The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-28 00:00:00

THE STOUItI3IIIMI OBSERVER.

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LirIES',ING Sas lea. —The aneLal brewst,:r s ,s. I tile a'aueive laagii-ge they used towards him, and
t tee n risk• 4wl v Regis, in hieh is stricA aim and k. o •ko,l vet
iel del Vas 'D'd 111 poilee den add tit, aela ua again aud was, kuocked do raao a time by
he ah s:,bsdiaieoa. was held oe Xettaaelae), tt them. The defeeci-s was th cotnp ainent crock
el! Foliee Cott t, 0d Hill, the jastieta t ugae fiest end coaanenccd the row. T, e Ben h
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the Lecuang Coanniaee, beirg 11. H war r W
Bass .re.), aad C Holai•ot, lig a 1.1 the C.ivisions 11 days impriseament.
fele 2-3. al. arid c -,3.3, will the tatematiee 0: I
leaned there are 91 eld liceased houses, 50 beer- 11.10;IWAY a:reee, a sea:Lace,
nooses, 18 holders of outd.oor licenses, and five .was feted is. and costs, for allowing his harse to
perscns holding wine licenses. It appeared from staty on the highway on the 15te inst.
the black list that during the year three licensed laftuatc AND DISORDERLY, Cha-topher Bateman
victuallers and one beerhouse keeper had been dealt of Blackheath, was charged with being drunk and
with fer offences against their licenses. They 1 disorderly on the 17th May. Police-constable
were as follow : Atehousc-keePeas. Thomas Knowles said he was on duty in Long Lane,
Tibbetts, Fox Hunt Inn, Garratt'sslane, Old HiP I Blackheath, where he saw the defendant, who was
for keeping open after hours, DeceMebey 10.111, 1879, very drunk and abusive. A number of previous
ordered to pay costs; and permitting drunkenness defendant, and
convictions were proved against the de
on the 10th March, 1880, fined £5 and costs, the Bench imposed a fine of 109. and costs ;
in
license refused, Henry Tronaans, King's Arms, default 28 days imprisonment. Mr. Gem remarked
Rowley Village, keeping open after hours, April that if he (defendant) came before them again they
14th 1880, fined ss. and costs. Samuel Hughes, would commit him to prison with hard labour
Queen's Head Corngreaves road, Cradley Heath, without the option of a fine.
selling during prohibited hours, July 7th 1880, SCHOOL BOARD PROSECUTION.—IIenry Homer was
, fined 40s and costs; and refusing to admit the summoned by John Dingley, school attendance
I police on same date. fined 40s. and costs. Beerhouse officer, for neglecting to send two children to
' —mark Dunn, Springfield Rowley Regis (off school. A order was made for the children to
license) allowing ale to be consumed on the pre- slatend s2hool.
miscs, July 14th 1880, ordered to pay costs,—
There were now three applications for new licenses
and one for the renewal of an existing license.—
Mr. Waldron appeared on behalf of John Cutler, a
grocer and holder of a spirit license, at Cherry
Orchard, Old Hill, to apply for an off retail beer
license.—Mr. W. Hayes and Mr. Homer appeared
to oppase the application, and objected to it being
now made, on the ground that the statutory
notices instead of being posted on the premises for
which the license was applied for, had been posted
at the residence of the applicant at that time.—Mr.
Waldron admitted that the objection was fatal and
the application was adjourned to allow the notices
to be re-posted,—Mr. Hayes next made application
on behalf of Ann Cole, a widow, residing at Darby
Hand, for the provisional grant of a license to hold
any of the Excise licenses under the Licensing Act,
for consumption either on or off certain premises
about to be erected by her at Cox-lane,—Mr. Hayes
said the application was made': under somewhat
extraordinary circumstances. Near to the site on
which it was proposed to erect premises there
formerly existed a house which had been licensed
an 200 years, and was occupied by the present
applicant for about 20 years without complaint. In
1875, however, a "crowning in" took place, and
the house had to be vacated and taken down
before the licensing day. When the renewal of the
license was applied for it was objected to, on the
ground that the magistrates had DO power to renew
it certificate for a house that was not actually in
existence. Applicant was, however, told that if the
house was re-erected the license would be granted,
but it was in such a dangerous state that this cou'd
not be done. Since that time the owner of the
property. Mr. Hingley, had given the applicant
permission to erect a new house in close proximity
te the old one, and it was to the proposed new house
that the license was now asked to be granted,—Mr.
Burgess (surveyor to the Rowley Local Board) was
called, and in reply te Mr. Howard, said he thought
from the plans produced, that the new house when
erected would be let fur about £3O per year. The
cost of erection, exclusive of the price of land,
would be about £4so.—Mr. Wright opposed the
application on the ground that the number of
existing licensed houses was sufficient to meet the
requirements of the inhabitants.—The Magistrates
decided to adjourn the application, to enable the
applicant to produce an agreement between herself
and Mr. Hingley, showing that the land was going
to be sold to her by the latter, for the purpose above
stated.
LOCAL BOARD PROSECI7TION.-13afore Messrs.
11. Howard and C. Holcroft, Ephriam Coley,
Iteddal Hill, was summoneclefor converting a work.
coop into a dweliingetou-e, contrary to -the bye-
laws of the Rowley Local Board, and also for
allowing the building to be occupied as a house,
without the sanction of the said Board. Mr, A.
Wright, Oldbury, clerk to the Board, prosecuted,
and 111. r. Homer, Brierley Hill, defended. Mr.
Wright, in opening the case, said the Board were
always anxious to avoid summoning persons before
the magistrates ; but inasmuch as there were
several persons in the parish who were constantly
violating the bye-larfs, it became the duty of the
authorities to take action in the matter, or else the
powers of the surveyor would be entirely of non-
effect. In the present case the Board refused to
sanction the defendant's plan for turning a work-
shop into a dwelling house. Defendant, in defiance
of the Board and its officers, proceeded with the
work, and allowed it to be tenanted without first
obtaining the certificate from the Bo ird. Ho w.es
instructed to press for penalty, as an example ta
others.—Mr. Homer raised several technical ob-
jections, but eventually admitted, on behalf of the
defendant, that he had inadvertently infringed the
bye-laws. Mr, Wright, under these circumstances
cuasentea to a. nominal fine of 13 3nd costs.
As-SAT/LT.—Thou:Los Street was charged, with.
assaulting Samuel Law on the 21st inst. Com-
plainant said that ct.lendant struck him on the
back with a wicket. Deft ndant afterwards struck
him on the arm with a bat. The defence was that
complainant firs: threw three stones at him and
one struck him on the head and then defendant
threw a wicket at him. Case dismissed.
BREACH OF THE PEACE. —Harry Allport was
charged with committing a breach of the peace by
fighting, at Old Hill, on the 2lst inst. Police-con-
stable itowlands proved the case and defendant,
who pleaded guilty, was bound over to keep the
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and Cnarles Carr, two boys, were charged with
damaging growing grass, on the 21st inst., the
property of George Wellings. Prosecutor proved
the case and also said that he had repeatedly
cautioned the boys. Fined is each, to include
costs.

NEGLECTING A WIFE AND FAMILY. —James Hill
was charged with neglecting his wife and two
children, and c..using them to become chargttablo
to the Dudley Union. Jolm Tayln proved that
there was due to the Union £1 133. As the de-
feudaut had been twice previously convicted he
was sentenced to three months' hard labour, the
committal to stand over for,one montha—lienjamin
Mathews was charged with a similar offence. The
officer proved that there was due to the Dudley
I.lnit)n .C 42 12s. Defendant was sentenced to three
months' hard labour.
DAMAGING ftmr,—James Powell was charged
with wilfully (!am:tging turf, on the Bth inst., the
prt prriy of Joseph Wright. Complainant said the
defendant, with others, were jumping on the turf
and cutting it up. The damage done amounted to
6d. Fined 2s 6(1 and costs, and ordered to pay the
amount claimed Ltr damage.
4-41)ItuNx AND DISORDEULY—James Potter was
charged with being drunk and disorderly, and was
lined is and costs.—Alfred Allport, miner, was
fined is and costs, for a similar offence on the 21st
inst. Police-constable Rowlands proved the case