The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-24 00:00:00

BRIERLEY HILL.

DitIINICENITESS.-At the Police Court, on Mon-
day, before Messrs. F. Evers and H. Smith, James
Whitehouse puddler, of Potter Street, Brierley
Hill, was elltged with being drunk on the 17th
inst., at Brierley Hill. Police-constable Wetton
proved the case and defendant was fined 2s. 6d, and
costs.—Dava-Fradgley, engine fitter, Amblecote,
was fined 2s, 6d. and costs for being drunk and
disorderly in the public highway at Quarry Bank,
on the 12th inst. Police-constable Luff proved the
case.

DESERTING HIS CHILDREN. - lohta Ingram,
labourer, ot. Amblecote Bank, was charged with
deserting his two children, and leaving them
chargeable to the Stourbridge T_Tnion.—ln August
last the defe idant deserted his children and on
Saturday night was apprehended in Stourbridge.
—Mr. William Mills gave evidence in support of-
the charge. He said tint some years ago the de
feniaut occupied a respectable position at Mr.
Turney's leather works and Messrs. Turney had
offered to take him on again, but he would not go,
and seemed to prefer -tramping about the country.—
Defendant was oonunittad to hard labour for a
month.

ASSAULT.—Henry Parsons and Betsy Parsons,
man and wife, of Bell Street, Penanett, were charged
with assaulting Phcebe Mansell.—Mr. Addison de-
fended. It appeared that on the sth inst., the
complainants father-in-law summoned the defend-
ants for coal staaling. After the case had been tried
at Braerley Hill, Mrs. Parson and her husband went
to No. 94 Colliery at Pensnett, where the defendants
father-in-law was employed as waLhman, and
began to abuse him. The complainant came up
and spoke to the defendants upon which they
turned upon her. Mr. Parsons struck her on the
side of the face and she t dd him she should make
him pay for it, and Mrs. Parsons who was drunk,
seized her by the hair and pulled her down.
DAMAGES AGAINST A PUDDLER FOR NEGLECT OF
WORK.—At the Police Court, on rhursday, before
Mr. Boughey, Stipendiayy, Joseph Jarvis, puddler,
Common Side, was summoned by his employer, Mr,
John Raybould, of the Bromley Ironwork, to re-
cover the sum of 10s, as damages caused by the
defendant's negleut of work.—Mr. Clulow appeared
for complainant.—Abraham Chambers, works man-
ager for the complainant, stated that on the morn-
ing of the 3rd inst. the defendant changed his heat
at about a quarter to six o'clock, and about twenty
minutes past six he left the works with his under-
hand. The consequence was that after that heat
had been worked the furnace had to stand for the
day, and the man who finished the heat was in
consequence only able to work four heats with hie
own furnace instead of five. Really the I,,ss to
complainant was more than the amount claimed._
Defendant's excuse was that he left the furnace in
charge of another puddler.—The Stip..ndiary gave
a verdict for the complainant.

SHOP RUBBERY.—Elizabeth Hingley (46). married
woman, Chapel Street, was charged with stealing a
piece of eacon from the shop of Bernard Ledwith,
grocer, Moor Street. One of the shop assistant.
saw the prisoner take the bacon whilst in the shop,
and walk off witii it. Prosecutor himself went in
pursuit ox her, and overtook her in High Street.
She was given into custody, aud the stolen bacon
found in her possession by Police-constable Buckley.
—Prisoner was sentenced to 21 days' bard labour.
THE LANGUAGE OF THE DISTRICT.—John Whit-
taker (45), and Sarah Heathcock (40), two next-door
neighbours, living in Manghana Street, Quarry
Bank, were fined (toe former who was represented
by his wife). 5s and costs, with the alternative of
14 days' imprisonment, and Heathcock 2s 6d and
costs, with the alternative of seven days, for using
obscene language on the previous Saturday night.
—Mr. Boughey, addressing the females, said, as
women mud mothers, they could do more to stop
the bad language than a legion of constables and
ten legions of magistrates. They were a disgrace
to their sex and to the district. He should have to
send half the population to Stafford Gaol, consider-
ing the way in which they were going on.
THE EDUCATION 'ACT. Mr. Breton, attendance
officer to the Kiugswiuford School Board, summoned
a number of persons for neglecting to send their
children to school. Thomas Anderson, Bromley;
Robert Evan., Moor Street; Mark Dando, Swan
Street; Will Gill, Buckpool ; William Simmonds,
Bnckpool ; George AliiLa, Belle 19.3 W ; Joseph
Sheppard, Bromley; and Astley Jones, Newtown,
were each fined se. Job- Di ,:ris' Park Street; John
Parton, Water Street IstiSJ :a Welch, G'll's Fol I
Charles Price, Eticijpssa; aud John Lawrence, the
Coppice, were ea( h Zap 2s 6d. William Ballard,
Merry Hill, was fuel Is, the penalties in each case
including the costs.