The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-29 00:00:00

THE STOUTII3IIIDGE 013 SERVER.

to the condaalen that they were wrong. In the I dry weather, but thought they had much to be on the right side of the thorn, under the win-
tirst place, they must remember that the trade I thankfol for; and concluded by thanking Mr. dow. The paper of the wall had been broken
of a licensed victualler was a trade of the most M irriott for the very excellent sermon he had by the shots. Some of the shots were em-
leaitimate diseription. There was a very large . given thorn, and proposed his health, and hoped bedded in the mantel-piece, which is made of
capital embarked in it, and any person wishing he would be able to preach many more sermons wood.
to put restrictions on it, and prejudice its in. ' like the one he had preached that morning. I Robert Luther Bayley deposed :lAM a stir.
terests, were bound to show that what they pro- Mr. Marriott said that his Lqrdship had taken geon. On the night of the 24th that Ketley was
posed was undeniably for the benefit of the corn- him by surprise io asking him to say any more. brought to my surgery. He was bleeding from
munity at large. (Hear, hear). He did. not It was always a pleasure for him to come to the right cheek, from a gunshot wound. There
wish to enlarge the evils of drunkenness. ; Hagley, and to see the fine church there. He were several wounds such as would be caused
Every person present knew as much on the sub- ' knew that there were a number of amusements by the pistol produced. There was also a wound
jeet us he did. Taken merely from an econo- to take place, therefore he should not make a on the eye. I probed the wounds. The face
laical point of view, there could be no doubt speech, and as he had preached for Mr. Lyttelton was also discoloured by powder. I dressed the
this country suffered greatly from the amount of he should call upon him to say a few words— wounds, and stopped the bleeding. Some of
drunkenness which prevailed. He had not had (cheers). the wounds were two inches deep. I passed the
a laage experience as a Magistrate, but he be- The Rev. Mr. Lyttelton then spoke at some probe two inches. Ketley is going on favour.
Hayed an enormous proportion of the crime in . length on the blessings of God in giving them a ably. At the present time Ido not anticipate
this country was owing solely to drink. This good harvest, and he thought it was their duty any fatal results.
he thought could be proved by the fact that ,to return thanks. He was glad to see so many At this stage the Magistrate and Clerk went
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when trade was slack in that neighbourhood present. He had no doubt there would have to Ketley's house to take his depositions. Pei-
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crime hail decreased, and when everything was been more, hut their friends had had a Harvest soner was also in attendance, accompanied by
proveroe , ~.ri .h. laid inereas,d, shoeing it was Home at Blakedown It was not done with any his solicitor.
not chiefly owing to poverty but to drink. He opposition, but they said it was too far for the George Ketley deposed: lam a tailor, resid-
s only mentioned this to show that no legislation old people to come. He should like to have seen ing in Stourbridge. On the 24th inst, at about
affecting the interest of licensed victuallers was mote clergymen there, but many of their friends eight o'clock in the evening, I was in my house
calculated to promote, in a marked degree, the were from home. Mr. 'Corner was also away. in Kidderminster-street, in a room on the right-
welfare as the community at large. They were, The speaker then referred to the flue dry season, hand side of the passage, and was upon the
; however, prepared to suffer, if by suffering they and the bountiful supply of wheat. Ire believed shopboard. The prisoner and his wife were pre-
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could promote the welfare of their country. the heat had not been so great since the year sent. I gut off the board, and went into the
There was nothing evil in the abstract in Mr. 1826. It was also very hot in 1818. He be.
shop, and returned. I sat on the board again.
Abel Smith's proposal, but it was right that those lieverl the harvest cornmeaced on the 2,5 th of . The prisoner put his hand into his pocket. He
who prom shot me. I did not see what he shot me with.oted his bill sboold have the onus pro- June, in the year 1818, and was all finished by I
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hub resting upon them. They must show the beginning of July. But as lie intended to went out of doors, into the street. No one
that drunkenness had increased from the sale publish a full account of it in the liagley M was in the room at the time the prisoner shot
of drink on Sundays, and that if prohibited zine, he should say no more about it at present. • me, but his wife and a little boy. When in the
it would diminish. He thought that on the He koew there was a number of genies, and the street I heard a report of firearms. The priso-
whole they had failed to yrove this; point. He weather being flue he should not detain them by ner had furniture, which was in my care. The
had lcolied at the report of those who sat on the a speech, prisoner, his wife, and children, have been lodg-
committee, and saw they had satisfied them- The friends then adjourned into a field adjoin- jog at my house. She (Mrs. Poyser) has not
selves that in no respect had the promoters of lug, when the company wits considerably alact- been living with me as my wife. She likes
the bill proved their case. They had proved it mooted. Among those we noticed were the Stourbridge very well, and does not wish to
was only a small minority that drank to excess Conntess Dowager Spencer, Lady Victoria Spen-
leave.
on Sundays, and they (the committee, were of eer, Hon. Miss .Lyttelton, Miss Rofes, Mrs. On his return to the Police Court, Mr. Penton
opinion that those who did so would continue to Wooldridge, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Ibbotson, Miss
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said his iustructions in this case were that there
Ii to excess whether they shut up public. Kendrick, Mrs. Trewolla, Mrs. Mole, Mrs. had been the greatest amount of provocation on
houses or unit, Chiefly on the statements in , Brooks, the Hon. C. R. Spencer, Hon. Sneneer the part of Kelley to the prisoner. Prisoner's
that report, 1,0 bud some to the conolusiou that Lyttelton. Hun. A. Lyttelton. Hon, It. Lyttel. I wife left him last Christmas, and positively went
no further legislation on the subject was at pro. ton, ,te. Ito live with Ketley. She told her husband to
sent needed. (Cheers). He thought that ear- A number of games were indulged in, such as go about his business, and that Ketley would
tam n modifications might perhaps be introduced flat racing,, hurdle racing, jumping, pulling the keep her. The prisoner, before leaving Stour.
in the present lieencing system with advantage, rope, football, Aunt Sally, high jumping, ace., bridge, had been living at the house now occa-
and they might know whether such a system as and a pleasant day was spent, pied by Mr. Cook, near to where Ketley lived.
allowing persons to take out licenses at n redocd At five o'clock upwards of five hundred fe. One night, when he came home, he found the
rate without right to sell on Sundays, would be males sat down to tea, after which they adjourned front door fastened, and he went through Ket-
Lkely to work. lii places where Mr. Smith's to the flail Barn, end finished the clay's amuse. ley's house, and entered by the back door, which
bill had been most favourably received this monts by dancing, which was kept up till ten was open. Ketley said he did not know where
might be tried. He should think it would be I o'clock. his (prisoner's) wife was, but between one and
more agreeable to publicans to shut their houses I - two in the morning she came from Ketley's
on Silo:lays. if they could do so consistently house. The very fact that she had been living
with their own interasts and the public conven- with him showed the relationship existing be.
ience. If the artisan class were unquestionably tween them. Kelley claimed from Poyser ..f2
and undeniably in favour of legislation on Mr. 89 6,1, as money he had advancel to his wife,
Abel Smith's bill, they (the licensed victuallers) and lie also sent liiiu a bill for allowiug his for-
tnight depend on it that neither they nor any niture to remain there. Poser was determined
one else could prevent their wishes being carried to have his children away from the pl Ice, and
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into Ova in the next Parlimnent,

1:i; Ecols.

not to allow them to be, -brought up.

ing iine;tion W:l4 another ntattor of interest tc.
the .licensuil tool it was ouo which
oalled on ntrii.inient fr ta itnitiediate solution.
Tito preootit sy...toin of licen,ing beerhonses
one which etatla not p,sAllOy
v,oittige t Uni
Ito tho:l•.iit t

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tion with such a state of had it was after
he had taken thew away that lietley sent him
the bill referred to. He s'achild, however, re-
serve his defence.
The prisoner was committed for trial at the
next Worcester Assizes.

n with na.

(1.1141 el.e,E.:),

,CetilOUAo.-4 might
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• s :fay to the tuagkl:ltey. (('heer:).
fie did not think that the magistrates' power of
granting Iie..!!SCH to licetsed victuallers iad ever
given rise to suspicions f any sort in any pall.
of the ecumtry ag.timt the magiAraey, and he
did not see why the additional power of grant-
ing Lioeuses to beerhous,s should not be given
them. lHear, hear, and cheers).

Mr. Penton applied for bail, which he said
could be given for an unip!e amount.
Mr. Freer said that in Ketley's present condi-
tion he could not bail the prisoner.
A good deal of sympathy is felt towards the
prisoner, who is a respNAable man, and his
friends well connected at Lmil)w.

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The Chairman next gave The Town and
Trade of Stourbridge,” coupling with it the
name of Mr. G. Collis, a firm which he believed
had been established for more than a hundred
years ; and the Chairman said be hoped the day
would arrive when the borough representative
would not be confined to other towns in the
county to the exclusion of such places as Stour-
bridge. (heers).
Song, Mr. Kelly.
Mr G. Collis, responded.
The Vice-Chairman then gave "The Army,
Navy, and Volunteers.

'file Chairman r.,spandel in a double capa•
city, as a Yeomanry luau and a Rifleman.

The Chairman gave The Deputation,-
coupled with the name of Mr. Smallwood, of
Wolverhampton.

Song, M. B. Brooks, "My ancestors wen
Englishmen.
Mr. Smallwood responded for the Wolver-
hatuptoa district ; Mr. Reynolds for the Walsall
district.

The Vice Chairman next proposed "The
health of Mr. G. Perry, the solicitor to tne
Society," (Great cheering). In doing so he
eulogised Mr. Perry, who Ile considered was an
ornament to the profession. He was quite snrc
that if they the Licensed Victuallers) wanted
any dirty work done, he (Mr. Perry), woull
wash his bands of them, as he believed him to be
strictly honourable. (Applause).
Mr. Perry responded.
Song, Mr. T. Well.
" The Press, was next given."
, Song, Mr. T. Corbett " Yotel Remember
me."

The health of the Vice Chairman was next
given by the Chairman, who said he was quite
sure they could not have a better Vice Chair-
man than Mr. Brooks.
Aong. !dr. T. Parkes, Hare faith in one another."
11, rtroJks, in Viat he took it all a
• •.,, being pLeel in the vice•ehair, and

CAA.F.I4I. hut honoured them with hie attendance
mat evening. He felt it very much that the noble chair.
mug shiml,l not have had a better vicmchairinsin than a
Licensed Victualler, as lie considered it WA, the duty of
landlord to attend to his guests, and he flattered hirm
self that he was very good at waiting. If anything had
be.m wanting, he wan cure they w add excuse it. He ex.
premed his tilsasure that the Licensed Victuallers had
again honoured him with the dinner, which showed that
they were satisfied on the last occasion. The speaker then
went on to refer to the many kindnefsee he had received
personally from the Lytteltun family, who, he said, were
good neighbours, and always willing to do anything they
meld for the welfare of Stourbridge—fehecre).
Song, Mr. Anden, " My Pretty Jane."
The Health of the District Friends," was the neat
toast.

Mr. o inrin, of Brierley responded.
Song, Mr. Thompion, " Gaffer Green."
The Chairman next gave the toaat of the evening.
"Success to the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society"
--(great cheering).

alr. Hughe';,- the President, replied in a very ha.
asourons speech, and Li loudly cheered.
Song, Mr. Seed!mood. " The Fluatonan's •jry."
The Vice-Chairman then pee " The Health of Mr.
Gracebrook and Mr. Trim."

During the craning:l number of songi were sung, and
a convivial evenMg ant .t..tt.

HARVEST HOME AT HAGLEY.

The annual harvest home and thanksgiving
took place at Bagley, ea Thursday last. In the
morning the parishioners went to church, where
an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev.
Marriott, of Chaddesley Corbett, who took
his text from the Zad chapter of Ruth, 4th verse,
" behold Boaz came from Bethlehem, and
said unto the reapers, the Lord be with you; and
they answered him, the Lord bless thee." The
rev, gentleman preached an excellent sermon.
dwelling at considerable length on the duties of
master and servant towards e:,cli other.

Alter the service was over upwards of 200 par-
ishioners sat doan to an excellent dinner pro-
vided at the Tap House. Lord Lyttelten occu-
pied the chair. There were also pre-cut the
Hon. and Rey. W. H. Lyttelton, Rev. Mar-
riott, Rev. - Evans, Rev. Tyler, Mr. Watson,
Mr. B. Wooldridge, Mr. Nunn, Mr. T. Amphlett,
Mr. W. Brooks (of London), Mr. 11. Wright,
Mr. Grove (Lutley), &c., Ac.
After dinner the Chairman said it was not
•sI to giNe :tv v-ts 1 tl.ese occasions. He
• Etal-,:ad, domes were more than 100
• heS old, and spoke at some length on the de.
• •,ility of continuing harvest gatherings of
kind, which tended to cement the good
feeling between masters and men. It was also
an occasion on which they could all meet to-
gether to return their thanks for a good harvest,
as it might be justly said they had had a good
harvest. The weather had been hot and dry,
but he thonght it could not he too hot or too
dry to suit the wheat. In consequence of the
great heat other things had suffered. Still they
had much to be thankful for. The other day be
was at Pensnett, and he saw a loan who had
sown a grain of wheat. They read in Scripture
that sonic would have 30 some 00, and some 100
fold. But he never heard of a greater increase
than no did at Pensnett—and he saw the eaten-
lion himself—for one grain of wheat 440 times
multiplied from one seed. He knew from his
own farm at Frankley that it had increased sixty
and seventy times, but notwithstanding the great
crops this year, we did not grow sufficient wheat
to support the country, and had largo quantities
from Russia, and other foreign parts of the
world. The Chairman then referred to the
failure of other crops, in consequence of the

Mr. Jackson appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Perry for
the defendant.
From the evidence it appears that the defendant asked
the plaintiff to sell a quantity of China goods for hhn.
He agreed to dire, and took the Corn Exchange for a
two days' sale. He had porters for two days, bills prin.
ted, and advertised. At the time of sale. defendant did
not send the goods as agreed upon, and he was put to the
above expenses.
For the defendant, it was alleged that it was an attempt
to extort money. Plaintiff had just taken out a license
as an auctioneer, and naked the defendant if he could get I
him 30 or -10 lots to put into the cttalogue, no as to make
a good impression on the public. Plaintiff asked for
about £2O worth, and defendant gave instructions to let
hint have them, and for them to be looked out of the
warehouse. Some goods were taken out, and plaintiff
isold it portion af them.
Two witnesses were called for the defence, and
1 His Honour gave a nonsuit.