The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-06-14 00:00:00

lIALESOWEN.

PITCH AND TOSS —lt t'.e Police Cofer:, Or. Teeslay,
btfore it jor Smith and Mr. J. Gem, Cerietopher Bair.
Thomas Taylor. and Wm. Wo 'award, were charged with
plot Lig at pitch end toss at Long Lane, Hal-co wen, ou
Inc tho iflat. P.O .1 ,ckson proved the ease. Superin-
ta-odent Kemp sot I leer, Wore grest e,,mekintn ulnae
to .ust per5....11 tat,bllng in tle en...ls, out the Ear.-
df.at.auts frit been r peateiily cu.. med. Bate w..v
sentenced to if due' hard !abler, eat the oilier two
defendants were repremanded and ordered to pay ca.ts
S Wire dearest Iv TIVITHILE.—Joho Haek.tt Was
charg,l wifti a-saulting Ann Hackett his wife, on Vie
2Stii ,if My. at CA.:mere. C•mplaiornit cad on the
ab ve dote *he hal been at w..rk. and as she was return-
ing defendant 1u110w.,1 her ant strick her eve, rI time:.
He puffed !lee bowie ()Tani b irat it ind tore bee show,.
ene fiat been tapalined from defenimit rib iut eiglt
we he 6,laut sant he tereiv.,l it gr•••at deal of
p ev..c 'di... Fined le ana Costs, or 1.1 day:.
CAPTION Ti LeDa.—Hainti. 1 WI-taut and Balm, 1
P ekersaill, two lads, were en...el war, trespasaidg en_
the Urea: %if:atom Itia,way, on the let last. James
said he was in the empios of the Hoeft
We tort tt,itwh Compaoy. On the al ye date be bow
the defendants conic out of the tunnel at llow'ejr. They
got up and down the embankment and, did damage t
the amount of Is each. Boy. wore continially tresplas-
ing on the line a got au...ming tufts of grubs at tho
engine .h.vers The 80n.,16 soot if defeat...it, rouge
there ugin they Niigata indict the tot penalt,, bat as
this wait their first 'fence they should fib, them Is cart.,
Is damage and coats ; in default II days'.
AsSAULTING THE POLICE —lsaac /Navel' was charged
with assaulting P.O Rudge whilst in the execution of his
duty on the 15t inst. at Woodgates. Complainant said
on the above date he was called into the Crown Inn,
Woodgates, to eject defendant who was drunk. Whilst
he was engaged in putting defendant cult he laid hold of
witness in as indecent manner and witness Was com-
Yelled to hit him with hie staff. Defendant pleaded
ghilty, and was fined ha and cost,, or 21 days'.
EXCISE PRolleCl:TlON.—fleilry Stokes was charged by
I Daniel Fairbairn, en officer of excise, with keeping a
I dog at Short Cross, Halesowen, on the 21st of April
last, without having a license to do so. P.O Smith said
1 he went to defendant's house ;on the 21st of April, and
1 saw a dog which defendant said was his dog. Witness
asked him fur his license and he then said it was his
brother's dog, and the brother had the license for it.
Mr. Fairhairn said he called at defendant's on the 28th
• ult, and asked hiru about the dog. He said it was his
, dog but he had sold it. Defendant's brother was called
i he -.aid the dog belonged to him. and not hi his
broth,r although defendant was keeping it for a short
Line. Dofendaut was fined the mitnwted penalty of
' 254.1
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-5 serious accident happened ork
the lith mat, to Mr. Collis, contractor, of Shrewsbury.
It appears that Mr. Canis was putting up same acaffold-
ing at 1, rankley, when the timbers gave way and he fell
to the ground. His left leg was broken and he was very
badly bruised. He Was earned to the Rev. 11. Bourley's
the rectory. Frankley, and received , every attention at
the hands of Mr. Dunn and Mr. Hayes surgeons.
A Man Doo.—ln the early part of the week a large
black dog, of the Lull and mastiff breed, paid a etett to
this town. The dog Wed,slirst seen at Major Smith's,
The Orange. and it isreported that he there bit a dog
in the yard, he afterwards went to several other places
and appeared to have left the vicinity On Wednesday
morning, however, the dog made Lie way to Hawn
House. there he attacked a dog belonging to Mr. Robert
Smart jun., which soon showed unmistakeable Cigna of
the contagion, and was shot. The dog next went. to
Mr. W. Moseley, the George Inn, and bit his dog, the
consequence was that he had to be shot. Several other
dogs were bit and had to be destroyed. On Thursday
morning, information was given to P.O Smith who
gained what assistance he could and gave chase to the
dangerous animal up Mucklows Hill, where an attempt
was made to shoot him. The gun, however, misfed fire.
He then went across the Valley Bank, followed by hi.
pursuers, until he arrived at Wood Gate, and was dis-
patched in that neighbourhood with broomstails, clubs,
~nd stones, after a cease of aome three or four miles.