The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-07-09 00:00:00

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING

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A special mocting of the C.‘er_ntissioliers was hell
on Monday. Mr. W J. T..rney in the chair.
Mr. Hatlkew moved that the following rates be
made for the current year : Improvement rate. Is.
6d. in the pound; hh way rate, Bd. in the polite! ;
andtaguegnhert that etldistr;ot rate of is. 10d. in the pound.
lie ho
was the maximum amount of
rates that they should have to raise in nay year,
and he hoped next yeer's rates would be less. The
e.ecrita was carried ; but when the rate books we-e
brought, in order to be signed, it was discovered
that many of the entties were in pencil. ,
The Chal•man asked what was the use of present-
ing a cock-and-bull thing like that? He shoti!d
not sign a rate in lead-Pencil. Me. Haskew, chair.
man of the Finance Committee, said it placed tha
Board in an awkward predicament. Here was one
of the priucipal officers instructed two months ago
to get this we:1; done. and he had had every
opportunity to get assistnnce, and should have hed
the books completed. They had no other COUriSC
but to adionrn the meeting to Another day for time
rates.) oohs to be finished. The Cbait man said e
tbon.:h: the offic.,r deserved a strong reprimand.
It was an outrage to present a book of that kind in
lead-pencil, to bu-iness men. It was agreed to
adjourn the meeting for tin ee days, to enable the
books to b .pt op fly. completed.
Tee only i.ther business was to elect two represrnt_
ative governors of the -Grammar School. Several
membees thought there ought to be a change in the
mem)). rs sent, hut uhin'ately the retiring ‘otiernors,
Mes3r;. Hughes aed H, Billingham, were re-
elected.

DEUNieNziess.—At the Police Court, 'yesterday,
before A r. Thomas, James Pckerson was tined 2e 6
and coets for drunkenuese at Cradley. Sergeant
Chare p (wad the cage.—Amp:hill• Boyle leas fin..e
2s ed aid e ,eta for being drunk in Coventry Stre t,
on the exa nst. Peli.:eseonstable Green proved
the easeeeeiannee Rratt was eliereed with being
dieink; in Wee Street'on the 2nd in-t.
stab!e Pr ynter prnved 4re.case and defendanr eee3
fined 2s 641 nsl co-ts.—John Cooper and John Hart
were each flied 28 6d and cc:eta for being drun't. at
the Lye. Policeeonstahle Jones proved the case.
CAUTION To BAKNRB. —Henry Thomas Yarnold
was chnr.ind With causing bre4d to be delivered
without proper w.ights at flra.,loy, on the 2nd inst.
D:fendant said it was a new boy and he did not
understand his business. Ser4eant Chare said he
ssw defendant's lad named Henry Shaw delivering
bread without waisrhte and scales. Toe lad told him
that, hi 3. master had sent him out with the Ine ad.
There wee a formw cenviction arainst defendant
for a aim': offence for which he was fined L 5. HP
was now, .1 3es, inelnd:ne coBts.
OssTr. Bef we Messrs. Thome@ and E.
Webb, I: Jury Glover eras ordered to pay 34 61 th
costs, for obstrueting the highway by le tying hi
horse and cart the'reon for 19 minutes, on the
inet.--tilfued NV. liceron, grecs-. [Leh Street, wa.:i
eherged 'With ailimilar off..nce on the let just.
Police constable C.irterriehe said he saw the horse
and' pert standing._ outside defendant's . door for 35
minutes. Defendant cared a vvitnese named William
Newnam, who said he was loading the cart for 25
Minutes and the rest of he time he was minding
the hprse. Cart vrigl,t now stated that there was
no one loading the e.o.t. or Rear the h. or cart
the whole time. The Bench aljonrned t; e ease to,.
a week for theeattendance of a ,witness for tee pro-
secution. Defendant said he waeted the ease se.ttled
at onee,lisei,ne with hina.Vvias money. The Bench
said they had decided to adjaurt the ease. Defend-
ant: I don't like it. Not at all.
Caurtote To CARTERi.—n,re'll Cre:rt w $
2e 6.1 aria cost for being ie such a rosition as not to
have proper n)ntrol over his horse and cart, no the
29th ult. Poicesconatables Green and Moore
prayed finding defendant asleep in hie cart alto it 6
o'olock in the morning, in High Street. -
Fusions DulVlNO.—FrederiA tt..y, of thelleath,
wro charged with furiously driving two horses and
a break at Bell Eta on the 21, h nit. Police-con-
eable D eris said he saw thedefendant driviug two
horses and a bre:dk at a fun i •ns rate. T• 10 'hores
we e gallopirm, end there was raving mall-three
other conv,yauces. Coarles Reid eirroborated.
Defend int said be passed the other vehicles in
order to escape the du.t. He was an hour and fifty
mieures Coming ten tnikl3, eo that he could riot have
ben driving furiously. Zacheriah Martin and Henry
GI iver, who were in the break, both swere poi.
ti Iy tlet • thert was no firious driving. The
Beeeb sail there wao a doubt in tacit nit ,d+ and
th ysh uld give the d,.tec,dant the ben tit of that
d .+A and dismile tee came. rh y were, hew ever,
Jet •rtuinod. to pat. a amp to pa. duwn,_ •uriuus diiv,

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