The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-30 00:00:00

HALESOWEN.

DUDLEY RESIDENTS IN TEOuBLE.—Hugh Jamie-
son and Ann Hines, bo, h hawkers, living at Garden
walk, Dudley, were brought up in custody, and
charged widi being &Mil and disorderly, and there
was a second charge against the defendants of
hawking without a license.—Both of the defend-
ants were found drunk and disorderly in Pecking-
ham street, Halesowen, on Saturday night, aud on
being removed to the lock-up it was discovered
that they had no license to hawk the tinware which
they had in their possession.—The male defendant
was fined 103. and costs for each offence, and the
woman was fined ss. and costs, with the alternative
of 14 days' imprisonment.
AN EXPENSIVE BATH.—James Hadley and Samuel
Stacey two young men, of Blackheath, were sum-
moned for endecently exposing themselves by
bathing in the canal, at a public place between
Cakemore and Muclow's hill, on Sunday, the 26th
of June.—The Bench said the defendants should
either bathe early in the morning, or select a more
private place. They were ordered to pay costs
only, amounting to Bs. each.

EXCITING SCENE IN BRIERLEY HILL
POLICE COURT.
At Brielley Hill Police Courr, on Thursday
morning, before Mr.W. F. F. Boughey, stipendiary
magistrate, Emily Turberville (19), described as a
brickyard girl, of Bank Street, Brierley Hill, was
in custo.ly upon two charges, one of assaulting
Maria Wheelwright on the 24th inst., and another
ler using obsceue language on that (Thurs lay)
morning. Previous to the Stipendiary taking his
seat the prisoner was placed in tha dock, and im-
mediately turned round and began to hurl a vo lsy
of filthy langua.e at a female-. in court, presumably
tae cou.plainant in the assault case. When tol,
by the police officer to be quiet she refused to de-
sist, and had to be removed below and leckcd
the cells. Subsequently, upon Mr. Boughey
taeiug his seat, the prisoner, woo had assumed a
very ustiaut attitude, was again placed in the doc;;
to near the evidence against her.—Pulice-sergeant
salt was caded, and said that at a few minutes
to eleven o'clock that (Thursday) morning he saw
the prisoner in High Street. She went up to the
complainant in the assault case, put her fist in her
face, and called her a stinking cat. esid other
foul naines.—Prisoncr, in a loud voice : I didn't
call her an thing out of her name. She is a
stinking cat. TrielStipendary : L ,ok here ; look
here.—Plisoner, to Mr. Boughey, with much ve-
hemence: Don't you thi k I am going to be robbed;
lam not going to t .ke it from her.—Mr. Boughy
'fake her down. Put her in the cells.—Prisoner :
I am going to have my case settled first. —Mr.
Boughey : Take her down.—Prisoner (as the police
officers approached her) : I will see you at --
Sue then tnrew herself down in the bottom of the
bottom of the dock and defied the officers ‘• to go
a'nigh her."—The whole of .the police officers in
court, eight or nine in number, then advanced
upon the prisoner, who stood up to receive them,
and as they seized her she bit, scratched, and
kicked at them n in a very determined ntirmer. For
a moment or two a scene of indescribable eon_
unon ensued, until at length, overpowered by
numbers, the prisoner was removed by sheer force
to the cells. Directly afterwards she was heari
smashing the cell windows with her clogs, with
which she had previously dune much execution in
kicking the shins of the policemen. The officers
again entered tier cell and succeeded in removing
the clogs, whereupon the prisoner completed the
smashing of the cell windows with her fists.—After
the other busineas of the Court had been disposed
of she was again placed in the dock minus her
clogs. By this time the charges against her had
increased to anaulting Police constables Eden and
Hicklin in the court, and doing wilful damage by
smashing the cell windows. The alleged assault
on Maria Wheelwright was first inquired into,—
Police-constable Eden stated that he heard the ob-
scene language used by the prisoner in the street.
Piisoner : Did you hear me call her a cat?—Eden :
Yes.—Prisoner : You are a liar then. You will
-swear anyone's life away for half a pint of drink.
—Eden, continuing, said when assisting to fetch
the prisoner out of the dock that morning she
kicked him on the cap of the knee, and after being
placed in the cell she brake four panes: of glass.—
Prisoner said she did not kick tie officer she only
tried to bite him, and should again. They had
pulled every bit of hair off ht r head and taken her
boots off, for which she would make them smell
when she came out.—Mr. Bouehey : You must not
say that.—Prisoner: Shan't I. I have said it, anii
I mean it. Police-constable Hicklin then proved
that the prisoner also assaulted him by kicking him
on the shin.—Prisoner said she was only "axing"
for her rights. She had a good character, thank
God for it, and she wanted the case adjourned.—
Mr. Boughey: I think I have seen you before
Prisoner: Yes, sir, you have.—Mr. Boughey, pro-
ceeding, said it was her fifteenth appearance for
various offences. She wotild now be sentenced to
six months' hard labour for each of the assaults
upon the police, the sentences to run consecutively
—Prisoner : Six months, I'll have my boots now.—
She then Buffeted herself to be led below.