The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14 00:00:00

BROMS3ROVE.

AN ACTION UNDER THE EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY
AcT.—A.t the County Court on Wednesday, befoie
his Honour Sir Richard Harrington and a jury,
S trah Rola"?rts, residing with her daughter at Cats-
hill, brou4ht an action against Alexander Harper.
of Cra.dlev Heat:), under the E.l,ployers' Liability
Act, 1£330, to recover £75 as damages sustaine
through loss of her husband, who was accident-
ally killed while in the employ of the defendant.,
Mr Emery Davie appealed for the plaintiff and Mr
KAtle ( netructed by Messrs. Homfray and Holber-
ton, Brier ey Hill) for the defondant.—From the
evidence offe-ed it appeared th it on January 17 last
the plaintiff's husbaud was engaged with a man
Holmes n lading a wagon widl straw at the Bank
House Farm The deceased was engaged on the
load, whe.,, as the last cord was beiag secured, it
urok, and ue was precipifat to the ground. His
it was sev •rely cur, and h died from the result of
hi, injuries in a few miunt was stated by two
witness ?aii Lt the cord was i p tlpably flimsy one
Ater a shurt c .n3u tation tie ju y returued a ver—
dict tor the plaintiff for .210,

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DUDLEY. 7-7.
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BRUTAL CoNDtraT OF A HUSBAND.—At the Police
&in on WednesdaV, before Messrs. • S. IBagott, S.
Bateman, and J. Dunn' Isaac Russell, Tetnall
Street, was charged with assaulting his wife, Eliza
Ann.—The evidence of the complainant revealei a
shockinz course of brutality on the part of her
husband. He has been in the habit of gambling his
wages away week after week and staving his wife
and six children, who were brought into Court, ard
presented a most pitiable sight. For four weeks,
although he had picked up fair wages, be had not
given his wife a penny. He had constantly illtreated
her, and on one occasion he threw a bone, which
struck her in the eye and destroyed the sight. The
assault complained of was committed on Saturd ly
because the wife asked him for some money. He
was sent to gaol for two months, with hard labour.
SERIOUS CHARGE OF WoUNDIHG.—At the same
Court, William Nix (27), Garden Walk, and James
Smart(2l). Red Lion Wharf, Bath Street. were
charged with assaulting and wounding a man named
Alexander Hughes, puddler, St. John Stre-t,
Netherton.—The prosecutor appeared with his head
bindaged and 1 at to be accommodated with a chair.
The evidence showed that the prosecutor wont to
public-honse on Saturday night and found tba
prisoners playing cards. He subsequently join -d
in a game of cribbage with one of the prisoners
and a dispute arose. He wds followed, and one of
the prisoners kicked him and another knocked off
his hat. He afterwards left them, and when s .me
little distance on his way home he was sattin
attacked. He was knocked down and kicked about
the head in a mostesavage manner, neces-itating hi.
going to a doctor.—Dr. Higgs spoke to the serious
wound the injured man received. He was not yvt
out of danger.—Prisoners were reman,led.