The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-08 00:00:00

D.ESPRRATh CONFLICT WITH
BURGLARS.

A strongly-built young fellow named Cornelius
Hennessey was charged at Woolwich Police court
on Tuesday with being concerned with another man
in breaking into the shop of Joseph Walker, jeweller,
50, Artillery-place, Woolwich, and stealing eight
watches, twelve chains, and about a hundred other
articles of jewellery. He was also charged with
violently assaulting Police-constable George Adams,
205 It, in the execution of his duty. Prosecutor said that
he rented the shop from Mr. Phillips, a bootmaker,
who occupied the remainder of the house. Witness
did not sleep on the premises, but always locked the
shop up at night and left by the back door. This Le
did on Saturday night, leaving the place secarely
locked, but on Sunday morning he was called by
the police, and found that it had been broken
into and robbed. Police-constable Hammond, 13 It,
said that he heard a police whistle scarnded at
half-past two on Sunday morning, and found
the constable Adams in Wellington-street, disabled,
and, a little way off, the prisoner and a gentle-
man struggling on the ground. (The gentleman did
not wish his name to be mentioned.) Witness assisted
to secure the prisoner, who was taken to the
police-station. Adams complained that his leg was
broken, and showed his hand, which was severely
bitten, gnawed to the bone. He stated that he saw a
light in Mr. Walker's shop, and, looking through a
chink in the shutters, discovered two men collecting
the jewellery from the window. He watched until
they came from the back of the house, wn one of
them got away, but he seized the prisonev, who broke
his leg by a kick, and bit his hand and got away, but
was stopped by the gentleman just referred to.
Inspector Silver produced a list of articles found upon
the prisoner, and the prosecutor said they included
most of the property stolen from him. Inspector
Webber said he had examined the premises, and found
that an attempt had been made to force the shutters;
but the premises bad been entered by breaking a fan-
light over the back door, and wrenching open the door
which led to the shop. The prisoner was convicted in
January last by robbing the same shop and sentenced
to eight months' imprisonment, the man concerned
with him on that occasion being sent to penal ser ri-
tude for five years. Mr. Marsham remanded Vac,
urieoner for a week.

REVARIiA 3LE quickness of repartee was displayed by
by an actor at a French theatre vrben some one threw
the head of a goose on to the stage. Advancing to
the front, the player said: Gentlemen, if any one
among you has lost his head, do not bo uneasy, for
I will restore it at the conclusion of the perform-
ance.
Illi thought he was a connpisseur' and he was
lamenting the decad(nce of art. Look, he said, at
the great Italian school of painters. L'Jok even at the
old Greeks! Why, Xeuxis painted grapes so naturally
that birds came to pick at them.—ile did, did he?
said a hearer. That's nothing, I've got a friend who
paints is dog so natural that he has to paint a muzzle
on him to keen him from biting.