The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22 00:00:00

OLD HILL.

Dni*NK AND nu,Totei.—At the Petty Sessions, on Mon-
day last. before E. Moore and F. W. G. Barra, Esqrs.,
Joseph Priest and Joseph Holloway were charged by
Superintendent Mills with being drunk and rioting on
the 911 instant. l'oliee constable Taylor proved that be
saw the defendants, with several others, creating is dis-
turbance at Blackheath. Defendants ref tacit to go home.
Pleaded guilty. Ord.>red to pay a tine of I and costs;
in default seven days.
WollEN's granimbs.—Hannah Jackson, of the Four
Ways, was charged by Milberry Homer with assaulting
tier. Complainant said that their children were guar.
Telling, when the defendant came up and threatened to
kill her. The Bench said it was a very trifling ease, and
dismissed it.

ASS tULTING A PARIAR•CONSTABLE. Will 61111 Sister
and Edward Slater, were charged by Edward Hall, a
Parish-constable, with assaulting him on the 13th inst.
bit. Addison defended, Complainant said he was a
Parish constable for Cakemore. He went to search the
, house of Thomas Slitter for Many, in company with a
man named Mills, at half-past twelve o'click. They
rattled the door, and after some time the mother opened
it, and cried out to William to bring the gun and shoot
him (witness). William, however, did rot shoot him—
(laughter). IVitnees went up a chimney to look after the
prianners, bat did not find them. He then went thorough
a trap door, and found Edward concealed on the roof,
with Thomas. Defendants afterwards pulled him about
and struck him, and took his staff from him, and struck
him on the Ride of the head with their fists. IVitness
then took the glair oil them, and struck William, and
knocked him down. Defendants' mother and two others
were there, and they struck witness with some blunt in.
strument and injured his head. Cross.examined : Did
not go into a bedroom where a female was is bed. The
female was dreesed. Did not barn the warrant. Was
perfectly sober. I did search sonic cheats of drawers
sad boxes, and found some mangold wurzels whieh had
been stolen.—Aaron Moyle, anothe Parish-constahle frem
Rowley, proved being in comnany with the last witness,
and seeing some one strike Ilall ; but could not say WIIO
had done it. Ile wan struck with some weapon.—Mr.
Addison, for the defence, said that complainant, with
others, went at two o'clock in the morning and frightened
them out of their wits. He pulled out Ills staff and
brandished it about, and went to the bedroom of defend.
ant's mother and sister, and behaved very badly ; and
that Hull struck William a blow on the head and iujured
hint, and that lie had already received suflieient punish.
moot ; and that neither of the defendants struck a blow,
but thst it was a brother of theirs named Thomas, who
is now in prison that struck the blow. In coutirmation
of this statement, Mr. Addison called Elizabeth Slater,
who said she was the wife of William Slater, and mother
• of the defendants. Edward Hall came to her house with
I Moyle, and when he came in lie had a bit if paper in
one hand, and a stair in the other, and eaid that he would
: murder every onrs in the house. Ile jumped on hit foot
and nsarly smashed her toe. Hall was like a raving
madman. He was drunk, and scented the house with
r ale. He first went into wituess's room. She followed
him. He burst three boxes open, tore open the pillow
cases, and scattered the feathers all over the room. Ilan
went into witness's danghter'e room, and threw all the
clothes off her daughter, who is sixteen years old. He
afterwards burst her drawers open, and stole two "golden
sovereigns out ef a basket. Witness saw him do it,
Hall saying at the time that he would slay nay one that
touched him or name near him. Witness charged him
with robbing her in her own bedroom. He said he did
not care if the hailers were on strike, he would have a
Complainant again threatened to murder her.
Witness's soil told him that lie ought to be aeliamed of
himself for taking the clothes off his sister's bed, when
Hall struck Willi:on live or six times, slid witness thought
1., was dead. Neither of the defendants struck Hall.—
Mary Ann Slater, daughter of the last witness, recollec-
ted knit and Movie coming to their house on the 13th
inst. Her mother let them in the house. Hell came up-
stairs into her bedroom, and se she was in bed he pulled
the clothes olf her. 11101. t he was doing so her brother
IVilliam came into her room, and complained about it.
Hall pulled his staff out of his pocket, and struck him
in the room. Hall then left her room, and she partly
dressed herself. Shortly aftetwarris witness heard her
mother cry out that Hall had taken some money. She
said it was two sovereigns. Mr. Parrs here remarked
that he did trot believe a word Llit: mother and daughter
had said.—Edward Hall was then charged with feloni•
onsly stealing two sovereigns, the property of William
Sister, on the 13th inst. Elizabeth Slater said that she
recollected the prisouer and a coustable named bloyle
coming to her house to search it. She had two sove-
reigns in a basket in the chest of d.awers. Prisoner took
them out saying that he would murder her if she said
anything about it, as he meant having it, no the ioailers
were on strike. Prisoner put the money into his right
aide waistcoat pocket. Cross-examined: Did not report
the loss of the money to the police, lett told Moyle, the
Parish.constable.—ellizahath Salter, daughter of the last
witeess, gave corroborative evidence, and said she saw
the prisoner open the basket, and take two sovereigns
out.—This being the ease, prisoner said he was innocent,
and called Moyle who said he never heard it mentioned
when he was Dior,: that Hall had taken the money. Ile
afterwards summoned the above.muned defendauts for
the aesault, and it was not named then. Mrs. Slater
never told him. The Bench remarked that they did not
believe a word the mother and daughter had seid. and
dismissed the ease. Tim two defendants in the first case
were tined 10s each and costs in default 21 days' hard
labour.