The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-10-08 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE ROBBEMS AT OLD LULL

At the Old Hill Police Court on Wednes :ay
before Messrs. H. A kV,g4in arid 11 Smith Jane
charles (36), of Peal:tree Lane, Old Hid, was
charged with stealing wo pairs of trousers, valued
Sc.,at the property of Ed reed Hammersley, pawn.
Jai-colter, of Ceaciley Heacn. .ciza Ewina Jackson,
assis•aut in the e.iip.oy of Mr. Ha nmersley, tool
tat on Thursday last s ;e was concealed lo,hind
some goods in the shop when she heard f ertsteps
aii saw the woman (Charles) take two pairs of
t:ousers from tho wiuqo v. Mr. Haminersley was
cimmunicated with, and he went round to the
o her seop and met the prisoner at the door, the
trousers being at tile time on the counter. Wit.
flees aseed defen :aut waat brou2,:it her there, and
she replied that she came io red em some articles.
—Edward liammersley stated that for along period
ha had mis-ed a large quallity of articles, and so
he thought it envisable to have the shop wa,telied.
He toil prisoner she might make a clean breast of
it be-fore seneiag f r the polio , but she denied hav-
ing been there for an unlawful purpose.—Sergeaut
Hayward said that Irons information he received
from the last witn -es he went to the prisoner's
house, and ia answer io the charge she said she had
no been at Orael-ey Heath, but afterwards admitted
being at the shop, when she looked at some treuser
w deli teil on Oa counter. Jane Charles (36),
nailzaaker, of Peartree Str,:et Old ilill, aid Fanny
Mitchell s.tee m tic'r, et the same adlress,
were cared ti stealing 32 articles, consiAing
«f all kinds of —saring apparel volaed at £5 95.,
belonging to I: ehecca Cox, draper, 0 Halesowen
Read, Enoch Wheeler, shoemaker, Old Hill, Wil-
liam James Hainmersley. pawnbroker, Hi4li Street,
Cia ley Heath, and Benjamin lillington, New
Strcet, Old Hill, grocer. Evidence was then given
as to the pris :ners pledgiug the articles at scveral
pawnsaops in (he district.—Jaue Ciwlei was far-
her charged with stealinz six pairs of boots, the
proper .y of Hooch Wheeler, boetinaker of Old 111,1
—Fahey Mitchell was also charged with receiving
one pair knowing them ,o .ve been sAolsu
Rueben Cherles, of he same address, was char , d
with stealing a coat, the property of Edward Hue,.
inersley, pawnbroker, and receiving the same know-
ing it to have bee.: stolen. Mr. Pritchard detel led.
—Mary Am n Cares deposed to having plalged the
coat on the 9th ulthno for 3s. Id. for the prisoner
;A Mr. Hackett's shop—Se 'cant Hayward deposed
o having arrested the prisoaer, who pleaded guilty
o having sent i to be plelged, but did not know
(hat his wife had stolen it.—The Bench rernarket
that they were sorry to find that such extensive
hefts had been committed by the prisoner Caarles,
and she would be sentenced to six months hard
,abour. They would assume it was true, as Mitchel
,tated, that she pledged the articles, but did not
know that they were stolen, and see would be dis-
missed, Reuben Charles would also be dismissed,
as teere was some doubt in the case. Mr. Tilley,
pawnbroker, was disdlowed the fees of the Court,
and ordered to forfeit the articles pledged.