The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09 00:00:00

live o'clock. The one produced was his property.
—William Lamb, a boy. said he was on the canal
side near proiecutoz's tiouse about 5 o'clock on the
3rd lost, and saw the two prisoneri.at the end of
the canal ba,in. Pigott nad the dunk in his hand
and Ward was making t hole in the bank. Dunn
was standing on the oppo,ite side...f the canal. He
afterwards returned to wnere Ward was making
the hole and found the duck produc6d buried there.
—P,lice,constable Laffordjiaid that. Dunn made a
Rtatement to him in the cell and said that he saw
the other two priswo-r4 throw at the duck and kill
it, but did not have anything to do with it. Ile
(witness) told it to Ward and Pigott eni thy said
it was quite true.—Pigott and Ward pleader,.
guilty, but Dunn not guilty and ma le a stitern mit
similar to the one he made to Lafford.—Dunn was
disctidrged but the other two prisoners were each
fined 20s, with the alternative of one month's hard
labour.

CHAB.OZ OF UNLAWFUL WOUNDING.—Thomas

Billirigham was charged with unlawfully wound-
ing Alexander Billingham on the 2nd inst.—
Billingham was sworn and egid he was a chain-,
maker living at Qaarry Bank and defendant was his
brother They wure having tea togetier on
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Saturday last and defendant 'Tut a pocket knife on
the table. He (witue a) took up the knife and
threw it on the floor. Def.-ndant then picked up
the knife from off the fl or and pitched it Lcross
the table, saying "You've broke it and you will
have to buy me another." It entered his side.
H. did not think t .at dJendant inteA t 1 to hurt
him.—The mother was called and spok o defend-
ant having thrown the knife bA witholt aiy in-
tention of hurting his brother, as tb., wtre always
best of terms.—Police-consta'de Gibr,ous
said that tere were two wounds in his back about
inches apart.—Ts.e Bench adjo'iree 1 the case
for a w,ek in ordor that a medical examinati-n
might be ru-rie. Bail was accepted.
liAMlNG.—Joseph Parsos, of Goma" and Wm.
Hodgkiuson, of Pensnett, were tined 48 ea:h, for
playing "pit 11. and toss" in the highway at
Pensut-tt on the 26th ult,
KING,WINFORD SCHOOL BOARD —A. mon dily
meeting of this Board was held on Tno day after-
noon, at brietlev Hill. The Rev. T. L. elan, hton
(ehai. inn) presided ; ing also present Mr.
R. Sinitn Casson (vice-chairma»), the Rev. C. 11.
Cole-Webb, \iessr . E. B. Uain,is, W. Barlow, S.
13.-nnett, 11. C ,rd r and D. Bod uJo. The t-nd.er
of Mr. Hor.on, buikler, amounting to £4l, for
painting and colouring the Quarry Bank Bo .rd
&no .1, was aceepted. Dr. Bodington propils, d a
resolut io,"That the tea: hers in the Kingswin-
ford Beard S..hools be thrected to teach the various
diverg.lit views neld upon the :sabbath and Sunday
qn, ations when instructii.g the children under the
rww (scheme of rergious Latruction adopted by the
Ifolrd,'' Mr. Carder acconded the regolution. The
Cnairman moved ae tin iimenduient "That this
Board having full confidence in thu loyalty of its
t actters t tin, law of th, land, mid the reguktions
of the Hoard which forbid any attempt to teach
the children (.f any part cular denomination, now
passes on to the next business to be br• ught before
it," TI-L.! Rev. C. U. Coo-Webb secomt d the
amendment, which was carried oy the votes of the
Chairman, the R•v C. 11. Cole-Webb, Messrs,
H .ines. slid Smith Casson. The res aution only
obtained the suppo:t of Dr. Bodin,;ton, who moved
it ; Messrs. Carder, Bennett, and Barlow did not
vote. It was resolved that the architect be in-
i-tructed to prepare plans for the erection of schools
in Bent street. Binlrley Hill, to accommodate 600
ehiicire., the proportion to be th ee-t nths boys,
three-tenths girls, and four-tenths infants. It was
also n.,reed that the architect should visit ono or
two school districts and report upon the biAt and
cheapest design for a school with a view to its
being adoptal. Tuere was no other busuess.