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

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ie tourbriby Obsertnr

bility of transporting Emin Pasha and his
people, with all the women and children, to
the upper waters of the Congo. Once there,
and Mr. Stanley himself does not fear his
ability to overcome the ol,s facies of the
desert, it will be easy to corn' I.:te the salva-
tion of Emin's party, and take them to
Egypt and liberty. If any man could bring
such an undertaking to a happy issue it is
the man who found Livingstone; and his
boldness and the goodness of his cause morit
the i eward of full success.

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.
Mr. Pargeter presided at the usual weekly meet -
in of this Board yesterday. The Mas.er. of the
Howie r. ported : A.,imitted IL di-of,arged 20, dead
2, retnainirg in the House 560, against 527 tor the
o,rre4pooding week hat year —0 Adoor reli f ;
rd, .£l5 10- 11: Stoi,rbri lire, £34 15A
Halegowen, .229 6s 7d; non-resident, .22 is
6d: total £ll4 14s 8J; same week last year, £ll6
2s lid.

STOURBRIDGB JUNIOR HARRIERS.-011 Thursday
evening the members of the above club hada pleas.
nt run to Stewpony and back. Smith led till
within 300 yards from home, when he was over-
haulel by H. A. Jones and J. Steel, w'th J. Pagett
close up A very exciting struggle took place ft r
premier position. an] eventually Fl. A. Jones sue-
cee led in gaining first place, J. Steele being 21
J. Pagett 3rd, J Siliith 4tn.
oa:tranorzoNls-rs.—At the Police Court yesterd
b f )re co!onel FlAcher, T. D. Thomas, and E.
Webb, Esqr..., Valentine Timmins, Pat. ick Welch
(15), and Thorns Notckiss (15). were charged with
°het liming the footpath on the Ist ilst. near the
011 Bank. Wel_h and Hodgkiss promised not to
offe id again and wee fined is including costs. A
Ir.r..re number of previous cnnvictims were proved
against Timmins and he was fined 5s and costs.
CAUTIoN.—Eben- zer Bow'er, grengrocer, Brook
Stre-t, was cilarg.d with allowing his man, Harry
Du id, to carry out bread on the 15th inst. without
being provided with proper scales and weights.
Withd awn on payment ot costs.
B WLING Tag 1110EiwAY,—.Williarn Knowles
ani Day d Walk. r we:e charged with b mling an
iron towl along the hiihway at Foxcote on the 7th
hist. P.C. Jones and Mr Bloomer proved the case.
Defendants were fined 5s including costs.
DRUNK —John Stevens was charged with being
drunk and diso:derly in C iven-ry Street, on the
30h ult. P.O Goar said defen iant was drunk and
mating us eof very bad lanzuage Defendant ad-
mi tel b dog drunk but not using bad langusge, and
tot the witness to "tell the trw it while he was at
it." PS. Chare said there were a large number of
p-evious convict ons against the defendant. Mr.
tang said there were abo it 50 previ.nis convictions
on b oks. Defendant vv.: a fined 5s and costs.
AN UNHApPT MARRIAGE.--G 'OW) Walters was
charged with assaulti-Ig his stepm .ther on the 30th
ult. Complainant said defendant struck ner on the
chin Def.-ndant pleaded n t guilty, and said he
di I not Strike her at pll. Georie Wa teis, the de-
fendant's fa:tl,-.r said he heard a n..ise in the
klchen but did not see any assault. lie knew
thi. much, '.o rever, that h.. had mit had a minu e's
p ace s ncp he ma-ri d omp ainant. H dit not
toulk i. was tight for his wift.. to knock is sun
about, an I s'ie ought to have been wh r his son
was lo g ego. The Bench considered the case
prt.v d :.nd fined the defendant 53 and costs.
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Asseura.—Mary Stevens (63), and A. nie Stevens,
mother and daught.r. were charged with as,aulting
John Silith on 11-.! 30th ult. Complainant said he
was hel ing the police officer to lock up John
St-vans when Ma.y Stevens struck him several
timts He did not see Ann S evens strike him.
John Mills also foir, evidence. P.C. Gear said he
Pav he :of .fidaut. Inni- S evens, sttike
e,rl lines wi h la, r fists, Michael Joyce and
Ellen Jo c, eav- evidence for th defendants: The
..Bach eonsider,d .herae proved and fluid each
de2f,md nt 5s c q=t= ; in chi tul: 14 days.
IiGGIt \VAT D ASS'AULT.—Th case against Wm.
B nner. maker. B broogi.t tor cora-
m tnng an a :griva el aislit!t UO tl9u I .nce Wold
0H a 9u. ul , again dote on f..r hearing. Mr.
P.-rry deeded. ih depositions as reported last
week, were read over.
.Te def, nee was that the
brick was not thro in at complainant. A previous
couvi tioa as proved against defendant. The
Bench co i 'ored the ca-e proved, and if th,y did
not thin & sd hid proocatioa thy should
have fined him heavily, lie w. uld oe fined 20s and
costs.

THEFC OF LEATEM MIATAICEN InEsintr—
Beu •et , in eusto ty, weaver. Kinidertninst r,
and Wi Ham Ft low, on bill, we e charged with
stealing a gni intity of -eatiier. value t. 4, on the 2nd
inst, tne pop r y of Henry Hampton Cradl,l
Heath —Mr. J. Clark (from th °ln -e of Mr.
o t. tt j• y Hof) ono ectfed ; NIT% M C rbet
clef tidal 'in low ; ant \lr. t int us del', nnied Benuett,
—Henry ilampta sniid he was boot and sine
:nandto tir,r Cr d- y ElLnath. Rom aforination
he recei,en: from Ser,eant t 'hare on to 3r i inst
he coked his St.) -k ov,,r jut e cu: inn. • ootu. ich
Nas w tom 20 yards ot C al., eta ion. He first
missed a bon -ie of kins w ioi e hit seen ad- on
th- S iturday t.efore. lie did not miss anythinw
e than anl af:er ca e tn: Stourbri Ige by the 6
o'clock train. At toe pelina stAion he found two
bat-, which on b -in; opened he found contained
leather. There w-re four sons, viz., one witole
onto cat kip, and sotne pieces; a roll of leathtnr
which came from Glasgow c tiled light wax spli 8;
a sm.lll bundle of kips; and the next were common
splits. They all b locged to,hina, an-I were then in
possession of the police —Ai thur Ed.te, in the em-
ploy of prosectr-or, iden,ilied the leathn-r as belong-
ing ti his mas e .—llenry Billitig nam, a yardstnan
at Cradley, sail he saw the pris-dier Finlow on the
pl aorta at Cradley twice Oa the ev-ning •-f the 2nd
inst. He go. ill° the 9 33 p.m. train for .itour-
bridge, and was paining something into the train
when witness told him that was not tee place f r
luggage, and prisoner replied that there was room
for it under the seat. He did not n-ee anyone else
with Finlow.—P.C. Holloway said he was at 0.(1
Hill tin the 2nd inst and left that station by the
train aniving at Stourbridge Junction at 10 30 and
Blakedown at 10 49. When he got out of the train
at Blakelown he saw the prisoner Bennett and a
man, who answered t the description of Finlow,
also get nu . Thee ha I each got a bag on their
backs, and they wer cro•sinz the metal.' to go in
the dir. orlon of Churchill. Witress egught hid of
Bennett and a-k-d wlrat :to got in the bag,
bit he mad no reply. He told Ban ne t he shoul
take him two the wattinz worn aid see what the
bag coat-tine I. The other man who hid been fol.
th tiro pLd his bag and ran down the lire
in the direction of Kidd-rininster. He took pos-
session of hoth bi.:s. He to ik Bann -ntt into the
wanting rocen and opened the bags, and found the
leat he- pro blvd. He asked h;m to account for the
p tssessi in ef the !either, and he said, "I man at
Stourbridge a4(-1 u o early it up o the station,
whin•h I -lon-'." Wo noes brought Bennett to the
police staiou 0,, the 3rd i .st he a tested Finlow
in Kidd •r ni ster an I charged him on suspicion of
eat iri .g a dwellin; hotise an-I stealing the leather
in coin tiny witn On odes B t net . He replied, "I
am inn:Tent of the altar. I came from my home
at M 'on' Pleas int on Saturday nigat, and I met
with a man at Stourbridge who gave me a ride to
Ki.l,lerinin4-,c; I h ore never left trio borough of
Kiidrtni.ster since. I can prove where I was on
Nlo:Aay uigtit ; I went to a fishing club kept at the
Worcester Cross Jut with my fattan-r. We started
from home about a qui ter-p.st ei4ht, ant :topped
taere till about a parter-Rist ten; 1 then waked
h nne with in v fatnet." He (Fiulow) mention. d
several natues of persons who we e wit i him at the
fishag ciao, Ke•shatv, Bcecknall, Joseph Payne.
Edward Harr s, and Arient Allarton, who could
pr iv. they wer • w th fdin at the public house He
t io% h -a (Fin!ow) to Stourbridge, and on arriving
then- he was to d that he was the inln who was
seen at Cradley railway station on the 2nd May.
El- re, lied, '1 was it Cranliey r ilway eta ion on
M nday marning about 6.20 a.m., but I was not
t nere tin ionlay night.—Cross.examined by Mr.
Corbet: T te father said in prisoner's presence thA
he had ben at ito k ad dhy (11ondAy.) The two
sisters of prisoner were pros-nt and said their
brother cams home with his fa:her about half-pait
ten. At the time he arrested Finlow his father
said that it could not be him as he was at the fish-
ing club, F n'ow did not correct himself at the
station when said he was at Cradley station on
the Monday morning and say he meant Saturday.
He thought it was the dwy a the pole° to assi-t
the prisoner as w.. 11 as the prosecution —By Mr.
Hinds: Bennett did not attempt to get away when
arrested.—Henry Col y, butcher, Belhroughton,
said that on the 2nd inst he had been to Kidder.
minster and was returning about 11 o'clock. He
was going thouga Bla,anlowil when he met the
ptisouer, Fi..low, W.lO asked how far it waa to
Kid terminoer, and he snni I two and turee-quarter
miles. Wit- ess ask d how ar e tat come and he
said from Be um. Ile de 166 d Finlow at :stout,
bnodge —By .‘lr. Corbet: 1111.-re was only o e man
brought out for him t..; identity at Si ourbri 1.:
—l4lr Corbet : lb i's toe way they i le ntify pe
at Stou brid.o3 I ? Crosa.examintistion c at;tt ied :
He had uev r k ovn the man before. There was
nothing pinicular about him and he was not ow
of "puff." Blakedown was he first stition feoai
Kiddertniniter, an-I the diva c was abo tt t nce
mile They d ti not stop hardy a s L'it'
said wit n Folio ni was charged he reelied "1 wi: I I
had wal et b tc to lindlernantister and I should u,jt.
have go into :his nut '1
—By Mr. Corbet tie -vas
quite sure Superintendent tVneel,r ttld Finlow
tag Billi trba,ln had sJen.hto at Crailey stz,tioe
with aonither man,. Ile lizard t'inlow say that if
he said h was at Ora ilay on qouday he ride a
at stake —Mr. Corbet said he should prove 1-eni-,yonl
doubt th it it was impossible for his client to hava
partacip n•ed in tie ro ibery. liter they had bead
ha witneeses the Bench w ould either have ta c ty
they had wilfully and dia'tnilically perjured. ten:-
selves, or that it was a ca.te of inista.k-r..
s clie t was of unlA-wished character, ice- tie
evi -ence ag dust din was weak anti unreliatlO. It
was only lair to h in to assume via:. the mat C 24413
the batceer tim a was 'not the prisoner fin[Glo, as ite
Wad a Kidderm 11S er m nn sal would know eha
Well; aad it he had been rut:l4.4 itioua_the
pOlios he would pat boys rtoppd gat WIN sib*

way and the time. His d-fence wee that his client
was at a fishinit club in Kidderminster, and after
hearing his witnesses he should ask the Bench to
dismiss the case and sty that his client left tl-'e
Court without a stain upon his charanter.—Joseph
Barer, weaver, Ki Iderminster, said there wls a
&ling club held at the Werce-te- Gros., Inn, of
which Finl ,w's father was a member but I li.oner
wis not a member. Thy allowed non members to
sit in the club room on payment of 3d. Toe pri-
soner came to the club about 8 o'clock an the 2nd
hist and left about 10.—The Magistrates said there
was not sufficient evidence to send Finlow for trial
and discharged him. They thought it was a clear
case of mistaken identity.—Bennett was committel
for trial at the Sessions; bail was allowed, himself
in £lOO and one surety of £5O.
A CASE TOR FURTHER 111.4ITTRY David Yin
Lye, was summoned to show cause why he should
n .t pay the sum of .24 le, to Alice Lilian Robins
in respect of a bastardy order. Mr. Hinds pro •e•
(tilted, and Mr. Waldron defended. Alice Lillian
Robins she had not received any money under ti
bastariy order. On the 21st April she sight)
receipt for the money (£24 Is 01), without teceivieg
any at all. She had received 5s from Hill, but nit
under the order, Cross-examined: She came of
her own accord to his office with Mr. Hill, and told
him she wished to release Hill from the bond. She
signed the document produced, which was ex-
plAined to her. She understood she was releas'n;
him f om the money and from all proceedings.—By
the Bench : She signed the document with t •
understanding that the money should be paid. Sae
kneW she Was releasing Hill from all claim under
t e order. She was not asking the Bench to send
Hill to prison.—The Bench : She signed the docu-
ment un ter promise of marriage.—The remise
wits mar r scindel.—David Hill said Miss Robins
came to the office with him, and signed the docu-
ment for the money She had the money paid to
her by him going to Mr. Waldron's office He paid
her £24 in rid, and is in silver —Complainant:
Threep nce you give me to pay my tram fare.
There was no one present when he paid her the
money.—Nfr, Thomas said there appeared to be
gr )9 perjury on one ,side or the other, an I the case
wouli be adjournvd for a month to be ;niuired into.

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