The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-15 00:00:00

. BRIDGE.

.At the Police Court, on Thursday, before Colonel John Gibbons were charged with wilfully and mal-
Fletcher and Mr. R L. Freer, *Mr. G H. Timmis, ieionsly thr.wine•' a quantity of lime into the River
maneger of the Bills Fiel i Clay works, was charged Stour, on the 7th inst, to destroy the fish the pro.
with having neelecnd, on the 2nd October last, to perry of William Ji..nadab Turney. Mr. Waldron
observe the 20,11 is .ction of the Coal , Mines Ream defended. Henry Turney, brother to prosecutor,
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lation Act, which enacts 'that V,e owner, agent. or proted that his brother occupied the side of the
manager of a mine shall net e Stair, and had the right of fishing. Henry Payton
mp'oy any person in
nch mine, or ponnit any person to he in such pr ved that as he was goine to work at ten minutes
a
mine for he pu• pose of employmen therein, unless past six o'clock on the morning of the 7th. he saw
there is at etch of the shafts or outlets, or upon the the two defendants throw lime into the River Stour
below the weir. ET zaheth Humphries. of the Cliffe,
works belonging to the mine, and either in actual
said she lived near the weir. She worked for Mr.
use or avalable for use wi; hin a reasonable time,
proper apparatus for raising and lowering persons Isurney, aed was going a few taintues past six
at each such shaft or outlets." Mr. 11, Walker o'clock, on the morning of the 7th inst to the works
eppeared on behalf of Mr. J. P. Baker, her She saw some men on the bank of the Stour, near
Majesty's inspector, to support • the information ; the weir. She saw them throw a nnething into the
and Mr G. Perry defended. The case had been Stour similar to lime. She could not identify the ;
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originally entered for hearing in December, but men. George Bird, in the employ of Mr. Turney.
there ha been repeated adjournments, and ulti- said that about 9 o'clock on the moming of the day.:
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mately it went off from non-attendance on a day to in question he picked up a pike out of the water. It '
which it ha.l been adjourned. A new summons was floating on its back on the surface of the water.
He amf ,ii. dto identify the defendants. Jam ,s
was then taken out, and Thursday was fixed for
the hearing Br .oks, of Olds winford, said that on the day in
qm stien he notcsel the water in the Stour . near
Mr. Perry took some preliminary objections to
the proceedings, but they were Over-rtiled, the his garden was white, end also saw a' quantity of '
Bench, however, taking a note of them dead fish. He identified the defendant Gibbons,
Mr. Walker, in opening the case, said it was who was wishing some Ash in the river. He could
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requisite that there should be two shafts to every
not ilentify anyone else. Charles Roe, manager at
Mr. Turney's works, gave similar evidence to last
mM:. and the 20th section of the Coal Mines 'Mr.
Rigulation Act required that proper apparatus witness. Police-sergeent Jones said that about 11
o'clock on the morning of the 7th inst. he went to
should be provided at each shaft, or be available the weir near Mr. Turney's works and siev that
for use within a reasonable time, by whieh the there hadlbeen a quantity of lime thrown in. He
men could. he raised or lowered. The sole question saw some fresh lime' near the wier, and also pro-
for the Bench to :letermine was whether the en.dne duced some lime which he had taken out of the
for raising the clay -ut of Vie Mine was a sufficient river. He proved apprehending Cox on the 13th
compliance with the Act, or whether something was inst. Police-c instable Madeley said that when he
not required b yond that. When the cas3 wis arrested Gibbons he said it was lime riddlinga and
heard before the defendant stated tbat he ha I inde not lime, and that he threw inithe Stour a:ed did it
pendent means of raising the men by a winch, to prevent people from t-eapassing. Prisoners were
which could be used in case of accident, and an c enmitted to take their trials at the next Worcester
adjournment took place in order th .t Mr. Baker,Sessions, bid hing aconstel, themselves in £2O and
Mr. S'cott, or some one else migh* see if this was two sereties in £lO.
suffirci-n for the purpos .. When the Bench had
BEGGING ENDER FALSE PRETENCES.—rhoznas
heard Mr. Scott he believed tia .e• would cerne to he Davies an old man was charged with
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Mr. the above
cone usion that the winch was not a proper apparatus offence, at Wellaston i
, on. the 9th iit
within the meaning of the Act . banks of Wollaston said the defend
, , int came ti
Mr. W. B. Scott, assistant inspector of mines, his ' b •
house begging. He said that he had been
was then examined, and his evidence taken on the before the magistrates, and that Mr. Freer recotn-
nth Fehruee y was read over, in which he state I mended him to get a license to hawk Defendant
that when he visited the colliery en the 2nd of said he had got ss. 6d., and the license would cost
October he asked defendan, what independent
7s. He told defendant be would enquire into the
.means he had for raisin 4* the men in case of an case. He found that defendant lived at Kingswin-
accident to the winding engine, and the defendant ford and not in King Street., Wolluton. It was
replied tha, he had noting. He did not mention proved by Superint mdent Wheele that he had not
having a winch. HP hid since visited the mine been at the Police Court before Mr. Freer. He
again on the 9th March, and had seen the winch. It was sentenced to 14 days' hard tabour.
was an ordinary winch, with sin. barrel. Tee time
it required to get it t , the pt, put it in order, and BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting
wind up the first man was twenty-three minutes, of this Board was held yesterday. Mr. Ray-
bould in the chair. There were present Messrs.
The seco ,d man was breueht up in four mien es.
in his epinion, . the winch was Certainly not a H. Billingham, Haskew, Pargeter, Wood,
proper apparatus wi hin the meaning of the Act Browning, Homer, Mills, Hale, Lavender,
for raising and lowei ing men. Taylor, Kelly, Forrest, and Newnam. Admitted
Mr. pe- ry, a ter cross- xamining the witness, into the house during the week 29 • discharged
addressed e house the Beth forth,,i defence He c .nten let 20 ; born 1 ; dead 0 ; iftemainin in the h 505.
that I,,ie sect on did not req tire that there should Corresponding period last g year 480. Oat-door
be attached te, each of two shafts an apparatus for relief, King ' swiuf ord district £33 Ss 9d • Stour-
raisins and lowering the men, tut there was a. bridge district £25 Ns 24 , H ' 'di
strict,
alternative district
alternative given of havine. up ,n the min ~ and £l7 11. s. 81; non es'll .t
4 'ri en s. Tot 7 Total £ 6 149
available for use an apparatus by which. men cool i 2d against £ll4 " 15s 11-id last year.—A. resolu-
be raised in case of ace dent. What his friend t•
ion was proposed by Mr. Pargeter for the
said was requisite was equival-nt to an ad iitional uniform assessment of rating. After some
law, which might or might not be desirable, but discussion the subject was adjourned for a
which at present did not exit. His airiend said
there must be a distinct apparatus at each shaft, week.
while he (Mr. Per, y) said the Act if Parliament did . THEATRE ROYAL.—In our advertising columns it
not require that, provided there were means by is announced that the eminent tragedian, Mr. T. C.
Kieg, will once more favour the inhabitants of the
which people c arid be raised and lowere 1 at each
shaft. It was suffiient for them to be on the town and district with a visit, commencing on
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Moiiday next. Mr. liinT will be supper ed a•sr a
premises. Ile said that the apparaeus described
first-class company and he is sure to draw good
by Mr. Scott was a sufficie. t complianee with tee houses
Act. It was mentioned that, apart from the
alleged sufficiency of the apparatus on the 2nd
October, there had been. _an apparatus since con-
nected with the pumping engine by wnich the men
could be raise.' if an accident occurred to the
winding engine. ,
Mr. G. H. Timm% the defendant, was called, and
detailed t a nature of the apparatus provided, and
said when Mr. S ott spoke to him on the 2nd
October he understood him to aik if he had any

addit:onal aoparat is fizA n t.e bank for ring
t`,e men. He considered the winch would r •ise the
men in a reasonable time if tht re was an accident
to the -winAng 4-ngine. There was'now an ap-
paratus Else which could be connected to .hepump-
ing engint-.
Mr. R. Winden was the next witnes4, and he
also deposed to ti nt.ture of the apparatus at the
colliery. He we cToss-exAroined sto thc time it
would take to raise the then by the ordinaly ap-

paratus and by the winch. He said by th.-3 former
Cle whole of the men could be raised in a few

minutes, 'while with the winch he gave seven

minutes for each men.

There were twelve

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employed underground. Witmus said, in explan-
that he should bring up two men at once if
the winch had to be used, and that the weight
would not he too great for the winch, .

rhe Bench said they had come to the conclusion
that on tie .2nd Oc+ober last nteii were allkiwed to
be at work in t,,:s int oe, there not being .t each of
the shafts or upon the works bel-nin,g to the mine
gin:l either in acmal use or available for
_u e within

rea4onable time er apparatuA for raking
and lowering persons at each shalt. Th y thought
the Act required s. mething to be in use or reserve
n addition to the winding el.gine. The Benc.l
tined the defendant in he nominal sum of ss. and

costs.—Mr. Walker applied forcoßts of th so:icitor
and inspector, stating tat instructions were now
given for such costs t be apple d for. The Btneh
allowed the Oosts of tae soli° tor.

STOURBEIDGE FOOTBALL CLUB. This •ClEb has,
uring the Fast season, played 14 matches, nine oi
.valea were won, one lost, and four drawn (i hir ,en
being in favour). The uaatehes won were those
.gains t Smail Heath by 1 goal 2 tries to one goal,
an.l the return by 4 trif sto nil; Wolverhampton
Town by 5 goals 4 tries to nil, and the return by
1 goal 1 try to nil; flarborne by 1 goal 2 tries to
nil ; Woodsetton by 0 tries to nil, and the return by
3 goals 3 tries to nil; Rugby by 1 goal lo 1 try;
Queen's College by 1 goal to nil. The onty match
lost was that against Moseley, by 1 try to nit Ot
the drawn matches two were against Worcester, In
each case the score being 1 try each. Tly other
two matches were those againw; Wolv ,rhampton
Lancers and Rugby, nothing being scored ia either.
;witch. Stoarbri4e Five scored 13 goals 1) tries
to their opponents 1 goal 4 tries.
SfOCK SALE.—Th 3 annual sale and show of tegs
;Ind hitsuntide beef was held on Tuesday, My
lth, 1880. The entries of fat beasts though 'not
so numerous as in previous years fully maintained
he reputation of the ale in the excellence of
quality. The Ist prize of £3 3s Od was obtaified by
.vir. Thomas Yardley, of Stapenhill, Tor an extra-
ordinary well aecl heifer heas,. which was sold to '.ll .
James Lane, of Birmingham for £4O. The to evold
prize of £2 2s Od was also secured by Mr. 1 hoina.
Yardley with a vtry neat Hereford heifer, pureha,ed
by Mr. James Lane for 1:26. figures
obtained for o;her fat beasts, viz: heifers 28 ;
caws '3O; bullocks £29 ss; bulls £45 Mr. J.
Whitehouse, of Bobbington, took first RBA second
prizes for 2) very level Shropshire tegs which
averaged 74e. The highest pen realized 80s each.
The tegs were all purchased by Mr. J. Lane who
secured all the prizes given to the butch,rs. and the
amount of his purchases at this sale was nearly
.2890. The sale comprised 50 he id of cattle, 24
ca"v.s, ',50 sheep and lambs, and was very numer-
ouslyuttenned by buyers from most of the neigh-
bouring towns. Messrs. H. Pagett, 4. Lane and J.
Parkes officiated-as judges.
CAUTION TO CARTERS.—At the Police Court, held
yesterday, before Czil.)nel Fletcher. Masts. R.
Fre, r, U. P. No, and F. Evers, William Wyatt
was charged that he being the driver ot a cal t was
asleep and had no control over the hose and cart
on the Bth inst. Superintendent Wheeler. proved
the case, and said the defendant was in his catt and
asleep. Fined s and costs

THROWING STONRB.—Edwa d Baker, a youth, was
charged with throwing stone •in Worces,er Sire t,
on -le Bth Lust. Waiter Packwotid proved thit the
defendant and otht•rs were throwing at mill other.
He remonstrated with them when defendant threw
a stone at him while in his garden. Withdrawn on
payment of costs. 5s
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Jarnes Garvey was
charged witii being detink;nl disorderly in Coven,ry
Street, on tlie Bth inst. Police-constable Williams
proved the case. Several previous cAivictions were
proved against the defendant who was fined 104 and
costs; in default 14 days. •
DAMAO ING Al OWING Gaess.--Four boys, named
Cartwright, Brettle, and Bradley, were charged
wi,h wilfully damaging mowing gra,s and a fence
on the 9th inst, the property of Messrs. Fisher and
Co, Henry Griffiths proved the case Fined 4s each
to include costs.
,4NoN.pAyiKENT OF RIGHWAYRATR.—SaDIueI Cave,
Thildiey Hill, 3.luM;iS Pert., ns, and H nry Parfroe
were sumoioued by WdLm Knowles, cuilector, for
on-pap:aout of iligway Rate at the Lye! Order'
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