Folkestone Express
10-1-1920
Quarter Sessions
Monday, January 5th: Before Sir Lewis Coward.
Robert Wilson (48), clerk, pleaded Guilty to three charges
of obtaining money by false pretences with intent to defraud as follows: £5
from Mr. W.W. Muddle, £2 from Mr. W.H. Barker, and £5 10s. from Miss Nancy
Stay. He admitted a previous conviction at the Marlborough Police Court. Mr.
E.A. Wetton (instructed by Mr. A.F. Kidson) appeared for the Crown.
In outlining the case, he said the man was employed at the
Hotel Metropole, where, during the railway strike, he saw Mr. Muddle and showed
him a letter addressed to Mr. Lewis, of St. Margaret`s Chambers, Victoria
Street, and asked him to change a cheque. Mr. Muddle did so, and eventually Mr.
Muddle sent the cheque to the bank, but it was returned marked “No Account”. A
similar procedure took place in the other two cases. The prisoner had been
employed at the Hotel Metropole as an entry clerk for about three months.
Det. Sergt. Squire, C Division, Metrpolitan Police,
stationed at Vine Street, said he was present at Marlborough Street Police
Court on August 24th, 1918, when the prisoner was sentenced to three
months` and three months` hard labour, to run consecutively, for obtaining £3
10s. by means of a worthless cheque. The reason why he was dealt with for the
two offences was that the prisoner went on one day to the Dairy Company`s
manageress and asked her to cash the cheque. She did not care to cash the
cheque without her principal`s authority, but she gave him £2, and the
following morning he went and collected 30s. The Magistrate thought there were
two offences. There were five other convictions, the first being two terms of
three months at Marylebone on December 6th, 1910 for stealing money
and embezzlement. He was sentenced to six months` hard labour at Devon Assizes
on October 30th, 1912, for false pretences and stealing clothing. He
was bound over in his own recognisances at Clerkenwell on July 3rd,
1913, for fraud, and on June 9th, 1914, he was sentenced to 12 months`
hard labour at the County of London Sessions for housebreaking. He received six
months` hard labour at Clerkenwell in October, 1916, for stealing a bag
containing clothes. He believed the prisoner`s people were well-to-do. He was a
native of Carshalton, in Surrey.
Mr. Collyer, Control Clerk at the Hotel Metropole, said the
Manager of the Hotel received a very good character from the Manager of the
Burlington Hotel, Dover, regarding the prisoner.
The Recorder said it was unfortunate for such a man as the
prisoner to have got into the employ of the Hotel Metropole and to have been in
the capacity he was.
Mr. Collyer, answering further questions, said the prisoner
was receiving 45s. a week and his food.
The Recorder said the prisoner had pleaded Guilty to a
succession of serious charges. It was his duty to warn the prisoner that if he
came again before another Court he would be sent away for a very long time.
Those were very clever frauds. His record would justify him (the Recorder) in
sending him to penal servitude. He would have one more chance, and he would be
imprisoned with hard labour for twelve calendar months.
Folkestone Herald
10-1-1920
Quarter Sessions
Monday, January 5th: Before Sir Lewis Coward.
Robert Wilson, aged 48, a clerk, was indicted for obtaining
£5 by false pretences from Walter William Muddle, also £2 from William Hubert
Barker, and £5 10s. from Nancy Stay, in October. Prisoner pleaded Guilty to all
three counts.
Mr. E.A. Whetton, who appeared for the Crown, said Wilson
went to Mr. William Muddle and asked him to cash a cheque for him, which was
signed by “J.D. Lewis”. Prisoner made a statement that through the railway
strike he was unable to get some money through. He presented similarly signed
cheques to the two other prosecutors. The accused had been employed at an hotel
as an entry clerk.
Detective Sergeant Squires, C Division, Metropolitan Police,
stated that at Marlborough Street Police Court on August 24th, 1918,
prisoner was sentenced to six months for obtaining £3 10s. by a worthless
cheque. There were five other convictions against him. One was at Marlborough
Street Police Court on December 6th, 1910, when he was given three
months for stealing money. He then got six months at Devon Assizes on 30th
October, 1912, for stealing and false pretences. He was before the Magistrates
at Clerkenwell in 1913 for fraud, and on 9th June, 1914, he got 12
months at the County of London Sessions. He received six months at Clerkenwell
also for stealing. In the Devon case it was stated that he had been employed at
an hotel, and witness believed he had been going round the country working at
different hotels. His people, he understood, were quite well-to-do.
The control clerk at an hotel said prisoner entered their
employ on July 16th last. The management, he understood, had a good
reference from an hotel at Dover.
The Recorder, in passing sentence of 12 months` hard labour,
warned the accused that if he came before any court again he would be put away
for some time. They were very clever frauds. The record before him would
justify any judge in sending him to penal servitude.
Folkestone Express
4-8-1923
Local News
Tuesday, July 31st: Before Mr. G.I. Swoffer, Col.
P. Broome-Giles, Mr. A. Stace, Alderman Dunk, Miss L. Weston, Dr. Nuttall, and
Mr. G. Boyd.
Mr. Barker, West Cliff Shades, applied for permission to
sell intoxicants on the Leas Sports Ground, on the occasion of the Cheerful
Sparrows` Fete, on Wednesday and Thursday next, from 2.30 to 10.30.
The Clerk pointed out that the Act of Parliament only
allowed the licence to be granted until ten o`clock.
Mr. F. Seager (Secretary of the Cheerful Sparrows) said they
must be content with ten o`clock.
The licence was granted until ten o`clock.
Folkestone Herald
4-8-1923
Local News
At the Folkestone Petty Sessions on Tuesday, Mr. W.J.
Barker, of the West Cliff Shades, applied for a licence to sell at the Cheerful
Sparrows` Fete on the Leas Sports Ground on Wednesday and Thursday, 8th
and 9th inst., from 2.30 till 10.30.
The Magistrates` Clerk (Mr. J. Andrew) stated that the Act
of Parliament provided that permission should not be granted for later than 10
p.m., unless for the purpose of a public dinner or ball.
Mr. F. Seager (Secretary of the Cheerful Sparrows) amended
the application for permission to sell till 10 p.m., and the Justices gave
their sanction.
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