The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-03 00:00:00

BRIERLEY HILL.

ISG itACEFUL CONDUCT.—At. the Police Court
on Monday, before Messrs H. Hall and T. Wilkes
Webb, Thomas Billingham, Albert Billingham,
James Billingham, Alexander Billingham, William
Little, james Payne and Shradrach Homer, chain.
makers, all of Quarry Bank, were charged with
being drunk and disorderly at Quarry Bank, on the
20th ult.—Henry Hunston, a summoned witness,
stated that at about three o'clock on the day in
question he was going from Brierley Hill to the
Lye. When he got to Mount Pleasant he saw
Thomas Billingham and James Payne fightin:z
together. He could only identify James Billingh rn
and Alexander Billinghani as being there in ad-
dition to the former tw).—Police-coostable Ll.ff
stated that he met the four Billingharns at Mount
Pleasant about 2.45., and they were then drunk
and using bad language. He met Little, Payne;
and Homer shortly afterwards but could not say
Ihey were drunk.—Homer called a witness who
stated that Little, Payne and Homer were sober and
that the four Biliinghams were dii'k and using
bad language.—Superintendent Wollaston said that
with the permission of the Bench he would with-
draw the charge against the three (Little, Payne
and Homer), and called them as witnesses —The
three above named were then sworn . and deposed
to the four Billingbams being drunk and dis-
orderly.—Alexander Billingham was fined 10s.
and costs, or in default 14 days ; the other three
were each fined 40s. and costs, with the alternative
of one month's imprisonment.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. - Richard Ball, collier,
Packeroo, was summoned for being drunk and
disorderly at Tackeroo, on .the 20th ult --Police-
constable Lafford proved the case and defendant
was fined ss. and costs; in default 14 days.
OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—John Brown, a nailer, of
Pensnet-, was fined 56. and costs, with she alternative
of 14 days' imprisonment, for using obscene
language at Tackeroo, on the 20th ult. Police-
constable Lafford proved the offence.

STEALING C 0 AL -PROM A BOAT .-S inuel Hin gley
and William Hayes (16), of Wordsley, Raehael
Hughes (13), Ellen Adkins (13) and Mary Hughes
(39), of 13uckpool, were charged with stealing a
quantity of coal on the 23rd ult, the proptrty of
David Pearson. Police-constable Lafford deposed
that about 4.30, on the day in question he was on
duty, in plain clothes, near the top lock on the
Stourbridge canal and there saw a bo-it, laden with
slack, in charge of Hingley and Hayes. He went
do nto the second lock at I3uckpool and concealed
himself just below the second lock. Prisoners
were standing on the lock side talking together.
Hingley then went up to the horses head and
st -Idea Vie boat out of the lock. Whilst Hingley
was looking towards die boat he saw the two girls
get into the boat and put a tin, containing lumps
of coal, on to the side of the boat and Mrs. Hughes
took it off the boat and put it on the towing path
Mrs. Hughes then turned round to the boat and
took a large lump of coal from Hayes and went in
the direction of her house with it. One of the
prisoners shouted that it was Lafford and Mrs.
Hughes threw the lump of coal into the hedge.
Prisoners pleaded that the lump was a " Black nn"
and not coal.—Hinglev was :fined 40s. with the
alternative of one month's imprisonment ; Hayes
was fined 10s. or 14 days; Mary Hughes was fiued
20s. or three weeks imprisonment ; the other
prisoners were each fined ss. or 7 days' imprisoa—
meat.

SENT To AN INDUSTRIAL SCROOL. - George
Haywood (12) (whose parents reside in \Till Street,
Stourbridge) who was convicted for wilfully damag-
ing a fence on Monday last and who was remanded
to the Workhouse for a week, was now ordered to
be sant to an iudustrial school, until he attains the
age of 16 years.

-AssAuras.—Pboebe Cooper, of Pearson Street,
Brierley Hill, was fined 2s. 6d and costs, with the
alternative of 7 days' imprisonment, for assaulting
her mother Letitia Holding —Emmanuel Wasley,
ironworker, of Round Oak, was fined 2s. 6d. and
costs for committing an a.sault upon Henry Rowten
also an ironworker, on the 22nd ult. Walter
Brown (9), of Bell Street, Brie ley Hill, was
charged with assaulting Eliza Garfield. Complainant
was to ill to attend and the case was adjourned for
a week.