The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-02 00:00:00

E 4 ATITTIDAY,

Prescott Street. The health of the town coLttuued
excellent.—The Improvement Cootditttee recommended
that the sewers of the town should be ventneted by
means of pipes run op the sides of buddiugA in certain
localities. The report was adopted.—lt iryteresOlVed
t, call a apeenil meeting to Collsoit.r the rnation of
the dressing and watering of the etreete.

PERSONA:IIND • DETICTITB.—At the Police Court, OD
WoolDOOdey, before J. C. A. Scott, hug , tieorge Northall
was charged with unlawfully representing himself to be •
detective police...them. at the Lye. The evidence went to
show that the defendant said he held a warrant for the
sppreliensiog of • man at the Lye, and obtained squall.
tity of porter and other things. Prison, r said nothing in
defence, and Mad committed to take his trial at the neat
Worcester Sessions.
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ILLTREATIND • CAT.—At the Petty Sessions held ye.-
terday, before Messrs. Littlewood, C. P. Noel, H. 0.
Firmstone and It. L. Freer, John Cartwright was charged
with cruelly illtreating a cat on the 2Stli lilt, the property
of Elitabrth Pardee. Coreplainant missed the cat on
Monday evening, and went with P.S. Kea into defendant's
shop, cud there saw the cat in a trap P.S. Rea proved
going to defendant'e ehop,ljuil serijug the oat, told defend-
ant about it, when be mod he knew all about it slid
intended keepieg it there until lie had been paid 2s 6d,
the value of two pigrona. Fined 6d and costs.
A DAUNKEN CAATER.—Heury Walters, • carter. was
ordered to pay a line of 6,1 and costs for being drunk at
Hagley, in charge of a horse and cert.—EWA Forrest
was charged with being drunk at the Lye, on the 25th ult.
Thomas Perrone proved the case. Fined ts 6d and costs.
Dace,. arm DIDORDARLY.—(Ioorp Hirlon and Philip
Beasley were charged with being drunk and disorderly at
Cradley, on the night of the 2 Ith ult. Fined 2u and costs;
in default 14 day a
Pima AND Toss.—Williain Price and John Thomas
Newey were charged with playing at pitch and toss us the
21st ult. Fined Is and costs.
COAL Srzazens.—Ann Holloway was ordered to pay the
costs for stealing coal on the 2-tth. the property of Messrs.
Harper and Moore. Elizabeth Lloyd AMA colurnitted for
14 days for stealing cdkl, she having been previously con-
victed ; and Caroline Parry 7 LI sys for stealing amyl.
ASSAIL/LUND AWont. Perks, of Wollaston,
was charged by Sarah, his wife, with Asaulting her on the
30th nit,and usieg threatening laiiguage to her ; and she
prayed for sureties. Mr. Wall deleaded. Complainant.
a respectably-dress-id female, said that her husband came
home between three and four o'clock, and began to abuse,
and then struck her several times, and biuised her face
and body. D. fondant bad often beaten her before, and
, she had been obliged to summona him before; and was
, afraid he would kill her. On erosa-exemination, complain-
ant. admitted that she kept a shop and sold ginger beer;
, that no old luau was in the shop having some brandy and
ging, r beer ; and that she bad lelt home through the dc•
&indent'e conduct. stud had to gat her living by being kept
by other men. She lied been married 21 years, and had
had ten children, and the death of two of the uhildreu ems
eaused by the defendatiVe misconduct ; and that it was at
the request of her husband that she went with other men,
to keep the deleudent. —Defendant wee buena over to keep
the race for three months.
Folissvey IN SToIIitHAIDGR.—A special meeting of the
officers of Conn Foley, No. 2108 (holding ito meetings at
the Vine Hotel) MIA convened on Monday lent, for the pur-
pone of initiating Thomas Ea lee Walker, Esq , M P., and
ii.ddineh un, Keg, Mayor of Worcester, ea honor-
ary membere of the Order: The eandidates were intro-
duced by Bro. Thos. Perkin, P.D.C.H., and the ceremony
was ab'y condueted by the Chief Ranger Bro. ii. Sewell,
assisted by Past Chief Hangers Hunt and Price. After
the initiation, the health of the ton members was given
an I re:Tau:led to heartily, and Mr. Walker in a few well
ehosen remarks elated that he was requested by Mr. All-
sopp to say how much lie regretted that he could not lie
prevent, but that he hoped to be able join them on some
future OC4DIAIDO. This Court now consists of 160 Rush-
cial members and 20 honorary, including Baron Amphlett
and several of the leading gentry ia the locality, and isis
every respect a thriving and prosperous Court.