The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-05-07 00:00:00

'ERL,EY HILL.

SMOKING IN THE Virontenoese.—At the Police
Court, on Monday, before Mcesrs. G. King Harrison
and 11. 0. Firrnstone, William Griffin, of Devon-
shire, was summoned for misbehaviour at the
Kingswintord Workhouse —The superiuteudtut of
labour at the Workhouse said that Oct the 28th ult
he was admitted into the house as a casual pauper.
The next morning he was seen smoking. Witness
took the pipe from defendant and he began to use
obscene language towards him. Witness also
sta'od that it was the third time he had been
cautioned about smoking in tho casual ward Mr.
Firmstone said it was necessary that the authorities
should maintain order and see that the paupers
kept the regulations of the Workhouse. Defend-
ant had broken the regulations by smoking and
also used bad language when the piee was taken
from him by the efficer and they sh-ould sentence
him to 14 days' hard labonr.
DRUNK AND D ISO UDE aLY.- —Emnetnuol Ward,
labourer, Brick-Kiln Street. 13! ierley Hill, was fin-d
2s 6d and costs for being drunk and disorderly in
the highway on the 29th ult. Police-sergeant Salt
proved the case.
COAL STEALLING.—Mary Jones (15), was charged
with stealing coal the property of the Earl of Dudley
on the 10th ul-. A watchman named B. avan said
that she was taking coal frem No. 26, Wallows
Colliery, She was fined 7s 6d including costs.
OFFENCE AGAINST THE WILD BIRD PROTECTION
Acm—Thomas 11.ndley miner, of Wocdsley was
summoned for using lime for the purpose of catch-
ing wili? birds. Mr. Brown, inspector of the
Humane Society, (Stourbridge Branch) slid he saw
the defeniant in a fiold belonging to Mr. White•
house, of Wordsley. He watched defendant for
three-quaiers of an hour and saw him pick a cage
up arid go out of the field. He foloWed him and
took a quantity of bird lime from him. As this wee
the first offence defendant was ordered to pay
costs.
ON LICENSED PREMISE 4 DURING PROHIBITED
Houßs.—Williarn Bayley, John Young, John Wil-
son, skin workers, of retourbridge ; John Morris,
glead washer, of Stourbridge, and John Stubbs,
skin wprker, of Amblecote, were charged with being
on licensed premises during prohibited hours, P.C.
Hume said that he went to the Bridge Len, Amble-
, ote, on the 10th ult, about £.15. in the afternoon.
He went into the stable, which was in the yard be-
longiug to the house and found 8 men there aid
the landlord. He found two quart jugs and a glass
in the manger. The defendants were amen, the
men. Police-constable Tytherley gave corrolaora
tive evidence. Wilson pleaded not guilty and
called Joshua Spilsbury, George Hubble, and
Lucinnia Evers, who proved that he was at Hagley
from three o'clock in the afternoon until eight
o'clock in the evening. Wilson was di,.charged,
but the other defendants were fined 59 each and
costs.
Estnezzemmtr.—Joseph Bradley, drayman, of
Wordsley Greet', in the employ of Edward Oakes,
brewer, of Wordsley, was charged with embezzling
the sum of 20s, the property of Lie master. Police-
sergeant More asked for a remand for a week and it
was granted, prisoner being admitted to bail.
SUPPLYING LIQUORS WITHOUT A LICENSE.—
William Edkins, landlord of to Dog and Partridge
Inn, Brierley Hill. was summoned for that he on
the 19th ult did sell by retail certain liquors at the
l'own Hall he not being then authorised by his
license to sell he same.—Mr. Clulow defended.—
On the day in que-tion there was a ball held at the
Town Hall awl the defendant held a license to self
spbits up till two o'clock.—Pelice-constaele Rowe,
st itianed at Old Hill, now said that he was on duty
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With being drunk in :the-- aublic etreets, on the Ist at the Town Hall, Brierley Hill, on the 18th ult in
bait, Police sergeant Herman proved the case. plain clothes. There was a ball there and he re-
Pitied ss. and costs ; in default 14 days.--James mained there from 11.30. till 3.30. At 2.45 he
Pearsall was charaed with being drunk at Ola,,win- ,aw it man going about the room with a large bottle
ford on the2tn lost. Police-constable Turner of beer and he had a glass of beer for which hepaid
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proved the canaee. Fined 2e.6d. and costs.—Frederick 2d At 3.15. he saw a pint of ale supplied te a
man. He also saw several cups of tea and rum
Norton ass charged with being drunk and inc Tibia
on the 2nd inst. Poiice-constable Eaves proved the consume& He saw that the rum which was put
case. Fined 2s. 6d, and costs '• in default 7 day's. in the cups was pourei out of a jug. He was
Dauencesserass.—aefore Col. Fletcher and Mr. J. supplied with a cup of tea with rum in It. Police.
B. Cochrane, Thomas Dewey was fined 2s. 6d. and constable Wetton then came in (in uniform) and
costs, for being drunk at the Lye. on the 2nd inst. drank out of his cup and also two others.—Police-
Police-sergeant Payne proved the case--Atre'l constable Wetten said he went to the Hall at 3.15.
Cope, of Wollaston, wile charaed with being drunk andV there
a wa
up o going on. He saw last wit-
and disorderly on the Ist inst. Police- aonstahle tie
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Jo e sou proved the ease ; ailed as. to include ens' s. Pargeter and Dawes there and they asked aim to
—George Paynter of the Lye, was charged with .Irink. Dawes paid for three more cups of tea with
being drunk and disorderly on the 3rd inst. Police- ruin in, which were supplied by the landlady. He
constable Widdows prov, d the case; fined 2s 6:1 arid had one of the cups. HO afterwards had another
costs.— George angley was charged with a cup of tea with rum in. Police-sergeant Smite
similar offence at Hagley, on the 29th ult. Police- also drank out of thtee cups and then asked de-
constable Punter proved the case. Colonel fendant how he accounted for having supplied
Flecher remarked that great complaints had been refreshments after his license had expired and des
made of persons beina insulted on tae coeds, fendant replied that if the officer haet had any rum
and if 'my of them came before the Bench, they he had brought it with hitn.—Polieessergeant
should fine them heavily. Fined ss. and costa—
Smith said he visited the Town Hall about 3.30. and
Ede ard Hill, of the Lye, wis charged with being saw Wetton at one end of the counter and Rowe at
tirunk and di-orderly on the 30th ult. PAM— the other. Rowe ban' a cup and saucer before him
sergeant Payne proved the case, and said defenden,, and he (witness) took hold of the cup and drank
made use of very bad language, Police-- otat able out of it. There was rum in it He took hold of
Paynter corroborated. Fined ss. and costs ; two other cups and they also contained rum and
in default 14 day's. tea. Rowe then said that he had two cups of tea
CAUTION TO CARTERS.—Thomas Chestertdn, containing rum for which he paid threepence per
cup-. Mr.
carter, residing at Bte . osgrove, was charged with Callow addressed the Bench for the de-
being drunk on the 27th while in charge of a hot se once end then called the following wit aesses.
and cart. The case was proved. ad the defendant Hannah Wilkins, of White Heath, said she was
fined 58 and costs.—Charles Willetts was charged waiting at the tea table tor Mr. Edkins. She did
with a similar offence at Cradley, oe the 2nd inst, not serve any spirits at all during the whole of
Police-constable Oakey proved the cane and said de- that evening. She remembered the policeman.
fendant was drunk and sitting in the cart. Fined who was then dressed in plain clothes, asking ber
58 and costs. if she could supply him with any ram and she told
Mau WAY OM:NM—Richard Hall, wagoner, him she could not. She then supplied him with a
was charged with leaving his horses and timber cup of tea for which she charged 2d. and he then
carriage in the road for one hour at Clout, on the went to the elm of the table. She did not serve
29th uit. Police-constable Wallace proved the case Police-constable Rowe with any rum. She heard
Fined 6s 6d to include costs,.- John Collins was Rowe tell Police serge:nt Smith and Police-con-
charged with causieg an olestraetion on the hiah- stable Wetton that she had served him
way at Chula on the 29th nit, by leaving his horse with rum and she then denied it to the offi 'era.
and acart in the road for more than an hour. Wetten put Rowe t'nrough the door and said ' You
laaicr-coesta,ble Wallace proved the ease. With- scamp you went locking up.—Elizabeth Archer alai
drawn 0i p.yment of ce sts,63 6d. she was at the Town Hall ard saw the ladle-en:in
SCH.)OL BOARD PR 'SAC UT IA ,N.—Louisrs Field was fae,o in plain clothes. Wetton went up to Ilan
summoned for nee acting to aaal her child to adioel a 1.1 caught hod of him and called him ase nedrel
pulled bun r.yff the table and said " Can't you stand
sainindilfian.eicilffelns.ce,SaaniidaattilneLiseu '
Gil. on your legs." She saw Rowe take a boitle tett of
pro e.l tr.;.-; ra-e. Eintnaeue Cornbe:l was fined 2s his pecket and pour something into his ten before
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the officers came in and she told them so.—Laura
el for a similar °fiance. Mr. IL \vete preyed the
case. Several rases were adjourned. The follow- Jack on, sister to Mrs. Edkins, said she was serving
ing persons were summoned by Ma Thompson of at the spirit table uutil it was closed at two o'clock.
Craclley, for neglecting to send their children to She then went to the tea table. There was no
school and fined. John Bin- mer, is; George liquors served at the tea table. She took half a
Wynt , 2s 6d, and Joseph Fawkes, Is. pint of ruin with her in a bottle which was paid
CAUTION TO W V;ONEKS. Joseph Crockett, for by a aentleinan before two o'clock. She did
-not enepry arty liquors to siiyaody after two o'clock
wiseoner. was cha-ged with driving without reins
at I.h .t tattle. She did not supply any cups of tea
on the 23th ult. Police-constable SViddows prove.' .
'to a Mr. Pargeter for himself and two officers. On
the case. Fined 5s and c •st, ;in default 14 days.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLEY. —Planck Kilcoyne being asked by the Bench what kiud of bottle it
was charged with being drunk and disorderly in the was she denied that she had said that she took any
liquors with her to the tea table and said that she
public street, on tile 30th uit. Pleaded guilty.
Police-constable Madeley proved the case, also gave it to the man for the liquor table.—Mrs.
several previous convictions. Fined lOs and costs. I Edkins, wife of the defendant, said that he was
DRUNK AND ASSAULTING THE POLlCE.—Charles ;, wititl.lg at the spirit table until two o'clock when
Criimpton was charged with being drunk on the ti it was closed. She then went to the table but did
' 30th ult, and as:milting Police-constable Markley fno in-11)ply anyone with any liquors at all there.
while in the teas:tin, ie iX hie duty. Pie ided She denied supparitig three cups of tee to Pargeter
guilty. From the evidence of Police-constable 'as it was stated by the podice.—Tbe Bench retired
Madeles, Superintendent Wheeler, and Police con- and on returning re ceded Police-sergeant Smith
stable Moore, it appears that the defendant was very ‘.: who, in-answer to a question, said that Mrs: Archer
violent and :hey had to take his shoes off him, Its did oet tell him that she eean Rowe put somethieg in
h. aegars to kick. Hu struck Police-coustabia his tea out of a bottle. Also Police constable
bi&Cleit7 on Cla chest, ear, and head, and pulled 'Wetton who Said that the landlady's sistor supplied

Pargeter with three cups and the landlady herself
supplied three to Dawes. The liquors were poured
out of a pint jug into. the tea.—Mr. Firmstone said
they wore grieved to find such a grf•.t, discrepetr:y
in the evidence that was put nefore them ; but
taking the evidence as it appe,tred before them
they considered it their duty to c,mvict. They
believed that rum was served in tea after the hour
of two o'clock and fined the defendant 20s and
cc)sts.

DRUNKENNESS.— Ann Gould was fined 5s and
costs for being drunk in Dudley Street, Brierley
Hill, on the 19th ult. Police-constable Eden
proved the ease.—William Morris, of Common Side,
was fined 2s 6d and costs for being disorderly and
refusing to quit the Queen's Head Inn, Common
Side, on the 25th ult.

STEALING POTATOES.—James Shilvock (31), of
New Street, Brierleyll, mil Jesse Longville
(14), of Comtnr. Side, were charged with stealing
a quantity of p)tatr*s the property of George
Smith, farmer. of Bromley, on the 29th ult —lt
appeared from the evidence given that the defend-
ants were employed " trussin hay " for the
prosecutor and were seen to hi d% a quantity ot
pota,o2s under the hay stack about 10 o'cloek in
the morning. On leaving the work they were seen
to take away a quantity of potatoes, the former in
his pocket and the latter in a basket. Both the
defendants pleale'l guilty and Shiivock was tined
20s. including costs and Long,ville 10s. including
cos: s.

ALLEGED THEFT OF A DECANTER. Thomas
Chance, miner, of Brettell Lan°. was charged with
stealing a decanter the property of TtTessrs.Boult.n
and Davies, glass manufacturers, Brettell Lane, the
value of 10s.—Mr. Holberton appeared tproseeute.
—Police-constable Hume said that on Friday last
he Arm on the look out for glass, (in con6opence cif
inforinatin he had received) at Stouroxidge. He
there saw prisoner with the decanter multr his
jacket. He charged him with stealing it and de-
fendant first replied t;-.at he won it at a raffle and
afterwards that he bought it for 5s for a man.—
Prisoner said that he told the officer that lie bought
it for sc. from a man that had won it at a " raffle."
—Richard Pearce. stopperer, and John Vennables,
manager. both employed at the works proved that
the decanter was made at their works.—Mr. Firm-
stone said they had come to the conclusion that
they could not convict in this case. There was
some doubt whether the prisoner might have become
possessed ofithis property honestly. They wou'd
give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt at the
same time tolling him that he had had a very
narrow escap.—Prisoner therefore was discharged.

DRUNK WHILST IN CHARGE OF A HORSE AND
CART.—At the Police Court, on Thursday, before
W. F. F. Boughey, E-q., (.Btipendiary), James
Dudley, carrier, of King Street, Dudley, was
charged wi(l2 being drunk whilst in charge of a
horse and cart, on the 29th ult,—Police-coustable
Wetton said that on the night in quenion he saw
the delenden going through High Street, Brierley
t a car i fast asle,p. Ho woke hire and found
that he was drunk.—Drdendant was fined 10s. and
costs, with the alternative of 14 days' hard labour.
HAWKING WITHOUT A LICENSE. Lazarus
S:thlesky (18), of Wolverhampton, was charged
with hawking without a license at Brierley
Police constable Eden saw the defendant, on
Thursday morning, going from house to li,use
hawking shies and slippers, and asked him to pro-
duce his license. Defendant replied that he had
not got a license and that he was working for an-
other man. He went to another man that had (rot
a horse and cart on the ether side of the road and'he
pr-duced a license which was only for himself.—
Defendant naw said Via he had got a pedlar's
license, but it was at nome.—Defendant's master
was bound over for him to app-ar at the Wolvtr-
hampton Poli,e Court, on Wednesday next, and to
produce his licaise.
USING THsEATS.—Thomas Perks, of Brockmoor,
was charged with u-ing threatening language to-
wards Enoch Gittings.—Mr. Clulow appeared for
the cornplai .1n- —lt appeared that the def,nda,t
was a tenant of the complainants and the com-
p ainant put the bailiffs in his house because he
owed some rent, in consequence of which the de-
fendant used threatening languaae towa. ds him.—
Police-comtable Lafford supported the evalence of
complainant—Defendant was further charged with
being drunk and disorderly, at the same time
P lice-constable Lafford and Mr. Gittings proved
the ease.—On the first charge he was bound over
to keep the peace, in his own recognisance of £lO
and one surety of £5, for two months, and pay the
costs; in default of finding sureties, he was to go
to pri,on for a month --la the second ehargo he
was fined 6s and costs; in default 14 days' im-
pris,,nment.

TRAP ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday night, James
Cox. landlord of the Spread Eagle Liu, Biirley
Hill, was driving with Mr. Thomas Saidfnore, fr •m
Dudley and when at hart's Hill, the wheel of the
tr.,p came off. Fortunately they both managed to
get out and the horse ran on to Ronne. Oak, but
doing no damage except to the trap, and to the
roads by cutting them up.