... BIRMINGHAMPOLICE COURT. YEsTEEDnAY.-Bcfore Messrs. Colmore (Stip.), A. Chram- lirlain, G. B. Lloyd, F. B. Goodman. andu Brasm. ALLEGED LoNG-FRMs FEAUDs. - George Jackson, 55, Newtown Row, provision merchant, was charged with obtaiing goods by false pretences.-'risoner, it appears, has been in Birmingham about three months, and during that time has kept a shop at the address given above. ...

... A CAREER OF FRAUD. At the Aston Police Court, yesterday-before Messrs. Hill and' Peyton-Maria Owen, described as of no occupation, and living at a lodging-house in Park Street, Birmingham, was charged with attempting to obtain 5s. from Frederick Cooper, caster, 18, The Retreat, Sutton Street, by means of false pretences, on Friday last. 3 Prisoner is a woman of strong build, and when placed in ...

... WORCESTERSBTRE ASSIZES. *YS= DAY.-Before Mr. Justie Hawkims. A FORCED POLICr.-Thomss William James, alias Thomas William Jameson, alias Frank Gibson (72), ] engineer, of Inglebv Street, Birmingham, and previously of Aston, pleaded guilty to obtaining from Charles Roughton the sum of Se. by means of a forged policy, I purporting to be issued by the Prudential Assurance Company upon his own ...

... At the Birmingham Police Court, yesterday-before the Stipendiary (Mr. T. M. Colnore)-Geurge VWood- cook (30), St. George's Brewery, St. George Street, Summer Lane, retail brewer. wse charged with violently assaulting and unlawfu'±lj wouuding a man named Wil- liam Teakle by striking him or the head with a hammer, on December 17, 1889. The details of the case have already been published, the ...

... I THE SINTGER AND THE WIDOW. At the Westminster PoliceCourt, on.Monday, Denbigh Cooper, a professional singer, described further as a private-hotel proprietor, of Mostyn Road, Llandudno, appeared to an affiliation summons, at the instance of Mrs. Anne Pratt, a young widow, also engaged on the stage, and now residing in Pulford Street, Pimlico.- Mr. T. D. Dutton appeared for the complainant, ...

... I - THEE O'SHEA DIVORCE SUIT. CONTEMPT OF COURT. Yesterday, in the Divorce Court, the often deferred motions for attachment against the Freesaen's Journal for, contempt of court in its comments on the suit instituted by Captain O'Shea for divorce, by reason 'of his wife's alleged adultery with Charles Stewart Parnell, ALP., came on before Mr. Justice Butt. Similar motions against the London ...

... BImDGHA _COUNTY COuRT. YuTsrnDA.-Before His Honour Judae OCfsAers. Stut.Y V. MASTSMH-An action was brought by Ernest William Twiss, Corporation Street, to recover £11. Os. 3d. from William Augustus Barber, cabinet- maker, Colmore Row, for work done. Mr. Dorsett appeared for the plaintiff, and Mir. Stubbins for the ?? plaintiff was formerly employed as a clerk by'the defendant, and on December ...