The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09 00:00:00

11 it I G • SCHOOL BOARD.

O. 41) iiiLL.

RoBBSICT AND ViOLENCIS U te P,lice Court on
W ?dot:slay, tv,fore Alessrs. C. fi -I..rott, J. El. t'eAr
,on. andu. T ttitltai u (inAgis Tate-), Jatnke-
•Ve..tver (31), ch. 4intut.A.ar, CLitU, was charge(
ffliti at, a:ln< a breech band, the proceity of Air.
-.-11wArkt Lowe, timber dealer, PoWke Lane, Old Hill
aid at-o w•th ass tu.tiug A1c1:130
—The tkaicik coma) tted the pri-onfir for trill I,
she Assizes on both charges.

AIikIAULTIN4 Tiih; POLICZ.—At the same Court
I ,seph Smith, miner, rtiamdins dt .Fliackheakh w
charger! with betig dunk and issauliing Police
instable litirnott. tt half-past ,leven o'clock or
the night oi the 29th uii,. the otficker tou.,d toe d• •
:e 'dant drunk +Lud on.a.in4 a aisturOduce in Wat.,,
f,til Lane, and upon r,iius4tin4 Lain to go home h,
.trunit !limn alad knocked [mini diiwn.—Defendan!
-spress,d c Aatratlon fir nit) con•tuct, and tna
daileh fined jut441.,0r in dAnuit;toue month
iinprisionment.
eaosactrrioN.—WiltiAin A.iidiews, I 111-
;ora of the Crown Lou, Old LEH, was summ -.n A by
he Excise authoritiA for keepieg a wagonet:4
yithout a licensa Air. Blake Davis prosecuted, an,.
,t-,ate.l that the defendant kept tbree carri.g,a mine
.tad only taken ot4 two .icenses. Defendant sat,'
.ct had the wa,mons.te in Au4ust, and ha,d only u etl
t once, which was in October. He had no inuntion
if defrauding tuelalimad lievenue.—alr. Davis did
.mot press far a heavy penalty, and the Matistr:at,,,
indicted a fine (4.23 including costs,

to without discussion,
It was agreed t... borrow £l,lOO for the pu-po-e
of street improveme: ts in Flood and other etrt..e.

WORrESFERSHIRE QUARTEIt SESSIONS.
it these :,essions on Tuesday. before Mr. G. W
las ines. M.P.. the followieg casa w re heard.
TREFT AT KIDDhRMINSTER• J ha Hich (40),
bricklayer, was cha-eed with stealing a pair of
rousers the ni operty of Henry Mire Bell, on
November 17th. Arr. G een prosecuted The
rue S were missed frem prosecutor's shop, and
ilasoti met the prisoner car: ging them in a
bul. (Its, —Prisoner's defence was, that he bought the
treusers off some one in the street for 3s.—Tne ju:y
found the priseuer ury and cheirninn
e.xpressed their d approval or tradesmen exposiug
itoeds,-ao as to be a temptation to thieves; and the
chairman staid he should disallow the:costs of pr.,-
s later in this case.--. Prisoner was sentenced to
three mouths' hard laboue.
ROBB,!'EY AT STOURBE,DGE. Iliza Billingsley
;29) and Sarah Freud (48) pleade I guilty to steal
!iv a hand-hag, the pioperty it Charlee Blunsom.
.in July 16 h.—They were sentence t to six mont.le'
her i la-out eech.
CH %RCM OF R )13BING A Featnece.—Alfred George
-;k Wing (43), weaver, was charged with stealing
£lO 5., the money of Wi ham Arkwel , on Nov.
27th.—M.r. Greehatn Wells prosecuted ; and Mr.
Cranetoen ,tefended.—Prosecutor is a farmer resid-
ing near anbersley He was at Kidderminster
in .rket on Nlovember 2(3th, and prisoner assisted
him to pack fruit. Prisoner followed him to Dudley
Prosecutor went to bed at a public-house, end some
time afterward.. he saw the rison r sitting by his
bedside sin king a pipe. Prisoner said he was un-
Toll. and couid not go to bed. Next morning pro-
s -cutor missed £lO in gold and some silver from
eie purse. Prisoner left the ien at seven o'clock in
the morning, and before going pulled out a hindful
if gold t . pay for hoine drink —Prisoner's defence
,vas that the p.oeccutor gave him £lO to purchase
it 'tn., an 1 bac.m with, and tnistoJk the g 1.1 for
eiiv r.—Prineer was acquitted.
HJI7gEBREAKING AT Hatssowest.—Samuel Smith
(19), labourer, pleaded gui:ty to breaking into the
dwelling of Sidney Smith, and stealing a watc ,
chain, locket, and about .22 in money, on the 29th
Oc.ober.—He was sentenced to tiiree mouths' hard
abet).
4iSricarerna Czoens. David Wiltshire (31),
burnisher. and Tnorna.s Roberts (30), moulder, were
charged with stealing a box containing one hundred
eiet•ars, the property if Benjamin Kimberley, of the
Arindmiil Inn, Dudley, on the 3rd November. Mr
3eg itt prosecuted. Prisoners were at the pi own-
or's house Sebsequently the cigars were missed,
and prisoners were found offering them for sale at
•ther public-houses. They were found guilty
Wiltshire, who had been previously convicted, was
sentenced to twelve months' hard labour • and
ts who had also been previously convicted, te
rifieeu months' hard labour.
&humus WOUNDING. Owen Skelley (45),
eawker, pleaded guilty to maliciously wounding
J flee on the 16th November. It appeared
chat without the slightest provocation the prisoner
leliberately struck him in the eye with a biadawl.
sending the instrument through the ball of the eye,
and entirely destroying the eight. He was sea-
:et:iced te five years' penal servitude.
INDICENT ASSAULT.—JOhtI Mills (37), labourer.
ound guilty of indecently assaulting Harriet Prit-
chard on October 30th, at Stourbridge, was eee-
teneed to four months, hard labour.—Mr. Cranstouu
prom WEI.
ALL.UED FALEnt PitzTlNCes —Mired Smith, on
hail, was initiated for obtaining 17owt. of hay,
vs, ued at 22 17s 6d fr.mi Thcenas Hughes by fal.e
pretence, on November 12th; and 15cwt. of hay,
value £2 12s 61. on November 16th. Mr. Join)
A.naphlett prosecuted; but, after the case had been
per; iv heard,the Chairman said it was a case for thr
Uuunty Conte. Prisoner was therefore discharged.
BILLS IGN,RED.— rh• Grand Jury ignored the
bin egainet the following : William John Ntra
nvn and William sValleri, charged w.th inflicting
grievous bodily harm upon John Heywood with a
!tnife, at Sturbridge, on November 21th.