
the prosecutors were compelled to pros-cute in
consequence of receiving numerous complaints of
water t caling.

ti /loway't antramt and Pills.—ooooeel for the
licate.--1h •EP to whom seasqns of changeable tern.
e' at n-e, are protected Le iods of trial sh 'old seek the
tale t opportunity of removing all obstacles to gool
:khiina. cooling t
e
g Oinmtomseturte,liaptele rserveemrieudgy for lyrnbtmd
upon he over-
comingdi eases of the throat and chest. Qeinsey,
t al
relaxed tonsils, sore throat, swollen glands, ordinary
catarrh, and bronchitis, u.nally prevailing at this season,
may be arrested as soon as discovered, and every
symptom banishe i by Holloway's simple and effective
treatment. This Oiutmect and Pills are highly com-
mended for the facility with which they successfully
conquer influenza ; they allay in an incredibly abort
time he distressing fever and tearing cough.

Printed and Published by the Proprietor, GEORGE
FIARRY FIELD, at his Offices, 90, High Street,
tourbridge, in the County of Worossisr, to whieh
place all letters and Ober oommartieagons mut hi
ddressed
Saturday, AVM !FOAM'