The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-07 00:00:00

DUDLEY.

A PECULIAR CASE.—On Monday, at the Po ice
Court, before the Mayor (Alierrn Howat), Mr
Russell, and Mr. Greenway (magistrates), Hannah
Brownhill (29), of Woodside, was charge I i h
stealing a piece of beef value Is Bd, the property of
Mr. Sheward, butcher, Hall Street. It the time of
the robbery the woman hal nearly a pound in
silver upon her,—She W.B tined lOs.

SA:VAG-FE WIFE-BEATING At the same Court,
William Palmer, a labourer, of 13 th Street, was
charged with beating his wife and turning her out
of doors to sleep in an outhouse all night. As
Palmer had beaten his wife bebre, h w,s how sent
to gaol for two m( nths,
A DEATH CLUB. At the same Court Fax
Evans, of Constitution Hill, sued Solomon Denby,
of the Shaw Road, and Henry Persons, the srcre-
tary of a dea h dab, for £5, due to him on the
death of his wife. The plain if said his wild ha I
paid in nineteen years 8s The defence was
that Evans was behind in his payments. but this
was shown to be wrong, as he had paid Danby, the
landlord, who was authorised to have the money.--
The magistrates made an order for
,the payment of
the money in a week.

A PAINFUL CASE,—On Mouday afterno-m Mr. E
P. Jobson, Coroner, held an inquiry at the Guest
Hospital respecting the death of Hannah Sutton
(41), of High Street, Wordsley. The woma., was
subject to fits, and on Tuesday, April 26t 1, her
neighbours saw her come f. om her house with her
dress on fire. After boing, dressed by Dr Turne -
she was sent on to the hospital. There she told
-surse she had fallen into the fire whilst iu an
oth.pciilol4.—.,—A verdict of " Accidental death " was
returned,
--svlav a meeting of this
TOWN Cont-retited:ln -
0i,.._.5.
Council was held the M • rman Walker)
presiding,—His Worship said In consequ..:2°o of a
communication from Mr. Bcooke.ll)binsan,
it had been thought 'desira'ole to Ir.:sent a petiti n
to Parliament in respect t .‘ rho Qi wry j'ei;eing,
Bill," but the borough memb3r had again ‘tritten
stating that the 'promoter:, of the ineasur-i had
acquiesced in amendments limiting the operation of
it to dangerous places. It was.th .r.-fore, unnecessary
to proceed further, but the thanks of the town were
due to Mr. Robinson for wate!ling tne matter an I
bringing the amendents under Parliamentary notica
—(hear, hear). The Mayo- then said tlat the
committee appointed to confer with a committee of
the School of Art with respect to Jesson's Charity
had met, and had resolved to recommend the Char-
ity Commissioners to devote the surplus fun-is to
providing scholarship in connection wan the School
of Art and the Mechanics' Institution. A letter had
been reCeived from the Charity Commissioners, in
reyly to oae from the committee, in which it was
suggested than in the event of a pablic inquiry the
question should be raised as to inclu ling far con•
i leratios the Bayliss and Parsons' charities.
Alderman Thompson said that, as trustee of Bay.
liss's Charity, he might say there were no surplus
funds. He protested against the attempt to divote
sach funds to purpos )3 nit intend.3l by the pious
founder of the charity.