The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-15 00:00:00


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411 en AIM,; Off-license at Quarry Bank, from Wm.
Mason to John and Mary Mason.
PE RMITTING DRUNKENNESS. —John Preston, land-
lord of the White Hart Inn, Hart's Hill, was sum-
moned for permitting drunkennesi and violent
conduct on hi A piwnisos —Mr. Waldron defended
and first objectel to the summons. He said it was
a bad one on the face of it, inasmuch as there was
no less thanltnree distinct offences in it—The Bench
over ruled the objection and the case was proceeded
with.—Police-sergeant Salt said that he, in com-
pany with Police constable Garra, visited the hcuse
of defendant about 10.30. on the night of the 29th
November. He went into the tap room and there

saw the landlord and about twelve more persons in
a great confusion. Three of tt e men were drunk
and stripped and were bleeding from the mouth.
The men gave their n am, s as William Page,
Oldbury; John Cutler, Great Fountain Street,
Birmingham; and George Brown, Black Waggon
Street, Old Hill. Prey ous to getting their names
he asked the landlord what was the cause of the
disturbance. Defendant replied " I am glad you
have come, the men have only just come into the
house and commenced fighting." There was a
quantity of blood on the floor and the floor was
also wet as if a jug of ale had been upset. There
was a clear Taco on one side of the room. The
landlord said he d.id not know-the men. He told
defendant he had better get their names and
addresses. Defendant made no at-tempt to do
' and he took the names himself. The men put on
their clothes and sat down. After he had. taken

their names he elided defendant's attention to
their condition and told them he had better get
them out of the hodse. He told him they were
drunk. Defendant walked out of the roo.n and t ) )1c
no notice. He (witness) then left the house and
stayed outside about two minutes and went back
again. He (witness) asked him if he was going to
turn them out, as he hid got a more disorderly_
house than ever he sew and he should report it'
The men then loft. Defendant followed him to the
door and said he could not help it the men hadonly
just come into the house.—Police constable Garra
gave corroborative evidence.—Joseph Greenfield,
Woodside, said he was at the defendant's house
from about six o'clock until a quarter past ten
o'clock. He reraembered the police coming in and
there was o. row g.dng on. The fight lasted about
one minute and he was one of the men that was
righting. He (witness) was perfectly sober. The
Bench .tid that they did not think there was
sufficient eviden e to prove that d-fendant had a
guilty knowledBe of the mis-conduct and dismissed
the summons.
TILL, PILFERING. William 011110 W (14)7 Of
Kinver, was charged with se.alin: 7s 9d from a
till the property of John Joseph Weleh, on the 4th
inst.—Prosecutor, who is a chemist, residing in High
Street, Kinver, said that on the day ii qaestian h
heard a noise in his shop and went ia and saw the
prisoner at the money draw. He ha I some coppers
in his hand which he took off him, lie op3ned the
draw and missed some silver He called in Police.
sergeant Head who seacrhed him and found 7s 6d
in silver in his pocket and 3d in coppers. He had
been at the till three or four minutes previous to
that,— Police-sergeant Head proved searching the
prisoner and finding in his pocket 7s 9d. On being
charged with stealing the money he said he was
taking it for the purp )se of buying a pair of boots.
—Prisoner was further charged with staling a
quantity of biscuith the property of Hentie' ta
Isabelle Sander.—William Sander, whokeepe a con-
fectioners shop in High Street, Kinver, said he was
in charge of the shop on the 4th inst and missed
a quantity of biscuits out of a tin. He did not sell
any to prisoner. On being charged with stealing
them he replied " I went into the shop to pay
Earnest a penny whicn. I owed him and there was
no one in the shop and I took the biscuits."--A
further charge of stealing a pair of cuffs, between
the 27th December and the 6th January, the pro-
perty of John Shaw, was also brought agains:
prisoner.—John Shaw, coaldealer, Kinver, identified
the cuffs produced as being his property. He was
wearing them last on the 27th December and
missed them last on the 6th janua-y. Defendant
went to his house twice to fetch milk between those
dates,—Police-sergeant Head proved finding th -
cuffs produced on prisoner and on being charged
with stealing the cuffs he made no reply.—Prisoner
pleaded guilty to all the charges —The Bench
inflicted a fine of 20s and costs ia the first charge,
remarking that in the other charges they did not
think it was necessary to inflict a penalty, although
they were clearly proved.
OFFENCE AGAINST THE LOCAL BOARD. Henry
Millward, builder, of the Delph, was summoned for
breaking a bye-law of the Brierley Hill Local
Board.—Mr. Holberton prosecuted. It appeared
that he was converting a stable into a dwelling
house for a Mr. William Hill, of the Delph ;
wth-
out givin; notice to the surveyor. The bye-law
required that two day,' notice should be given to
the surveyor befere any building was proc eded with
Mr. Holberton who appeared to pro ecute said he
only asked for a nominal fine to be a oaution to
others.—A, fine of 6d and costs was inflicted.
ALLEGED THEFTS.—John Davies (16), and Samuel
Tomlinson (16), both of Gornal Wood were charged
with stealing four brass taps and a quantity of
piping. The first witness celled was Edward
Vaughan, who said that on the sth inst he found
that the Glynn Arms had been broken into and tour
press taps and a quantity of lead piping had been
stolen.—GOorge Morgan, watchman at Himley, said
that on the 4th inst he saw the prisoners standing
against some trucks ale,ut three or four yards from
G!ynn Arms. He went to the place where they
were standing and found the lead piping -produced
Toe lead was not there six or seven minutes previou
to that.—The prisenere were remanded for a week. s
THE ALLEGED MURDER.-- H.Oland t wright
(20), retort maker. Imelecote, was brought up in
cu,tody on remand to answer a charge of having
caused the death of Eleanor Skidmore (17),
domestic servant, Bank Street, Brierley Hill. Mr.
Waldron appeared on behalf of prisoner.—The
circumstances have already been reported in these
.columns which were to the effect that the prisoner
was the young woman's sweetheart and on New
Year's night were:together and had an alerca,tion.
That night a police officer, on duty in. Mill Street,
Brierley Hill, heard the prisoner using threats to-
wards the girl, and the next morning her dead body
was found in the canal at the Nine Locks. At the
inquest evidence was brought to show that there
were no marks of a struggle on the canal side
opposite to where the body was found. Th., medi-
cal evidence went to show that deceased died from
drowning. It was stated by one witness that he
had heard the deceased threaten to destroy herself.
Mr. Evers asked Superintendent Woollaston if he
had any further evidence to give against Cartwright
to which he replied he had not.—Mr. Evers, ad-
dressing the prisoner, said there was no evidence
to be offered against him and the Bench now pro—
posedi.o remand him upon his own recognisanees of
£lOO to appear again if called upon. He would,
therefore, be discharged from custody upon being
bound over to that extent. How far he was implica-
ted in the affair they (the Bench) did not know,
there was no evidence at all befere them. His own
conscience would tell him whether the death of the
deceased was the result of any act of his,—Prisoner
was b mnd over in the suin of £5O to appear again
when called upon. He was then discharged from
the dock and left the Court —The inquest was
resumed before Mr. W. H. Philips, at the Vs aterloo
Inn, on Monday afternoon.—Mr. Waldron, who
appeared for Cartwrigh, called Sarah Cartwright,
who said the girl Eleanor Skidmore frequented her
house two or three days a weeks. On last Bank
Holiliay the deceased called upon her, and talked
about being married to Roland Cartwright, Wit-
told here there were no preparations, and the girl
replied that there was much talk about her le ing
enceinte, but sine added, "I am clear, and if anything
arises to part me and Roland I shall go and drown
myself." Witness repliA, " Ellen' don't talk Ike
that; '' and Skidmore, putting her hand up, said,
"I should be sure to do it; I have such a cruel
mother." On Sunday she came home at 2.20 in
the morning, and got up at 9 30 in her usual spirits
She had often heard the girl threaten to destroy
her-elf—Ada Cartwright said she was companion
to the deceased, who had told her that she had a
cruel mother, and also that she had a sister who
poisoned herself, and another who drowned herself.
—The Coroner in summing up, called attention to
the threats of the girl and the language used by
Cartwright. Althouge the latter was bal. to
much should not be made of it, for a great deal of
it was the common parlance of the district.—The
jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned," and
appended an expression of di•gust at the language
of Cartwright, and at his treatment in leaving the
girl and not seeing her safe home —The funeral of
the deceased girl, Ellen Skidmore, took place on
Saturday last. Her remains were interred in
, brierley Hill Churchyard, and the ceremony
, was attended by a large concourse of people.
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A SERIOUS OFFENCE.--10hIl Perry, of Cradley
Heath, was charged with stealing one hundred
weight oT iron the property of the Great Western
Radway Company. Francis Detheridge, goods
porter at Cradley Station, said that he unloaded a
quantity of iron on the 30th ult. There were forty
coils of iron and he put them at the bottom of the
goods yard, where it was generally put. Mr. Smith
goods manager at Cradley Station said that he
missed the iron on the morning of the 6th inst.
It was safe the previous day. The iron produced
was preci.ely similar to that that was on the ground
now. The weight of the coil would be 1041bs.
Thomas Mallen, labourer, of Quarry Bank, said
that about half-past six on the night of the 4th
inst., he aas going home from Cradley to Quarry
Bank and he met the prisoner who was coining
from the direcion of Cradley Forge with a coil of
iron 'on a wheelbarrow. He (witness) asked
prisoner where he had had it from, and he at first
replied he had haat it from Cradley Forge, and then
said ke had it from Quarry Bank. Police-constable
Shaw, stationed at Cradley Heath. said from infor-
mation received he went in search of prisoner and
found him at work in a Mary Shaw's yard, at
Scolding Green Road, Crauley Heath, where the
prisoner is employed breaking scraps. He denied •
being n‘etr the Railway Station on the 4th inst. On
being charged with stealing the iron he made no
reply. From information received from Will'am
Chatham he searched the yard where he was at
work and found the coil of iron produced. William
Chatham, scrap ir,n dealer, Cradley Heath, said
that the prisoner came to his hou-e about 6.30 on
Tuesday night and asked him if he would lend his
(prisoner's) sister-in-law 3s 6d on the bundle of iron
as she had wheeled it from Quarry Bank. After
some hesitation he lent prisoner 3s 6d .eid had the
iron from him, which weighed'lls lbs. The worth
ol the iron was about 6s.—The Bench remarked
that it was a serious offence and committed prisaner
to two months' hard labour.
WILFUL OAMAGE.— Mary Smith, a married
woman living at Blackheath, and George Slimm
and Samuel Smith, two boys, also of Blackheath,
were summoned for damaging grass the property of
Thomas Bennett, of the same place. From the
evidence of complainant it appears that the field
in which a quantity of grass is damaged, is situated
near to a colliery, and the defendants were in the
habit of going through the field to take coal from
the mound. Complainant further stated that on
the Bth inst. he was stoned by a number of boys
who were in the field amongst whom were the
defendants Slimm and Smith. Mary Smith was
lined 5s including costs and George Slimm 5s and
costs. The
.case against Samuel Smith was dis-
missed. Mr. Bastian() remarking that they had
piinistied the other boy in such a way as to prevent
others from doing such a thing. They should
know him again, and if he came there on a similar
charge they should deal very heavily with him
ndeed.

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AN ALlaminG D1E5741811 AFFLICTING • NUMEROUS CLISSIn"
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