The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-09 00:00:00

BRIERLEY HILL.

APPOINTMENT OF OVER4EFIRS.—At the Police
Court, on Monday, before Sir H. Llmbert, and P
H. Fo!ey and H. A: Payne, Esqs., the following
appointments of overseers took place :—Uppor
Arley, Henry James and Thomas Wells; Bobbing •
ton, Richard Borriston and James Nicholls; En-
vine, James Darrell and John Thomas Asbury;
Himley, Richard Horsepool and Charles Brooks;
Kinver, Henry White and Sampson Bird; Amble.
cote, Benjamin Wood and James Davies;
King—
swinford, Thomas Davies and Jeremiah Humph—
ries.

USEFUL INFORMATION.—Mr. Z. Cartwright, sur-
veyor of llimley. made an application for permission
to use his own horses and materials for repairing
the roads —Mr. King (m.igistrates' clerk), said it
was not generally known that a license had to 133
obtained from the ju-tices to al:ow them to use
their own horses and materials. Persons were
liable to a penalty if they did not get the licen o
from the magistrates —Mr. Cartwright produced a
resolution passed at a vest-y meeting, which set
forth that it would be to the benfit of the parish-
ioners if the surveyor was allowed to use his own
horses and materials.—The Bench granted th 3
application.

OusTaucrioN —George Briggs, Wolverhampton,
was charge] with obstructing the highway on the
25th ult, at Dawley Brook, Kingswinford.—Defervl-
ant said h,. had come from Kidderminster, and he
could not drive his horse to Wolverhampton with-
out giving it something.—The Bench said it was a
oangerous practice, ani fined him is and costs.—
Dan el Clark was charged with driving a cart upon
foot;aith on the 23rd ult. Mr. Z. Cartwright. said
the footpaths had been greatly damaged hy this
practice. They did with to pre,s the case, and had
only brought it to put a stop to the practice. The
ch oge was withdrawn on payment of costs,
DRITNKS.—Mary Cartwright, propri.etro,s of a
shooing gallery was charged with being drunk oa
the 30th ult. PC. Cartwright said he saw the do:-
feudan: in the Horse Shoe Mark t. She was drunk,
and refused to go home who he asked her. Fined
5s and cos's —John Fiingley, iron worker, Level
Street, was charged with beinz drunk on the 29th
ult in Fenton Sq,aet, Brierley llill Fined Is and
costs.--1. seph Beckley was fined 23 6 i and cot,
for bring drunk at l3rockmoor, on the 28th ult.
P.C. L .ITord proved the ewe,

FOND OF A COFFIN. —Tunes Ball, alias Bawley,
miner, Tack rho, was charged with beim; drunk
and disorderly at Brockmoor on the 28th ult. P.C.
Latiord saw the defendant, who was drunk and
refused to g‘i oft quietly, He was shouting eut
that he had been in a coffin one?, and could go in
again,—Stiperintflident Woollast'm said th.i de
fendant was the man wilo was carried about in a
coffin at the last election —Defendant, who has
bcen previously convicted, was fined 103 and costs,
or 14 days imprisonment.
COAL STEALERS —nary Jane Bowen, Shuker's
Poll, Go-nal, was charged with stealing a quantity
of coal from No. 9 pit bank, Ilimley C lliery, on
the 18th ult, the property of the guardians of the
Earl of Dudl..y. A.C. Taylor proved the case, and
defendant was fined 2s 6 l.—John Pri,ehard (12),
Lowtown, was charged with stealinr, qua.nti,y of
coal, value 21, on the 28th nit, the property cf
Richard 1.311 q and Co., Pensnett. Defendant was
ordered to receive 6 strokes with the birch.