The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-11-10 00:00:00

OLD HILL.

eltAßOlt or TORKATENINO.—At the Petty &ftsions,oo
Wed nesiloy test, before E. Moore an I F. W. O. Marrs.
Emirs , Ann l'earion no clierged by Eliz i Kirkman with
using thr, atening language to her, on the god init.
Complainant still that on the above dote ahe canto to tier
tiou-e and u•ed very bad langinige, and threatened to tear
her hi -- heart out. 11. finlu, t was ordered to fin 10110
sarety in f. 5, to keep the peace for one month, and piy
costs.
TI:ESP.IInING ON A nIII.WAY.—M MC IN thy Sessions,
on Wednesday mat. Eliza Chapin 111 was charged wlll
wilfihly trespas.ing on a railronl aging to the New
lii itnsli I e pony. Mr. Onnifrav appeared to rep.
port the ease, ant Mr. !Int bury .b•lemleil.—Mr. llombay
raid itoras a reey sm-di ni.tter 01 tre4pa,,, but a very
important one. In Suptenih.•r lin a child was killed on
the railroad while crosaing. An inquest was 1011, and
the coroner recoinineude I that persons found on the line
aboahl be prosecuted. O.,lonlatit was the first tiny had
tom& It WA, important they ,liould pot a stop trios
the defendant's own lit, sal M in there W.l
Meolloitite erg ye relining oil the line. Ile did Ind no oh
for n heavy line, but merely h, pet a stop to it —Samuel
tl:iylse. oialll lie Win:IWO:01103h toil the Locomotive railway
belonging to the New Britndi Iron Company. On the
:tr.l lest thfrinlant waked down the line, en•l cr0..•••.l nit
01.1 WI. Ile saw Ler_ for forty
.11. ask,' tier
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where she was gt•nig. She hll.l she 0110.11.1100 lie stopped
ft any yne.-3olin Inig. agent to the New Britisti jr,.,
emelt thy, 61011.111-11 LIDA Ile heal lie. 11 agent for 20 years,
ited provincial a plan if the railway. Ile knew the like
of rfaiway wilielf hall Item fit.nle for IS years. There was
an uld footi..ith leading to the Illackwagon Pit. It was
for the purr.. al going Lithe pit. There was 110
footpath. and Um defendant had no r.ght there ; 0111 l
there War a laoanl pat up cautioning, persons from walk-
ing on the tramway. The company ratio a locomotive
eon/lite 011 the line, find in September last a add was
killed and an hoplest woo het Itarbury suggested
that Mr. Barra shool•I go and see the place, as IL Was Very •
important to the public to know whether they had any
right to be there or uot. Ile was informed that it was
an old foot road.—The ease was adjourned fora fortnight
for that purpose.
Cu tear or ASOOLII.T.—On Wsdneaday last, at the
Public o:lice, Eliza Davis, Mary Aim Davis, Jane Davis,
Ritz. alieti, Davis, and Mary Ann Danis were charged by
Rainfall Jennings with assaulting her on the lath inst.
Mr. Burbury difen Complainaut said she went LO
fewli a pail of water, when the defends-at Jane shouted
after her, and then struck her. Witness returned the
blow, and Eliza Davis then struck tier on the head with
some iron ; aid the other defi taints afterwards struck
her. Mary Barker corroborated the last witness as to
the assault. Two witnesses were called for the defence,
whose evidence went to pron.. that the coinplainant was
the aggressor. Police-sergeant loaner said that the
qoarrelieg bad been going on for ne:wly three months
with both parties. Jane Davis and Mary Davis were dis-
charged. The other three defendants, and also the com-
plainant were bound over in .E 5 to keep the peace for one
Basrtmov Benjamin Bloomer, elminiataker, was
eltarg 4 4 I by Eden Rowe with being the father of her ille•
Kitimat° ehiiih. Pleaded guilty. Ordered to pay 2.s
per week and masts.
Sryamso a WATI.II.—At the Petty Sessions, on Wed-
nesday last, Eli Griffin was charged by Benjamin Waite
with feloniously HU:ailing a silver watch, his property.
Prosecutor said that lie War brother-in-law to the defeed-
ant. Ile met him and /masked what time it was. Wit-
ness trilled out the watch to look at it, when the defend-
ant took held of it, and put it into his pocket. From
other evidrnee it appears to have been a family matter.
Defelltbort stated that his fattier left the watch 1.0 hien.
I.lllOntately the defendant ;agreed to give up the watch
and pay the costs, and the ease was withdrawn.
CH snow OF Conrail ALM WoUNDLYO.-0a Wednes-
day last, JOllll Woodhall and Isaac Siviter were charged
with milwfally cutting and wounding William Beresford.
Adjourned for a fortnight.
STIS.U.I,OI C0a1..-1'110.1,0 Maguire, Matilda Philips,
Comfort Miller, Mary Jones, and Sarah Ann Jones were
brought tip on a remand charged with stealing coal on
the Ittilt all, the property of James Bagley, of 'Vivid:lle.
The eases were withdrawn on defendants promising not
to elfeud again.