The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-16 00:00:00

, THE ELECTION RIOT AT DUDLEY.

At the Dudley Bnliee Court, on Monday, befor
the Mayor (Alderman Waldron), Mr. J. itu3saL.
and Mr. J. Aston (magistrates), Heury McDermott
(30), paintvr, Cross Street, was charwd with at—
saulting ant wounding Mr. W. J. D,x,m, teporter
13.ierley 1.1111, Mr. Alfred Young (instructed bv
Mr 11 oper) appeared again for the complainant.
tnd Mr. Dominictr Daley (inQtrut.te.t by Mr Ward
awl Mr Shaw) detended.
The evidence for the defence was continued.
Thesias Maitland, p inter, said it was the leg of
a chair or table t ;roan horn the body of the hall
which struck Dixon, and at hat time defendant
wai near to witness in the middle of the room.

By Mr. Young: He ha l been at Cr w's public-
nousL, with McDermott that same eveoing and had
some drink. He did not see McDermott pushed
out of the hall, hut wag puthed out himself. At
the close McDermott was on the platform. In
1874 witness was convicted of rioting in Dudley.
and underwent nine rnorithfe imprisonment with
ithed labour. ' He, McDermott, and Jose,,h LW-An-
son went to Crew's after the meeting. He had
no money for rioting,
In re-examination witness said he was a Liberal
in 1874, but he had had enough of them. HQ saw
gr. Dixon fighting like a nigh'ingale. Complain-
ant. was throwing chairs about in self-d fence.
Richard Spittle. horse dealer. Himlev Road, saw
Dixon struck with the leg of a table thrown flora
toe riglithind side of the hall, but defendant was
-11,-,n on the other side. Dixon was kn ,31.ted dew,
aid lay there half a minute b. fore McDermott go.
on to toe plattorm.
William Crew. publican, Wolverhampton-street,
sad tare were only till ee or four parsuns ou the
pla.fo,in when Dixon we: struck. He could not
tell who they were Dixen did not fall at once.
Cross-examiued : The complainant threw ten or
t Nelve chairs before be wav struck. MeD,rmoi
mig,it have been on the platform, but he did not
see him.
Several witnesses were then eallel, whose evidence
vra4 not ua aerial , and they were not crosnexam-
ined.

A d;chael Clobby, siloemaker, saw D:xon struck
Iron the right. tian i side of the taLll, while Men::
ait wa,4 ou the let. Dixon staggered, and took up
a olair to defend himeetf, and two young men the
asl3.ulted him.

Crois•examined: McDermott was then on the
aform.
.Mr. Joseph Smith Shaw, solicitor, stated that
119. saw th4t when Dixoti Vni struck he was on the
641 A -hand side of the hall, whitt,t defendant wa,
oo the left. He could not tell who assau;ted Disc,n
but he was struck with a broken piece of furniture.
At the time the blow was struck Dixon was dinging
eltair round his head, apparently for the purpJse
of defending hitmelf.
cross-examination witness said be was the
joint solicitor for the defence. He would not +-wear
that Dixon thre-v a chair before the blow. He did
not see two young men assaulting Dixon.
The defence was then closed, and the ranistrAt es
'let:Trained to hear some of the cross-summons°,
in the other cases before dezidiug what they sh iuld
do with McDermott.

The ease was, therefore, adj ,urned for a week
th 4., dQfondant's own bail boing tmkon.