The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-04-07 00:00:00

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TUESTOTTERIDGE OBSERVER.

answt!rable ior ninny • accidents, and Mr.
Matthews does n-Al to piu him down to his
responsibility. Some of the legal technicali-
ties in the wording of the present Act,
which at times allow a culpable employer
a loophole here and there by which to
escape from the penalties attaching to
neglect of the care that he she ild exercise'
of his workmen's lives and limbs, are to be
left out of the new measure. The principle
,f Mr. Matthews' proposals is, however, the
oame as now recognised, the difference
mappel out being but a more comprehensive
and th ,roughly just appiication of the ap-
proved idea as to the rights of the matteis
at issue. As the old law requires, it is in-
cumbent on a workman, under Mr. Matthews'
scheme, to inform the empkyer or his
authorised representative of any defect or
negligence of a menacing nature which he
may have detected; but the /rare fact of the
workman continuing in his employment with
knowledge of the cause or causes which
brought about his injury is not hereafter to
be taken as a bar to the claim which may
arise, or even of itself to be considered as
showing that he has voluntarily incurred
risk. These are the main changes in the
law of master and man as regards- liability
and compensation for Accidental injury at
work which the Home Secretary desires to
make; and, being conceived in a Ppi rit of
fairness, it is to be hoped that Parliament,
will ere long find time for giving them all
the consideration they deserve.

outside rescavd defendant and he ran away.;
Witness can ' t him in an entry in Duke Street
Defelliant int,z on the lac:: and kicked hha
He was %radii relic •ed and they caught him on th«
:ootbridge. The people stimipted to rescue him
C•:rning up High•Str,nn defendant spat
his face several times. AU red Laydon gave evi-
dence on behalf of the police —Sergeant Bardwicki•
'ail when deten,lant kicked him ha struck it
with his staff.—Defeudaut was 'sentenced to thr:c
months' hard labour in each case.—Daniel Sasuki
John Corrigan and Fanny Tfueman were chargc,i
with ass4ulting Sergeant Hardwick° and P 0, Stl
Davis on th- 2nd int. This case arose out of tho
lAs Ate, defel,clants attemptin4 to rescue CorrL an.
obstructing and assaalting the offie.ers in a Nhanieni:
m-inner: Suri,ey, who was the rin..lesd,,r, we-
4•!iitence(i to four months hard labour, and be
,ther defendalts wero sentenced to two ruoutu,'
bird labour each
DUNK ANS 4ASSAULTING TUC Pollen —Before
Colonel Co.;hrano and T. D. Thomas, Esq., Thom -r
Brett was charged wih being drunk and disnrderl)4,
n Coventry-w, on the 2nl iust and further charge'
assaulting P.C. Paynter on the same datc.
P.C. Paynter saii he was on ,;try in (Jovsntr
Street, ab tnt o quartet to re •«-n Alonda)
night. Defeada-ur:was -trunk an.l disor...erty aLid
kieked witness w••ilst h was takinsr him to tic
Polio Station. Defenla.nt, wdo hse been many
times previ-ously c‘invicted, plea:led guilty, and wah
fined 2s and costs, or one month,
ASSAULTS ON .NOXEN.—Thoctuts Brunnan was
charged wi h assailAins Elizabeth Rodly on th,
2nd inst Comp!atnant, wi:o ppra:ed in the w.t-
ness boi with two bad black eyes, said ilefilietint
s ruck he • on the face and gave her two black eye
Fined 20s and costs. or one month,—John Wi et
was eh .rge4 with assaulting Louisa Pearson on
a 2nd inst: -.Complainant said defendant used beastly
.anguagetowara. her. H. burst he doer (yen aul
.rock her on the eye and knocked her over a cliaie
Defendant denied the assault. Fined 20s and costa,
or one month
BOARD or Guannwrs.—Mr. P. Pargeter presided
at the weekly meeting of this Bard yosterd.y.
Admitte i into the 'nuttee durng the week 9, dis-
charged 3, dead 4, remaining 505, against 559 in
corresponding week last year. On :oor
r lie!: Kingswinford• district .£46 134 6d, 8 our.
iige 639 16 5d Halesovreu £3O 78 30, non
esiden: panipts Cl 12s 6a, total Lilo 9s Sad,
aivat .£ll2 23 7kd last year.

information waa given to the police, and P.C.
AcHulh found the deceased's hat floating in the
water in the Birmingham Canal. near to OH Hill
Railway Station, and upon dragging the canal dis
uover6d the lifeless body of the deceased. The
jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned."—lt
is stßtor, +hit the deceased has recently hal left
him A 2,000.