The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-17 00:00:00

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

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AMBLECOTE Scnoot.s.—The followig. satisfactory
reports have been received from Hes... Majesty's
,Inspector. "Boy's school.—The standard work of
,BeYs department is remarkably well-done. ,The first
standard in particular deserves special commen,la-
tion. The younger boys answer rean'y and' \Veil
ih grammar and geography, the elder are generally.
about the averane in merit, bu a few
.are inaccu-
rate. PhysicalcGeography is rather hey,,ncl. the
. capacity ot the great majority of those who lake it
!up in this school. I was much plea Fed with the
good order of the boys, and the interest they showed
•in their examinatlen. The following boys received
honour certificates: W. Whitehouse, J Gibson, W.
Keeble, H. James and T. Scott. Girl's school.—
Very good standard work is • done in, this school
Grammar aho is carefully taught. The remarks
made on extra' subjects (Ait. 21) in the boys' report
apply with even greater force in the girts' school.
Sewing is neatly done. The girls are in very nice
order. Infants' schOol past a most satisfactory ex-
amination, as regards both accuracy. and range of
subjects. Arithmetic is unusually well known„ and
reading above the average in merit. The new
mistress is doing her workivigorously." The boys'
report for drawing includes the following names :
J. Al!en. J. Bate, W. Bill, J, Hill, H. Bowater, T.
•Bridge, F. Bridgeos, J. Cadman, R. Elwell, A. Hall,
• R. Harris, C. Jones, C. Perry, W. Keeble, W. King,
F. Maycock, W. Parrish, A. Roberts, J. Robinson,
W. M. Round, T. Scott, A. Sherwood, and J. Skel-
ton, passed in freehand, Ist. grade. J. Browne, H.
Bowater, J: Cushmore, H. Edwards, P. Fleming, J.
H. Hand, R. Hands, F. Millichip, C. Perry, J.
Robinson, E. Wall, F. Warrender, and A. Wes!ell
passed in geometry, Ist grade. Joseph Bourne
excellent in model ; prize, drawing board and T
square. Leonard Harriman, excellent in freehand ;
prize. Philip H. Fleming, excellent in .freebund,
2nd grade, prize, 13,..x of instruments
Lira IN -BUSINESS.—THE PEN.—Smart aucl Co.,
of London, Manchester, and Liverpool, the well-
known teachers of writing, bookkeeping, shorthand,
and arithmetic, will open their a2ademy at the
Mechanic's Insfitut ion, Market Street, Stourhridge,
on Tuesday next„ when ladies and -gentlemen will
be received--for instructions in any of . the above
subje3ts. A fine bold business hand guaranteed in
six lessons for one guinea. Prospectuses may be
had on application.
THE ANNUAL SPORTS.—These sports arc an-
nounced to take place on Mondayr August 16th.
The committee have decided to give £lOO in. prizes.
In addition to the events last year there will be a
long jump, and a second bicycle race for local riders
within a radius of three miles ftom Stourbridge.
All persons wanting entrance forms cin have them
Observer office, after Monday next .
DRuNIC AND DISORDERLY.—At the Poliec.• Court,
yesterday, before Col. Fletcher, Lord Lyttelton,
and Mr. C. Cochrane, John Baker, of Bla.kedown,
was charged with being drunk anct disorderly on
tne' 10th inst. Police-sergeant Payne proved the'
cae and said the defendant wanted to fight. Fined
2s 6d and costs; in default 7 days.

(.O.&L STEALING.Jatherine u nw.m was charge a-
with stealing coal on the 3rd int., the propery bf
tho Homer Hill Colliery Company. The eVithnce
was not sufficient to convict and the summons was
dismissed.—Catherine Johnson (15), was charged
with a similar offence on the 19th ult. ' James
Littlewood proved that he saw the defendant take
several pieces of coal. Defendant, who pleaded
guilty, was fined 2s Gd, to include costs; in default
7 days.
NON-PAYMENT OF WATER RATES.—WiIIi a'a
Griffin was summoned by W. D. Holioway for non
payment of 14s. for water rates. Samuel. Moore
was also summoned for not paying .21 its 3d. Mr.
Holloway, collector, proved the cases, and an order
was made for payment in 14 days, and costs.
AN OLD OFFENDER.—WiIIiam Hayes, an old
°lender. was summoned for being drunk and dis=-
orderly in the highway. on the 9th inst. Police:
constable Turner proved the cas3 and said the de-
fendant was very violent and made use of obscene
laqguage. Police-sergeant Jones proved eight pre-
vi )us convictions against defendant. Fined 20s
and costs ; in default one month.
DRUNK AND INCAPABLE.—WiIIiam Palmer was
charged with being drunk and incapable on the
15th inst. Police-constable Williams said he
fount the defendant lyiux drunk and incapable in
Hill Street, on the 15th inst. He was drenched
with rain. Defendant said he got a little too much
to drink. Fined 5s and costs,
So aoo L BOARD SU MMONSES.—S.,veraI persons
from Belbroughton, were summoned by Mr. Wyatt
fo.: neglecting to send their children to school, and
were fined in sums from is to 2s 6d.

CHARGE OF KEEPING OPEN DURING PROHIBITED
HOURS. William Preec.!, landlord of the Swan
Hotel, Hagley R ad, was summoned for keeping
hh house open during prohibited hours on the night
of the 11th inst. Mr. Perry defended. Superin-
tendent Wheeler said that at a quarter to twelve
o'eleek he was passing by defendant's house, in
company with Sergeant Payne, when he heard
voices. One of teem said, " You wila have anot her
glass of whiskey. I will pay for it." Shortly after-
wards defendant came to th 3 door and opened it
about, a foot wide arid looked about. Witness then
asked him how he accounted for having men upei
his premises at that time. Defendant said to Mr.
no.skell and Mr. Wren, " You have got me into this
mes-." Witness then walked into he sm.okeroom
and on the table were two glasses. Mr. Roskell had
a bott!e of whiskey in his hand and asked witness
to drink and also asked him to look over it. The
defendant said they were respectable men and not
lilc roughs. After they had gone a little distance
Mr. Roskell turned round and said they were in-
vited guests. Sergeant Payne gave corroborative
evidence. Mr. Perry addressed the Bench for the
defence, and contended that Mr. Roskell and Mr.
Wren were there as invited guests. Defendant
srid Mr. Roskell called at his house between two
and three o'clock in the afternoon, and ordered a
ho tie a,f whiskey. He told Mr. Roskell to call after
closing time as he ha r 3 some business to traesact
with him, and Mr. Roskell raid he would leave the
whiskey till night. A few minutes after eleven Mr.
Roskell called at his house accompanied by Mr.
Wren. He invited them in and as'ce i them to have
some whiskey. Wren asked witness to have a glass,
but he would swear that no money was paid. Mr.
Roskell was called and said he purchased a bottle a:
whiskey initlelafternoon and left it tiere;as, defend-
ant asked him to call at nigh', as he had seine busi-
ness to transact with him. He called about ten
minutes past eleven and Mr. Wren was with him.
Defendant invited them in and a.ked them to have
some whiskey. He swore that neither of them paid
for anything. In an.wer to Mr. Wheeler, witness
emphatically denied telling him at the station that
his defence would be that he went to defendant's
with Mr. Wren to see a horse. Mr. Wren was also
called and swore he was Invited and that nothing
was paid for. Colonel Fletcher said it was a proper
ease to bring before them. 'l'here was a doubt in
their minds and they should give defendant the
benefit of that dealt httl e Bench were of opinion
that it looked very sui?ic is. It would have been
much better if defendant, had told Mr. Wheeler
at the time that they were guests, and in all pro-
bability they should not have heard of the caF,e. The
summons was dismis•ed as also were the summonses
against Mr. Wren and Mr. Roskell for being in the
house.

lIIGHwAY OFFENCE.—"WiIIiam Aldis, of the
Heath, was fined ..2s 6d and costs for allowing a
horse to stray in the highway on the 10th inst.
STEALING MONEY—Ann Jane Parker (11), was
charged with stealing sixpence from another girl,
named Elizabeth Lewi,, at Dennis Park, n the 15th
ins'. Mr Perry defended. It appeared from the
evidence of the little girl that on the day in question
she was going to Bretton Lane, with a tin, to fetch
some barley, and met the defendant. She had a
sixpence and two penny pieces. which were in the
tin. Defendant dropped some sweets in the tin
and picked them out again, and utter she was
gone away the girl missed the sixpence. On bei n,c,r
followed to the Catholic School, at Stourbridge, by
the father, sh:: said she picked it up off the grouqd,
by where they were standing. The prosecutor di
not wish to press the case, and the Bench allowed
the case to be withdrawn on payment of costs.
FOUND ON ENCLOSED FR f MlSES.—Thomas
Williams, of Cradley, was charged with having
been fund on enclosed premises, with intent to
commit a felony. Henry Fox, a constable in the
employ of the New British Iron Company, said
that On the 14th inst, about 4 o'clock in the morn-
.tig he found the prisoner in a pourry yard belong-
ing to Mr. Hunt. Prisoner was committed to the
House of Correciion for 14 days with hard labour.
That C,