The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-05-11 00:00:00

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TfiE STOtTRBAIDGE OBSERVER.

gold watch you have got." I said, "Is this the
watch," and he said, " Yes." I unhooked the
watch and told him it was a stolen one. I told
him it was stolen by a girl namedjEllen Palmer
from Mr. Lewis. He said, " Yes, I know all
about it." I then brought the watch away, and
later in the morning I charged him with receiv-
ing the watch, kuosing it to be stolen. Ile
said, " Yes, I have had the watch," and after-
wards said, " It was not my fault f”r getting the
watch I wanted her to take it to Mr. Lewis.
He said the female prisoner had said to him,
" For God's Bike don't take it to Mr. Lewis. for
he would discharge my grandfather if he knew
it was me that stole it." I apprehended prisoner
at Stourbridge.
Cross-examined: I took a letter from Lim.
Mr. Addison: I should like to see that letter
for the Magistrates to read it.
Prosecutor (re-called) cross-eiamined by the
female prisoner :—Q.—Did you not meet me in
Coventry-street and ask me to go to your house,
as your wife was out 7—A.—Not that I am aware
of.—Q.—Did you not ask me to go to your
house and stay all night, and you would give me
=riling I liked.—A.—No, nothing of the kind.
Prisoner: He is speaking falsely, because he
did ask me.
Prisoner to Lewis: Did you not ask me to
meet you in the fields by the foundry at half-
past eight the following night, and I promised I
would?
Lewis: No, I did not.
Mr. Addison: I should like to see the letter.
Major Fletcher: There is nothing important
in it. _

Res, examined by Mr. Addison: When I saw
the male prisoner I did not say to him, " You
know that you stole the watch and ought to have
given it up," without cautioning him
Superintendent Freeman: It is not necessary
to caution him. _

Rea (continuing) : The Superintendent did
not tell me I ought not to question him any
more. The prisoner did not tell me he had not
got a watch, because I had my hand on it as
soon as I spoke to him He told me straight-
forward where the watch came from.

By Major Fletcher: It was when I had got
possession of the watch that he said that.
Mary Prosser said : I live in Mount-street.
The prisoner Palmer had been lodging with me
for six months until two or three months ago.
About the 15th of February prisoner brought a
man to the house. She was living with us at that
time, but left soon after. It was about 10 o'clock
at night, and the man that prisoner brought gave
me some money for drink. He was very well
dressed, and appeared tipsy. When I came back
the prisoner had the door fastened, and would
not let me in. She kept me there for ten min-
utes or a quarter of an hour. When I got into
the house I found them both as I left them.

Cross-examined: The male prisoner was not
at our house that night. Before this job hap-
pened prisoner (Goodman) used to come and
visit the female prisoner, and stay with her two
or three hours at a time.
Walter tinitt said : I live at Brook-street,
Longlands. I have been lodging at Kiddermin-
Was at work there on the 2nd just, and lodged
with the prisoner Goodman, and occupied the
same bed with him. I have seen a watch similar
to the one produced with Goodman. The first
time I went to Kidderminster fore job I saw the
watch, and Goodman had it then. Ho never
said how he got the watch. He did not say it
was his. I was present at the time he told his
landlord that his aunt had made him a present
of it, but I could not say whether the gold watch
produced was the same or not.
On prisoners being charged, Palmer said: I
am guilty. I stole the watch on the Friday
night. I met Goodman on the Monday night.
I told him I had something particular to tell him,
and I burst out crying. He asked me what I
was crying for, and asked uie if it was anything
abont him or myself, and I said myself. I told
him of my meeting with Mr. Lewis, and taking
the watch from him. He asked me if I had it
with me, and I said I had. I took the watch out
of my bosom, and the words he said were
"Good, God; do you know what brings you
with this? Do you know it would transport you
for five years." I told him I would destroy it or
return it back to the owner. Ile told me " No,"
and after he had got the watch in his hand he
said he would keep it. He took it from me first.
He said he would scratch the name out and then
he would defy the law. He told me afterwards
that if he went to work in a strange town he
would exchange the watch for another. He said
he would make me a present of something wore
valuable than the watch would he. He askethne
three weeks last Monday night if I could not
get him an Albert guard for it. lie told me if
anyone asked him about the watch, he s% ould
tell them his aunt gave it him.
Prisoner Goodman pleaded " Not guilty."
Palmer: There was a seal and chain on the
watch.

Mr. Addison applied for bail for Goodman.
Major Fletcher said the case was worse against
Goodman than against the woman. She was
anxious to make amends for what she had done.
Mr. Litticwood : If you can find substantial
bail we will take it—two sureties of £5O, and
himeelf in one of £lOO.

Major Fletcher to Mr. Addison: If you arc
not satisfied you can appeal to a judge. I think
it i a very surious charge against him.
Prisoner; were then both c im,nittAl to take
their trial at the next Worcester Sessions.

THE ENIARGEMENT OF OLDSWINFORD

CHURCHYARD.

A Vc -try Meeting Waß held M Oldswinford
Church, on Thursday afternoon, for the purpose
of enlarging the Churchyard. There vs a good
attendance, among those present being the Rey.
Adlev, Messrs. B. Brooks, G. Perry, H. King,
W, H. Jones, W. B. Collis, F. 'Westwood, W.
Edwards, E. Cund, J. Phillips, J. Griffin, J.
Chamberlain, P. Brooks, R. Brooks, H. Yates,
Ballow, Jo.

The her. G. Adley occupied the chair.
Mr. B. Brooks, the senior churchwarden, said
the meeting was called for the purpose of en.
larging the churchyard. It was thought that in
the course of two or three weeks no ground would
remain to bury in, and they ought to have it
enlarged immediately. They intended taking in
as little ground as possible, as they must even.
tually have a cemetery.
Mr. H. King said the plan produced had been
appoved of by Mr. Holland.
Mr. Jones, the other churchwarden, said the
rector had consented to sell the ground as the
last, at the rdte of 1O per acre. They in.
tended taking down the two walls, which were
very much damaged. There were impressions
in the parish that the rector got the money for
the ground. That was not so, the money was
handed over to Queen Anne's Bounty.
M. .J. Griffin: The money goes to the benefit
of the benefice.

Mr. Edwards : The next rector will get the
benefit of this.

Mr. Jones said he could not very well arrive
at au estimate. The land at £l5O per acre would
amount to £B6 ss, and the wall would be between
-£5O and .kt3o. The solicitors', surveyors', and
other charges he estimated would amount to
about .2250.

Mr. Collie: Look back to tbe boaks of former
years, and you will see that it is more than
£250.
Mr. Jones: It was about £373.

Mr. Collis: I hope we shall have a better wall
now than the last one.

Mr. Jones: I hope so ; the last wall is falling
down, and we shall have to back it up with
pillars.
Mr. Collie: Ido not think that the bricks of
the old wall will be of any use except to put in
the foundation of the new wall.

Mr. Jones: We purpose doing so.
Mr. Collis: How about the rate?
Mr. B. Brooks, We think 20.
Mr. Collis: Why not make a threepenny rats
at one.?

Mr. B. Brooks: It we get any extra money
we mast put the churchyard in proper repair,
and I think it is much required.
Mr. Phillip.: I should think you ought to
have a threepenny rate, and as Mr. Brooke sug-
gests that if there is any money over it would
be devoted to the churchyard.
Mr. Collis proposed, "That the required 2r.
12p be joined to the old burial ground."
This was seconded by Mr. Chamberlain, and
carried unanimously.
Mr. Collie said it was not • case where only
one or two should pay, but he considered it an
occasion when both rich and poor should render
their assistance.

Mr. Edwarda proposed, "That a rate of 3d in
the pound should be made to defray all ex-
penses.',' _

- Mr. Griffin seconded this, which was also car-
ried unanimously.
There was as other business.

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday; Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were also present:--Messrs. Brooks, Rollinson,
Wood, B. Homer, Peskin, Raybould, Fere-
day, Baker, Fiddian, Rhodes, P. Pargeter, Grit.
fin. Guest, Darby, and T. H. Pargeter. Admitted
into the house during, the week 15; discharged,
23; born, 0; dead, 2; remaining, 379.
Correspon.ling week last year, 422. Out-door
relief Kingswinford district, £3O 4s Pd; Stour.
bridge district, .C2l lie 7d ; Halesowen dis-
trict, £2l 7s 31; total, £73 3s 7d, against
£92 9s 8d last yar.
Some correspondence relating to Mr. Peen*,
public vaccinator, was read and the following
resolution was proposed by Mr. B. Homer, 2nd
by Mr. Brooks and carried unanimously: " That
! the meeting of the Board on Friday next be
made special, to take into consideration the sub-
ject of rescinding or not the resolution of the
Board appointing Mr. Pearse, as public vaccine.
tor, and also to determine or otherwise his con-
tract for vaccination."

Mr. James Pimlott Oates, L.S.A., has been
admitted a member of the Royal College of
Surgeons.
VOLUNTEER FumenaL.—On Sunday last, the
remains of Private John Skelding, belonging to
the Stonrbridge Volunteers, were interred in
Oldswinford Churchyard. Skelding lived at
Oldswinford, and for the last ten years had been
a member of the corps. Out of respect to him
upwards of 40 of his late comrades followed him
to his last resting place in their uniform. The
burial service was read by the Rev. G. Adley.
A painful Beene was enacted in the churchyard.
The grave was not sufficiently large for the cof-
fin, which bad to be pulled out twice, before the
sexton enlarged it so as to allow the coffin to rest
on the bottom. Great sympathy was expressed
by those present with the friends of deceased
for this unseemly behaviour.
STEALING AN UMBRELLA. At the Police
Court, on Tuesday, before Major Fletcher and
Mr. B. Littlewood, Ann Meredith, of Hagley,
was charged with stealing an umbrella, the pro-
perty of George Clarke, on the 12th ultimo, at
Stourbridge. Police.constable Hall said from
information received from prosecutor on Mon-
day, he went to prisoner's and found the um-
brella produced. Prisoner told him she bought
it. On the road lathe station she said she was
at the shop, and the umbrella must have caught
her dress, and it dropped down in the :Market
Hall. Prisoner was remanded until Yesterday,
before Messrs. B. Littlewood and W. C. Firm.
stone. Prosecutor said he lived in Angel-street,
and on the 12th ult missed an umbrella. Ellen
Anne Clarke, wife of prosecutor, said the um-
brella was safe in the shop, with two others.
The prisoner caine into the shop on the above
date, about one o'clock. Mary Ann Smith said
the umbrella produced was brought to her to be
repaid. This prisoner fetched it, saying that she
had called for it for a woman from Hagley. Po-
lice-constable Hall was re-called, and gave his
evidence as above. When he charged her with
stealing it she said, 'For God's sake, if it is
yours, take it, and don't make a bother about it."
She at first b :nied being in the shop, but after-
wards admitted being there, and said it must
have hung to the fringe of her dress, or to her
apron string. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr.
Perry addressed the Bench for the defence, and
put in two letters—one from the Hon. and Rev.
W. H. Lyttelton giving the prisoner a very good
character, and he (Mr. Perry) said the Bench
would take them for what they were worth.
They were not legal evidence, but there was not
any direct evidence against the prisoner. It was
quite true that the umbrella was in the posses-
sion of Clarke, and afterwards taken to Smith's
by two women to be repaired. There was no
direct evidence except that of the police. The
real thief might now be at Hagley. He spoke
strongly about the policeman cross-examining
the prisoner which he hid DO right to, and said
that upon questions being put to persons like the
prisoner they often said things against them-
selves through being in a state of confusion,
and he hoped the Bench would give the prisoner
the benefit of the doubt. The Bench remarked
that taking into consideration the good charac-
ter she had received from Mr. Lyttelton and Mr.
Harrison, and her having been locked up for four
days, they should order her to be locked up for
48 hours, and hoped it would be a caution to
her.

CAUTION TO WAGONERS.—At the Petty Sessions, yea.
terday, before Mr. B. Littlewood. Thomas Reynolds, in
the employ of Mr. GreuveA, was charged with riding on
his wagon on the road from Stourbridge to KiOdermin-
@ter, on the 4th, without reins. Police•constable Bevan
proved the case. Pltudel guilty. Ordered to. pay the
7a tid.

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A WIFE BRATER,-IMM, Messrs. B Littlewood and
W. C. Fire:ethane, Thomas Beech. a man with ore leg,
was charg..d with assaulting his wife, Ann Beech, on the
2nd inst. From the evidence of complainant it appears
that defendant is iu the habit of beating her Some
dispute arose about something being pledged, when the
defenbant etrack her several times about the head and
free, causing her mouth and nose to bleed. A woman
named Stringer gave corroborative evidence. Defendant
was aentenced to six weeks' hard labour, without the
option of a line.
CHARGE OF CRUELLY Ti) A DOG. —Noah Davies, Ed.
ward Davies, Joseph Davies, John Knowles and John
Smith were severally charged with cruelly illtreating a
dug, on the Ist lust:int. Mr. Stokes appeared to defend
Joseph Davies, and said that his client wire charged with
cruelty to • dog, sad be should ask that his ease b• tried
first, as no doubt Ile should, if v., paired, ersil the other
defendants as witnesses. Mr. Khrg said that all the de.
feria:lints were charged in the original summons with ti,.
joint °Moue, sad it was not necessary to pat in the whole
of the names in each of the 10.10111/013SRA served upon
them individually. After a long ergument. the Bench
ore-roiled the ul jsc.h n, nud tried all the el: fondants to•
gether, with the joiht offence. Mr. Stokes remarked that
be was prepared to go on. but considered it a great hard-
slim to his client but to allow him to call the others as
witnesses, as no name was on the summons but Ins own.
Henry Edwards, of Pedruore, said that about half-past
mix o'clock, as he was going to his tea, he saw the defend-
ants. and two others, with a dog. lie examined the dog,
and said that his leg was broken. Witness called the de-
fendants' attention to it, and told them if a policeman
was present he would give them into custody, as one of
the defendants pushed tha dog against • telegraph post,
and pulled It about. Edward Davies had the dog in his
arms. David Williams and W. Shelby came by at the
time, but said nothing. David Williams said that he saw
the defendants with a dog on the above date at Pedmore.
The dog WA3 right then. He afterwards saw all the de-
fendants kicking, besting, and illtreating a dog, and they
then threw it over a hedge. William Barrows, coachman
to Mrs. Hill, said he saw two men with a dog. One had
it by the hind legs, and the other by the head, sad they
threw it over the hedge. A man got over the palings and
threw it into the field again. Then another man picked
the dog up, threw it over his shoulder, and took it away.
Witness could not swear to the defendants, as be was a
stranger in the district. Wallient Taylor, of Bagley, cor-
roborated the last witness. Mr. Stokes addressed the
Bench for the defence, contending that the case had not
been proved against three of the defendants, and that as
there was a doubt the prisoners should be given the bean.
fit of it. The Bench retired for a short time, and on re.
turning eald they considered the case against Noah
Davies proved, sod lined him £3 and costs. The other
four were dismissed.

NkOLECTING TO SUPPJFIT A MOTHElL—Williftrn PAU-
son and Benjamin Pearson were charged with neglecting
to support their mother, and allowing her to become
chargeabla to the Union. Mr. Barratt proved that the
defendants' mother woe 86 years old. She was in the
Union. One of the sons agreed to allow her is 64 per
week 9 another brother had agreed to allow 64, and lie
asked for the defendants to contribute 7d each per week
The Bench made an order for them to pay 74 per week,
and costa.

A I' ARISE CONSTABLE IN TR(glßLE.—William Shelby,
a Parish.comitable, at l'..dmore, was summoned for neg-
lecting his duty, by not preventing some men from cruelly
illtreating • dog. on tha lit inst. David Williams raid
that defendant was present when the dog was being
ifl-
used. Defendant said it ws, not hi, duty to interfere,
but that of the police. Defendant mid that he saw the
dog thrown over the wall, but he was 233 yards from the
place. The Bench considered it was the duty of defend•
ant to prevent the cruelty, and was fined 5s and costs.

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