Some history on Stourbridge in the county of Worcestershire

Worcestershire | Stourbridge

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"On Friday morning an accident occurred at the corner of the Rye Market, Stourbridge, to a young man named Thomas Saunders, who, with several of his fellow workmen, had been drinking during the early hours of the morning. The party subsequently began "larking" in the street, when Saunders came in contact with the wheel of a water cart, which knocked him down, the wheel passing over his ankle and instep, snapping some of the small bones, and causing the poor fellow excruciating pain."
"Accident"
Worcestershire Chronicle : August 4th 1847 Page 5

"Ann Callaghan, a young woman about 17 years-old, was charged with robbing Francis Richards, of Stourbridge, of upwards of £5. On Wednesday the prisoner went into prosecutor's shop, and asked to look at some combs. Richards took the advantage of her visit to contract an imprudent intimacy with her, the result of which was that on her leaving the house he missed the above from his pocket. He gave information to the police, and P.C. Turner apprehended the prisoner. On Mrs. Turner proceeding to search her, she struck Mrs. Turner, when her husband went Mrs. Turner's assistance, and on shaking the prisoner, £4. 18s. 2d. fell from her bosom, in addition to 2s. which had been found upon her before. She was committed to the sessions."
"A Fool And His Money"
Worcestershire Chronicle : January 25th 1854 Page 2

"Charles Morton, a coal seller, of Stourbridge, was charged by his wife, Ann Morton, with cruelly assaulting her on the 31st ult., and produced a quantity of her hair which he had torn from her head. The defendant said she began assaulting him, and took his drink from him while in a public-house. One month's hard labour."
"Assault"
Brierley Hill Advertiser : April 5th 1856 Page 2

"Samuel Timmins was charged with assaulting Thomas Hill, on the 18th inst. Defendant pleaded guilty. Complainant stated that on the evening in question he met the defendant in Birmingham Street, and without giving him any provocation he gave defendant several blows on the face. Fined 2s 6d and costs; or in default seven days' imprisonment."
"Assaulting A Man"
County Express : January 23rd 1875 Page 8

"At the Police Court on Monday, before Colonel Fletcher and Mr. R. L. Freer, William Wadham, hawker, of Lincoln, and Jane, his wife, were charged with violent assault on Police-Constable Dunn. Between twelve and one on Sunday morning Dunn found the female prisoner making a great noise High Street, and remonstrance being of no avail, he took hold of her to remove her to the station. The man lost no time in attacking Dunn, and the latter though no match for Wadham, who is a very powerful fellow, seized him and held him resolutely. They went down in the mud and rolled over and over, the woman helping her liege lord the best in her power by kicking Dunn. His cape and muffler were torn off, and he would have had the worst of it but for the arrival of some men who assisted him in removing the hawker to the police station. Mrs. Wadham followed the fortunes of her husband, and Dunn no sooner found her in the yard of the police station than he closed the outer door. On discovering the trap in which she was, she began hurling pieces of stone at Dunn, who had to summon assistance. George Jones subsequently went to search the male prisoner, who thereupon struck him the face. The prisoners were each committed for two months, without the option of a fine."
"Assaulting A Policeman"
Worcestershire Chronicle : February 20th 1875 Page 7

"Charles Commander, maltster, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Coventry Street, Stourbridge, on the 4th inst. Police Constable Jewson gave evidence, and a fine of 5s. and costs was imposed. John Hart, miner, Quarry Bank, was fined 5s and costs, on Police Sergeant Payne's evidence, for being drunk and disorderly on the 6th inst., at Pedmore. Robert Butler, gardener, Oldswinford, on Police Constable Paynter's evidence was fined 5s and costs for a similar offence. Walter Walker, cabman, Stourbridge, drunk in charge of a horse and cab after midnight on the 29th ult., was fined 1s and costs, as he had been already fined at Brierley Hill in the same case. The offence was proved by Police Sergeant Jones, who found defendant in Kidderminster Street. Benjamin Davenport, carter, Belbroughton, who admitted that he felt the effects of drink while in the highway on the 5th inst., was charged with drunkenness, as while he was intoxicated he unfortunately went to the police station for sales and weights. Colonel Fletcher remarked that it was not quite so singular as the man who rang the bell at a magistrate's door and asked, "Be I drunk?" [Laughter.] As it was defendant's first offence he would be fined 1s. and costs. Thomas Stanton, labourer, Stourbridge, was fined 20s. and costs on Police Constable Eve's evidence, for being drunk and disorderly near the Clock. He had been up several times before."
"Drunkenness"
County Advertiser & Herald for Staffordshire and Worcestershire : July 12th 1879 Page 5

"A shocking accident occurred last Monday to James Careless, steam-roller driver for the Stourbridge Commissioners. He had been at work some Stourbridge with the roller, and after he started homewards he stumbled and fell from the fireplate into the road. He tried to get clear of the roller, but it crushed against his side, inflicting a terrible injury. The poor fellow did not long survive."
"Fatal Steamroller Accident"
Worcestershire Chronicle : April 14th 1888 Page 2