The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-11-24 00:00:00

DUDLEY.

Toe MINE AOHNTS' ASSOCIATION lOR SOUTH &I'M,.
YonneOMß ASD EAST WoIiCE•TEReIIIRS.--A very nis•
Hotel, Dudley, to con.ider the alterations. in the newly-
acyrli'iurlYn tah?ecnhdetedi r, wmaseeliteirdg of
on Mlonnid" 'dy veennt gMart. job
the
tPhre°P°llerdiod codea ofrgn of colliery
o an assoinstion of the whole
body The extensive sherstions propolied by the local
ni,ing rules for this district, and fir
Government inspector were fully discussed, and the ob-
jections raised were agreed to be bud before the inspector
and the trade before they were generally adopted through-
out the district. A committee was formed to draw up
articles and rules of association. Periodical meetings
are to be held for the put poiie of discussing all noitters
relating to their practice. The next meeting is Axed for
She 19th December, at the Hotel, Dudley.
A YoUNO MAN CHAROED WITH STBALING HIS FATHER'S
BANK BooC—At the Police Court, on Monday last, be-
fore J. E. Swindell and S. Fereday, Esqrs.,lone h
WoodhaU, aged nineteen, bras. cooler, liate's Hill, ow

charged with etealing a bank book, the propirty of MS
father. Mr. Isaiah Woodhull. whitesmith, Nete's Hill.
Mrs. Sarah W00.11,11'1 identified the book es her hueband's
Property. Ur. Hervey Scott Smith mid that he was
clerk in the employ a
of the Wrrninitham Financial Corn.
pony, On the 1011 iGO, the prisetnrr presented the hank
hook in soestion. and stating that ha was Laiab Wood.
hall, enquired if the company were giving era., foe
balances in the lath ltiricgl,OW Banking Companyid
hooks, Oct being an,veritd in the nffirmotive. he left
On the following day be again entered the 'Attie, and
pn•dueed a bank book with a liolanee of £lOO against Nut
Ill.ininghem Bank. Witness had 'mil him fRO in di..
charge. In animus to the Bench, Mr. Smith tntecl tbat
enquiries had been made betwern the two vi.its id the
prisoner, and everything appeared straightforward. B.
tective.eergeant Clarke lof the lidortnghem Police)
staled that he apprehended the pr:soner og Seturday
evening, at Wednesbary. Upon charging him w:lIt m.
robbery. prisoner said it wee (mite correct; he
opened his father's drawers with a key. Isaiah IVaaa.
hall, the father of the prisoner, stated that he hal give'
his con no instructions to take the book. Mr. Swindell
enquired if the prisoner had preVIGIDIIV 1/orlOl a goat
character. Mr. Woodhall replied that he 6d not dorms
the laid year or twn. He had married a girl about his
own age, and had had his house tarnished by *Must,
after which he had cold the whole of the good,. .a
I spent the money. He came from Ilinninghtin I, Dad.
' ley very frequently. but did not call at his father's how,
i except On the occasion when the book was taken ryan
He bad been lising with some persons named Baker, who
i had received good• bought with the money received Rios
1 the bank book. The Magistrates ordered these persons
I (a father and two sons) into Court, and they were masa
med. The prisoner then stated that he had given Oleg
to one son, £1 to the other, and 10. to the father. 1.6
largest amount was to bny a shawl for the receiver's wife.
Upon the recommendation of the Bench, MGM,. Ihk.
expressed their intention of giving up the property.
A SMUGGLER CONVICTED.—Edward Challingwortk
Chitlins/worth. of Kate's Hill, gas.fitter, aged 21), was
charged at the Thames Police Court. London. on Monday
last, with smuggling five pounds twelve ounces of elm
and one pound of tobacco. The prisoner was a owe,
gee on board the General Steam Navigation Company's
steamship Waterloo, from Rotterdam. and his het yee
seardhed by a Customhouse oflicer named Harris, rho
asked him if he hail got anything about him or in hie bar
liable to duty, and the reply wan' about forty or filly
cigars among my clothee." There were forty cigarettes/
in his elothes. The officer then measured his h 0,,,
large one, and the depth inside did not corr.:spied with
the depth outside. There was a false bottom to the
chest, and on its being removed, five pounds laths
ouooes of tobacco were discovered, very closely earn.
preesed. They had been ingeniously packed betw,euths
false and the real bottom of the chest. The value sal
duty amonnted to £2 Is ltd. Mr. Partridg, said three
was no defence, and the cue was • very had One ft
fined the prisoner the treble valae and duty, VI Its 61,
or in default seveu days' imprisoament. The fiue wig
paid.