The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-10 00:00:00

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CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS AGAINST A WOMAN.
—At the P,}lice Court, on Monday, before Messrs.
F. Evers and 'l'. W. Webb, Mary Deeley, of Quarry
Bank, was charged with being drunk and disorderly
on the 21st ult. She was further charged with
using obscene language on the same date. Police.
constable Hyman said that the defendant was
drunk and using bad lwigaage, in High Street,
Quarry Bank, and he ordeted her to go in the house.
She went into the hou,:e and afterwards came out
again and began to use obscene language towards
him. A witness named Samuel Bill said he was
standing about 30 yards f rom the defendant and
heard her use some bad language. He did not see
her; he could only judge from the sound of her
voice. The defence was that a quarrel arose be-
tween the defendant and her husband and she was
pushed out of the house by her children. She was not
drunk but used a little tad language when outside.
fwo witnesses were called to Drove that the defend-
ant was quite sober. The Bench dismissed the
charge of drunkenness, but fined defendant is and
costs for using obscene language.
DRUNK.—Wilham Wilmott, labourer, of Pensnett
was fined 5s including costs for being drunk in the
highway, on the 29th ult. Police-constable Hicklin
proved the case.
WILFUL DAMAGE —Sohn Baker was charged with
damaging two bricks the value of 205., the property
of Messrs. Harris and Pearson, on the 26th Ult.
From the evidence given it appeared that defend-
ant, who was in the employ of complainant's previous
to the above date, rectived a notice to leave the
employ of said complaints which notice expired on
the 26th ult. He went to receive his cages and was
heard by a man named James Harris to say that he
should go and spoil the bricks he had been at work
in the morning, because he had been stopped a
quarter's money. He was subsequently seen by an-
other man named William Dainty to wilfully knock
down one brick from off the bench in a stove on to
the floor and give it three blows with a hammer,
which broke it. Defendant was not seen to break
two. Defendant was fined Is and costs and 5s for
the damage done, with the alternative of 7 days
imprisonment.
STEALING MANURE.—Ilenry Dunn, of Saltwell's
Coppice, was charged with stealing manure the
property of Samuel Siddaway, on the Bth if‘t. After
hear4ig the evidence, which was reported last week
the Bench discharged prisoner,
WILFUL DAMAGE. James Powney, Henry
Tranter, George Smith Joseph Saddler, and Am.
brose Saddler, all of 'Wombourne, were charged
with damaging rails, the property of Samuel
Booker, at Wombourne. The cases were withdrawn
on payment of costs.
—William Baal..
STEALING HORsE CoRN• --r and
al
dn re°, n de re
h, the pro-
pertyrTcharged with stealing a bag oforse earn
Benjamin Ganner, cartersri,soofn.BremttrellwLa_
of Mr. G. K. •
onstable flume, stationed at
fended. Police-c
Bret tell Lane, said that on the 21st ult, he was on
r the prcsecutoF s work at Brettell Lane,
duty nea
at. about 12 o'clock at night. He saw the prisoners
standin,, near the stable belonging to prosecutor
bag close to them. He went and opened the
and a
n d found it contained horse corn. By Mr.
bag a
Evers : Baker kept the keys of the stable. The
door was locked. William Sherwcod, engineer, in
the employ of prosecutor, living at Brettell Lane,
said that last witness gave a bag of corn into his
charge on the night in question. Baker came to
his house about 4 o'clock in the morning and asked
him (witness) to let him have the corn. Witness
replied he should not. Prisoner Baker also came
at six o'clock, but he refused to let him have it.
Mr. Waldron contended that there was no evidence
at all to show that the corn was the proerty of Mr.
Harrison. He also said that according to his in-
structions Grinner was on lals way home from
Amblecote and Baker had been to see a horse
and they met together. The prosecution had failed
to show that the prisoners had any control over the
baz. The Bench considered the ease prlved and
inflicted a fine of 40s. each ; with the alternative of
' one month. •
AsseuLT.—Thoinas Millward, gr c4-•r. of Kinver,
vz:'„g charged. with Folsauliing hi.t tv;fe Enz
ia,llw ed, oute.22rl ult. ab... Allison p:ose ,ated
and Mr. Waldron defended. On the night in
question defendant went home a little ww se for
drink and complainant gave him his supper. Com-
plainant said something to him about opining Nome-