The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1873-01-04 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

BIRSTALL.  BIRsTALL AND BATLEY SAVINGS' Bews.—The deposits in the various branches of the above bank for the week ending Dec 30th, were as follows:—Birstall, £ll5 15s. 41L; mondwike, £129 is. Od.; Cleckheaton, £55 3s. Od.; Batley, £lB Os. Od.; and Batley Carr, £8 2s 6d.: making a total of £326 Is. 101 d. Withdrawals from Birstall, £lB6 us. 2d.; Heckmondwike, £ll5 ss. 4d.;Cleckheaton,£2B Os. Od.; Batley, £1 2s. Od.; and Batley Carr, £5B 16s. 11d. : making a total of £389 14s. 71d. THE RINGEAS OF THE BIRSTALL PARISH CHURCH were on Wednesday nieht entertained to supper by the senior warden, Mr. John Greenwood, of The Mount. and afterwards they ascended the tower of St. Peter's Church. and rang, in a complete and masterly manner, a peal of 1873 changes, comp ,sed by Mr. J. W. Yates. The ringing was conducted by Joseph Dixon.—The members of the choir were also entertained by the same gentleman on Thursday; the ringers were also treated some time since by the junior warden, Mr. William Woodcock. ATTACH ON Two WEST RIDiNG CONSTABLES —Thomas Hinohliffe, an operative who works at the mill recently belonging to the late Mr. David Haley, of Batley, was charged, at the Dewsbury Court-house, last Monday, with being drunk and riotous, at Birstall, on the 27th ult. and also with assaulting police-constables Gould and Whittet, of the West-ridithr Constabulary.—The first-nemed officer stated that on the previous Friday he and Whittet were on duty in High-street, Birstall, when they came across the prisoner, who was drunk. They proceeded to take him into custody, but had no sooner commenced to do so than they were met with a shower of stones, which came from a number of the prisoner's companions. Oue &f the missies bit Gould on the hand, and almost disabled him, while another struck his lamp, and smashed it. The officers succeeded in getting the fellow into a passage, and here they managed to manacle him. Just as they acoom• plithed this, another volley of stones was fired at them; and as they attempted to shield themselves, the prisoner turned round and kicked both on the legs. They then compelled their prisoner to walk before them, and the stones again came thick and fast, striking Rinchliffe on the shoulders and head. lie cried out to his mates, "Don't throw any' more, or you'll murder me." They then desisted, and the officers succeeded in taking Hincbliffe to the lock-up. Police-constable Whittet corroborated the statement made by the other officer, and then the defendant denied the charge, and asserted that the officers had apprehended the wrong man. He was "as innocent as a bairn," and had "never sworn or szotten drunk" in his life. Police-constable Moore saw the prisoner in the cell at Birstall, and was of opinion that he was drunk.— The magistrates found the prisoner guilty, and senteuced him to pay a fine of Mi.. and costs for the first offence, and 30s. and expenses for the assault on the police; or, in default of payment, to suffer 35 days' imprisonment in the House of Correction.—At the West riding Police-court,. Dewsbury, yesterday, one of the gang above alluded to— Beejamin Dodgson, son of a pipe maker at Birstall, wNs6ned 40s. and costs for assaulting Whittet, one of the officers before-named Mr. Ackroyd, the presiding magistrate said the defendant had made the matter worse by bringing a man named Walker to swear falsely.