The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14 00:00:00

BRIERLEY BILL.

DRUNICENNEII3.—Lt the Police Court on Monday,
before Mere, H. Smith, G. King-Harrison, and
J. Ho'croft, Eli Collins, Moor Street, was charged
with bei .g drunk in Dudley Street, on the 30th ult.
D fendant, who is only eighteen years of age, and
h •s been pr 'musty cenvieted for drunkenness, was
fined 5s and costs.—Samuel Hinglev, labourer,
W ,rdsley Green, was charged with being drunk at
Wer sl y Gr.en, on the 30th ult. Fined 2s 6d and
cos ts.—Edwin C ,oper. baker and confectioner, High
Street, was charged with being drunk in Chapel
Street, on the 4 h inst, and was fined 28 Gd and
cos's.—Thomas Hill, Lower Gornal, was charged
with being drunk and disorderly near the Four
Furnaces Ine. Pensnett, on the 3rd inst. P.C.
Keegan said his attention was drawn to the defend.
ant by his bad language. He was in a drunken
condition and was in charge of a donkey and cart.
Defendant said he was taken ill, and only had a
glass of rum. A fine of 2s 6d and costs was
Pargeter, b. iler maker, Bank-st.,
was fined 2s 6d and crsts fur being drunk in Fenton
Street, on the 7th lust
"Toucit Yous ow N Wres."—Mary Cartwright,
sh ,oting gadltry proprieiress, was charged with
being d unk and disor ierly, on the 4th inst, In t e
Horse Shoe Market —P.C. Birch said the defendant
was drunk Gild using very language —P S. Connolly
are ece roborative evidence.—D.fendant pleaded
not guilty, and said she should not call any wit-
nesses as th t officers had sworn enough lies. The
defendant asked each offieer a few questions and
then commence I making a statement. An officer
VL 13 behind the & fendant and told her to confine
herself to questions, whereupon she sharply replied,
‘'D t touch me, touch your own wife." (Laughter.)
—Superintendent Woollaston proved a number of
previous convictions, and the Bench inflicted a fine
nf lOs and cos's.
SUNDAY MORNING PASTIME. James Parkes,
lab .urer, Jeseph Parkes, horsesnail maker, and
Henry Batemen, labourer, all of Oldswinford, were
ch irgA with being on trespass on land in the oc-
cup utile of RI hare G4iffi ha. at Iverl y, in seach
of g ime, on the Ist inst. Mr. Moore, game ke per,
sai i lie -aw tie defendan a with a lnrcher dog
coming from the dire, t;on of the sheeting range,
and lie saw them put the dou after a hare.—Charles
Well-bury. gamekeeper fJr Maj r William, said he
was watehing about eeven o'clock in the morning
on the Is ins!, and saw 5 men come down by the
rang with a lucher dog, which one of them put
trio a field after a nare. tie spoke to al toe three
defendants, and add "You'll hear of this again!'
—By 13a.teman : He did not see the dog with hint,
:Lnd was not on trespass.—By the B-nch : The
three defendants were turee of the five who had the
dog, and put it after the hare.—William Bayliss,
g ,mekeeper for Lord Lyttelton, gave corroborative
evid nee —Defendants said they only went for a
walk, and two men, with a dog, overtook them.
They (defendants) had no dog, and they walked
quietly behind the two men.—A previous conviction
was proved against James Parkes.—The Bench
said tt-ey had no doubt in their minds and fined
James Parkes 203 and co-ts, in default 1 month;
the other tlefendants were fined 103 and costs, in
default 1 month.

EDUCATION ACT.--A. nnmber of persons were
summoned for neglecting to send their children to
school regularly. Mr. Alden proved the cases. Two
were lied ls and two 2s 6d.

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COAL STEALERS. —Winifrel Painter, The Dock,
Dudley, was charged with stealing a quantity of
coal on the 29th nit, the property of Mr. Mills,
Pi.nsnett. Josiah Hickman, watchman, said he
saw the defendant picking coal off the slack mound.
Previous convictions were recorded against the
defendant, and she was fined lOs and costs.—Eliza-
b-tb. Bradley, married woman, Gornal Wood, was
charged with stealing a quantity of coal from No.
9 pit, Rimley, on the 6th ins', the property of the
Guar•lians of the Earl of Dudley. A.C. Taylor
proud the case, and defendant was fined 10s, or 7
days,
THEFT OF S MEETS
—Henry Badger (15 I, Words..
ley Green, wis charged with stealing a quantity of
sweets on the 3rd bast, the property of Abraham
Lon, Hi.h Stre-t, Wordsley.—Prisoner went into
Prosecutor's shop and blught a helf-penny worth of
wAets, being supplied out of a bag containing
141bs, Prosecutor afterwards had occasion to leave
tie shop, and upon returning discovered that the
bag had been stolen. When prisoner was arrested
he acknowledged stealing the sweets. The Bench
fiaetl him ss, and hoped the parents would punish
him as a warning.