The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-18 00:00:00

DUDLEY.

SHOP DOOR ROBBERY.—.AI the P-lice Court, before
W. North (Ex Mayor). G. Baggot and J. Batetuan,
Esqrs., on Wednesday, Sarah Faulkner (27), a
married woman, residing at Darby End, was charged
with stealing a pair of boots. the -property of W,
Watts, bo)t and shoe dealer, of the Market-place.
Dudley. Prisoner was observed loitering about
prosecutor's shop door, and being watched was seen
to unhang a pair of boots from where they were ex-
posed for sale and walk away with them. She was
followed and given into the custody of Police-con-
stable Pitt, whom she offered to pay for the boots,
This being prisoner's first offence, she was fined
20s and costs, or one month's'imptisonment in de-
fault.

A Nauoitry GlRL.—Mary i‘nn Horton (13), a
girl of respectable appearance; living in Angel Street,
was charged with stealing the sum of 7s belonging
to Sarah Shakespeare, bout dealer, Snowhill. Mr.
Stokes appeared for the prisoner It appeared that
on Monday afternoon plisoner went into the shop
of prosecutrix, and on the latter asking what she
wanted she
.enquired the price of a pair of boots.
Whilst she was in the shop prosecutrix missed two
florins from the till, and after prisoner had left she
followed and questioned i her about the money.
Prisoner then said that "she was a naughty, wicked
girl, and that she had taken the money," at the
same time handing prosecutrix back 75., which she
said she had stolen from the till. Mr, Stokes now
urged that to convict the girl would be to ruin her,
and asked the Bench to deal with her in such a way
as would nut necessitate a conviction being regis-
tered against her. Mr. Barradale remarked that
the girl seemed to be on the verge of entering up.n
a bad career, and Chief Superintendent Burton said
something should be d ne to restrain her from the
influence of bad companions. Prisoner's mother
here care forward, and said her girl's behaviour at
home had been most exemplary, but she had now
male arrangements for sending her to a sch,ol in
Somersetshire. l'he Bench, under the circumstances
ordered prisoner to find a surety in £lO to be bound
for i.er appearance fur judgement when called upon
THE WEIGHTS AND IVIEASUREs ACT.—Another
batch of persons were summoned by Chief-inspector
Burton ror offences against the Weights and
Measui ei Act. The following cases were disposed
of :—Thornas Read, huckster, Hall Street, Ns therton
for having a flour scales one ounce against the pur-
chaser, was fined ss. and costs, and for being in pos-
session of several unstamped weights, was ordered to
pay costs only.—David Coates, huckster, High
Street, Neoherton, having a flour scales one ounce
against the purchaser, fined 6s and costs —George
and Albert Moyle and Company, Darby End, a
flour scales one ounce against the purchaser, fined is
and costs, and for having three unstamped weights
wasfordered to pay costs.—J( seph Butler, huckster,
Chapel Street, Netherton, having a scales a quarter
of an ounce against the buyer, fined is, and costs.
—William Heeley, huckster, S;. John-st., Nether-
ton, John Farmer, huckster, Bumble Hole, and
Benjamin Horton, High Street, Netherton, were
each ordered to pay costs for having unstamped
weights.—Joseph riodgetts, huckster, Darby End,
for having six weights all slightly deficient, was
fined 5s and costs, and ordered to forfeit the weights
Joseph Weston, Dudley Wocd, and William Ward,
butoner, Wolverhampton Street, Dudley, were each
fined Is and costs for having each a weight a drachm
deficient.