The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-22 00:00:00

BBIERLEY HIE 7i.

ALLEGED THEFT OF TOOLS, &C.—At the Police
Court, on Monday, before H. Smith and T. W.
Webb, Esqs., John Parkes. Cri:os-street, Dudley,
and Jas. Parkes, Dock-lane, Dudley, two brothers,
were brought up on two charges of, theft, the first
being one of stealing a.quantity of iron and steel
too's the property of William Richard Fasey„
boiltirm rkers, of Pensuett. and the second one of
stealing a pint of gin, belonging to William Evans,
landlord of the high Oak Inn, Pensnett.—lt •
appeare 1 that on Friday la,t the prisoners called
at the nAin .1, act whiLit hcre the
:prlsoner James, it wa,i--fyiegel, was s to 'eau
over the bar cJunter ,r 4 take some gin from a
small barrel. About the same time both prisoners ;
were seen in pos-ession of some steel and iron tools
which, it was alleg d, h..d been -stolen from t;re .
pre .sises f Faso'. Subsequently b .t p.iFouera
were arrested by Poliee-constable Hickin, and the
tools found in the posscssion of John Parkes, who
denied taking them, and said his brother, tho
prisoner James, gave them to him.—There was' no
evidence against John Parkes on the charge of kin
s ealing, and ho was liberated on that-charge. He
pleaded guilty to stealing the tools, and wai fined
20x, or, in.default, l 4 day' imprisonment-46meg

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P •rkes. 'aving been previously convicted, was
coTivittL4 f r 'he A•msis.:;s.
S: E Narwo d, JAME S
C.,oper. J.n ftk r, Riel.ard Baker. Richard W.,0 3.
w rgeAn:pal, boys, all residiog at.
• !rni 1:;, 2:11 y, were ha g't_t(l with
stoal.ing„;: Novr•lnber las 7, a numb!?r 01
fog Si.LIl, U'e I)! op-irty o the Great Westera
Company.—Mr. J. B Shepherd appeared ,
to prosecute on behalf of the Company, who were I
also roprPsented by Chiefinvector Lelbrooke and
Inspector Loeke.—The stolen signal, were kept in a
box in a hut on the Kingswinford b,rnelt of the
prosecutors' railway. On the date in. question the
hut was ente:ed. and the box opent.d and the '
signals taken. Subsequently the prisoners Cooper
and Nara ood eing seen letting 'them off they were
arrested, and made statements which led to the
other wisoLers also being apprehended. The
charge aga'nst John Baker was withdrawn, and he
was put into the witn,ss-box to. the pro ecution.
Alta- hearing his evidence the Ban ::h allowed the
charge against Narwo.al to be withdrawn. Cooper
was fined 10s. 6d.. or fourLeen day; ienprisonmnit
in defaul., and the other prisoners were all dis-
charged.
FIRE AT BRIERLEY HILL.—Jn Tuesday night a
fire was discovered to have broken out in one of the
drying stoves at the wolks of Messrs. J. flail and
Co., firebrick manufacturers, Moor-lane Brierley
Hil'. An alarm was raisel, and the fire was got
under by means of buckets of water thrown upon
it. The po:ice fire brigade, under the direetim of
Mr. 7'uperintendent Woila..ton, aso attended, and
in a short tune all trac,s of the fire was obliterated,
and f mtunately only tr7fl:ng dam ige was chne.

AN APPRENTICE'S INDENTURE 3 CANC,'LLF.II,--
At the Pvlice Court, on Thursday, before W. F. F.
3ouuhey, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Messi:
Wright and Co., glas bottle inann'facturars of the
Delph, Brierley Hid, summoned Rowland Hill,
one of their apprentices for bad conduct, and
,claimed from him 58 for .d.images for neglect of
work, askel for an ord T cancelling hie indentures.
—Mr. Waldron appeared for the complainint
The youth w..,s described as s terror to tho whole
work.,.—Defendmt said ho was agreeab!e for he
inclenures to be can elled, an] this was acc•)rdingly
done. The Stipendiary ordered the defendant
further to pay 5s and the costs.
A SAVAGE COAL STEALER,—Mary ATln Gotliing,
a woman with a baby in arms, and residing at
-Round Oak Common, was charged with sealing
coal on the 7th, and als) on the 10th of January,
from No. 25 Pit in the Wall.ws Cola, ry, beloning
to the Earl f Dudley ; and there was a further
charge against the defdridant for apsiulting Jans
Taylor, an additiond con-table in the Earl's employ.
It was proved that on dates named defendant was
seen acaling coal from thl colliery, and on the
latter date Taylor, who was watching her, followed
.her home and attempted to take her into custody.
She, however, showed much resistance, and in te
struggle bit the officer on the hand, cau,ing the
hood to flow, an I als.) attempted to strike him w4ll
a poker.—The Stipendiary dealt with the assault
only, and fined the clef, ndalt 103 and costs, or in
default 14 days' imprisonment.

SHOCKING FATALITY AT THE RO WL EY
lIA LL COLLIERY.

Gtt,orge Tierney ',35) a single man, residing a',
123, Halesowon-road, old Hiil, and who was
employed as an engineer in the Rowley i all
Colliery, Rowley, met with a sho;king death there
on Sunday afternoon. About
o'clock he a-id another man were going d-wn the
shaft, an-I just as. the cage was commencing t,)
descend Tierneir endeavoured to step upon it when
what, is known as the ring of the ()Age, caught
on the back of his head, and rear!), sever d it
from his body, Death was inmantant.ons.