The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-04 00:00:00

BRIERLEY HILL.

TOE LATE HOUSEBREAKING CASE. At the &lathed.
shire Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday before the Ron. and
Rev. A. U. Talbot, Susanna Stevens (36), milliner, as,
indicted for having, on the 9th June, at Brierley Rill,
into the dwelling-house of James Smith, and stolen •
piece of ham.—Prisoner ass found guilty, and sentenced
to six months' imprianninant.

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Police Court on lime-day, before Mr. I. Spooner, stipse.
diary, Charles Hsltylf, a miihlie aged man, foreman is
the employ if Messrs. Webb, Wordsley, was charged
with indecently awl unlawfully assaulting Adelia Scott.
• little girl seven years age, on the 26th ult. Mr.
Stokes defended prisoner. Ann Scott, mother of the
child, said she was the wife of Benjamin Scott. On the
above date her daughter was playing in a field in cam-
pally with another little girl named Emily Davis. it WM
about twenty minutes to one o'clock in the day. The
child complained to witness about prisoner. Witness
went into the field and saw ',rigour, lying down.—
Prisoner on, seeing witness, afterwards ran away, but she
eventually overtook him. She asked him if he was not
ashamed of himself for assaulting the little children in
the manner he had done. Prisoner said lam ashamed
of myself and that is God's truth." I deserve punish.
!Ilene, bat do not persecute me. Crossneramined, : Have
known prisoner for some time, and he is f .iretnan at
Messrs. Webbs. Ile was rathor the worse for beer. The
child was called and stated the manner in which prisoner
assaulted her. Prisoner was further charged with inde-
cently and unlawfully assaulting Emily D svis. a child
seven years old, at the same time and place. The evi-
dence adduced in this case was similar to that given
above. Prisoner was sentenced to eight mouths herd
labour; four month, for each offence.

KINGSWINFORD.
A UIf:OED THUFT.—At the Staffordshire 4aarter
Sessions, (Second Court). on Monday last, before the
lion. and Bev A. C. Talbot. Deputy-Cheirman Herbert
Mann, on bail, was indicted for stealing, on the Bth of
May last, a barrel and buss tap, the property of William
Simpson, at Kingswinford.—Mr. Bosanquet appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr. Young for the prisoner.—
The jury acquitted the prisoner.
MALICIOU.LY WOVMDINti.—At the Staffordshire gait-
ter Sessions, on Tuesday, before Mr. It. A. Kettle (in
the chair), and a full Bench Patrick Martin
was indicted for wounding Phillip Malley on the Bth
A ati m liingswinford. Mr. Mottera conducted the
prosecution.- -Prosecutor stated he had lodged with the
prisoner for shout eight mouths, and that shout ten
o'clock on the night in question he returned to the house
for the purpose of getting in. The prisoner builder ly
opened the door, and struck him violently across the
lued with some heavy weapon, and witness then became
insensible.—On hieing cross-examined by the prisoner.
witness denied having kicked the prisoner's door.—
George Ashinead, a medical practitioner residing at
Brierley Hill, said he was called to see the prosecutor on
, the 9th April. It was in the morning, and he found the
prosecutor in the prisoner's house bleeding from SOW/
wounds on the head. They were not likely to have been
caused by a fall on the ten her of the room.—Police
constable Cotterill testified to finding the prosecutes'
insensible on the night of the Bth of April,
When he recovered he said in the presence of the pris-
oner, to whom he pointed, "That is the man who has
done this,- to which the prisoner replied, " Yes An
affidavit was produced and read of Selina Woodhouse,
who substantially confirmed the prosecutor's statement,
adding that she heard him ask the prisoner to allow him
to remain where ho was and bleed to death Prisoner
threatened to assault him again.—ln his address, the
prisoner impugned the evidence of Selina Woodhouse,
who had, he said, been convicted of stealing. He hail
only struck the prosecutor in self.defence.—Jainee
Dunning proved that prosecutor kicked the door of the
prisoner's house in before the assault was committed.—
In the summing up, the attention of the jury was directed
to three counts of the indietineut charging the prisoner
the first, with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm ;
the second, with causing actual injure; and the third,
with committing a common assault. After deliberation,
they declared the prisoner to lie guilty of malicious
intent, but recommended him to mercy. He IMO um-
tenced to one month's hard labour, the mitigation being
on account of his having already been leo months in
I EMHEZZ U.:Mk:ST.—At the Worcestershire quarter Sea.
alone, on Tuesday, before Mr. ti. W. Heatless, Joseph
Longhurst, commission agent. Dudley( was charged with
having embezzled various sums of money the property of
Thomas hi. G. Lester, coal merchant, Dudley.—Mr. Jeff
prosecuted.--Guilty; four months hard labour.