The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-23 00:00:00

BRIERLEY HILL.

DnumnicNNEss.—At the folic° Court, on Monday
before Messrs. F. Evers and H. Hall, Joseph
Round, ironmaker, Kingswinford, was charged with
being drunk in the highway on the 9th inst. Police
constable Hawkins proved that defendant was
helplessly drunk in the road at Wordsley. The
defendant was ordered to pay the costs.—William
Dovey, ironworker, of Kingswin ford, was fined 2q(l
and costs, with the alternative of 7 days imprison-
ment, for being drunk and disorderly at Wordsley
on the 9th inst. Police-constable Hawkins proved
the offence.

BREACH OF THE PEACE.—Henry Smith High-street
Penstn.tt, and Richard Cartwright, Cottage Street,
Brierley Hill, were summoned for committing a
breach of the peace by fighting, at Pensnett, on
the 11th inst. Police-constable Hicklin proved the
offence and defendants, who pleaded guilty, was
bound over in their own recognisances of ..t5 each to
keep the peace for three month., and were ordered
to pay costs.

EXISE PROSECUTION. —John Simpson, beer-house
keeper, Buckpool, Wordsley, WM; summoned under
the 20 section of the New Brewing Act, for using
sugar in a brewing without entering it into a bc:v)k
k-pt by him for that purpose —Defendant pleaded
guilty—Mr. E. W. John (Lou lot). appeared to
prosecute —Mr. J. F. Otter, superviso:, said that
he visited the defendants premises on the 7th of
April, to inspect his brewing. Thee had been a
previous entry of the brewing to take place on that
day. There was no entry of strar made. He
took two samples of the wort and sent it t 3 London.
—Mr. Harkness (London) proved that sugar was
found in the wort.—A fine of £lO was imposed,
with a recommendation for the defendant to apply
to the Excise Board to have it reduced to £2 103. Od.

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STEALING WEARING APTAREL.—Wiliiaill Warr
and Isabella Warr .:man and wife, wei e;herged with
stealing a quantity of we, Iring apparel, ia the
11.anlet of Amblecote, on the 16th inst.—Police-
con-table Tytherley said that from information he
received he apprehended prisoners, who were
standin:4 near to Pearson's pawa shop, New Street.
Sourhridge, on Satur lay last, with tie propel ty
in their possession. [he property had Li.?en identi-
fied by Thomas Breeze —A. remand was asked kr
a week and it was granti 1.
COAL STEALING. Edward Ridley, who had
several pi evious convictions against him, was tined
10s, with the alternative 0111. days' impris,a meat,
for stealing coal from No. 30, Earl of Dudley's
Wallow's Colliery, on the 14th inst.—Elizabeth
Kellett, of Park S.,reet, was fined ss. for a similar
offence on the 13th inst. Police-constable Eden
proved the case.—Sarah Whittaker (10), Elizabeth
Payne (15), and Walter Hill (10), of Round Oak,
were charged with stealing coal the property of
the Earl of Dudley, on the 12th inst.—Defendants
pleaded guilty and were fined, Whittaker and
Payne 2s. 6d. each, and Hill was ordered to have
six strokes with the birch rod.

TKEFT.—Amelia Hall (23) was brought up on
remand charged with stealing a sheet, a black
cashmere shawl and a black clot') jacket value
255. the property of Ann Pearson, ef Moore Lane,
Brierley Hill.—Prosecutrix said fleet the prisoner
came to lodge with her on the sth inst. She had
then in a draw the above-mentioned articles and on
the 10th inst., she found out that they were missing,
She accused prisoner of taking them, but prisoner
made no reply.—Police sergeant Smith said that on
Sunday the 10th inst., he arrested th 3 prisoner and
charged her with stealing a sheet a shawl, and a
jacket, the property of Ann Pearson and in reply
to the charge she said I did not have the jacket,
I only had the shawl and sheet and those are in
pledge at Stourbridge."— Police-constable Eden
proved finding the sheet produced, which was
identified by prosecutrix as her property, pledged
at Stourbridge.—Prisoner, who pleaded guilty, was
committed to prison for 21 days.—Elizabeth
Moreton, of the Lye, was charl,ed with receiving
the articles well-knowing them to have been stolen.
This case was adjourned until Friday to 111 heard
at Stourbridge.