Folkestone
Express 5-10-1912
Friday, September 27th: Before
E.T. Ward Esq., Lieut. Col. Fynmore, J.J. Giles Esq., and Col. Owen.
Sarah Marsh was charged with being drunk
and disorderly in Tontine Street the previous afternoon. She pleaded Guilty.
P.C. Varrier said about half past one the previous day he was in Rendezvous Street, when he saw the woman, who was drunk, go into the public bar of the Prince Albert. She was refused drink, and when outside the house she commenced to make use of filthy language. Having previously cautioned her about her conduct, he took her into custody.
Prisoner said she was very sorry.
Inspector Swift said the woman was married,
but was living apart from her husband. She was a housekeeper for two men at
Lyminge.
Fined 5s. and 4s. costs, or seven days`
imprisonment in default.
Folkestone
Daily News 2-5-1913
Monday,
April 28th:
Before Messrs. Vaughan, Stainer, and Owen.
Ernest
Eustace was charged with being drunk and disorderly. Prisoner pleaded
Not Guilty.
P.C.
Toms, in proving the case, said on Saturday night prisoner was drunk
in Tontine Street, where he was having an altercation with another
man. Prisoner refused to go away, and commenced fighting.
P.C.
Piddock corroborated.
Sergt.
Prebble said that when brought to the station at 11.45 on Saturday
night prisoner was undoubtedly drunk.
Prisoner
said he was very excited, and he admitted striking another man with
whom he quarrelled. The other man was drunk, but he (accused) denied
that he was intoxicated.
Henry
Smith, of the Radnor Lodging House, said prisoner had an altercation
with another man, who struck accused, who at once hit back. Witness
and accused had been together all day on Saturday. They had three
drinks on Saturday night. They were in the Prince Albert about 1½
hours. Neither he nor the prisoner were drunk.
The
Chief Constable: What were you and accused doing on Saturday?
Witness:
Hawking.
Have
you a hawker`s licence? – No; I was selling flowers.
What
caused the trouble on Saturday night? – The others, who were
drunker than what we were. (Laughter)
The
Chief Constable said accused was fined in July last for drunkenness,
and in February of this year given 21 days for drunkenness and an
assault on a constable.
Fined
5s. and 7s. 6d. costs, and allowed until Saturday to pay.
Folkestone
Express 3-5-1913
Monday, April 28th: Before Alderman Vaughan,
Alderman Jenner, and Col. Owen.
Ernest Eustace was charged with being drunk and
disorderly on Saturday night. He pleaded Not Guilty.
P.C. Toms said he was on duty in Tontine Street, when
he saw prisoner having an altercation with another man. Seeing he was drunk,
with the assistance of P.C. Fox, he brought him to the police station.
P.C. Waters said about 11.30 he was on duty in Tontine
Street when he saw prisoner arguing with another man named Maxted. He separated
them and advised them to go away, the former doing so. Prisoner ran up to him
and again argued, and he had to again separate them, and then P.C. Toms
arrested Eustace.
P.S. Prebble said he was on duty at the police station
when defendant was brought in, and he was drunk.
Defendant denied that he was drunk, and said the other
men who set on to him and his friend were drunk.
Henry Smith said he was with prisoner on Saturday. They
had three drinks in the Prince Albert from half past nine to “chucking out
time”.
In reply to the Chief Constable, witness said the six
men who set on prisoner in Tontine Street were more drunk than they were.
(Laughter) A chap hit the prisoner in the face, and he struck back. He did not
hear what the policeman said to him.
The Chief Constable (Mr. H. Reeve) said there were two
previous convictions against the prisoner. Last July he was sentenced to twenty
one days` for a similar offence, and on the 8th of February he was
sentenced to twenty one days` for being drunk and disorderly, and a month for
assaulting a police constable.
Fined 5s. and 7s. 6d. costs, or fourteen days` hard
labour. The Magistrates allowed him till Saturday to pay.
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