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Saturday 27 July 2013

Globe (2) 1890 - 1894



Folkestone Chronicle 15-2-1890

Saturday, February 8th: Before The Mayor, Major H.W. Poole, Surgeon General Gilbourne, W.G. Herbert and W. Wightwick Esqs.

Mr. Thomas Hall applied for the transfer of the licence of the Globe Hotel from Mr. Tritton. Granted.

Folkestone Express 15-11-1890

County Court

Tuesday, November 11th: Before Judge Selfe

P. Upton v Robert Carter: Claim £3 1s. 9d. Defendant is a publican. Committed for 14 days. Order suspended for 28.

Note: Oddfellows Arms

Wednesday, November 12th: Before H.W. Poole, W. Wightwick, J. Brooke and W.G. Herbert Esqs., and Surgeon General Gilbourne.

Thomas Lister, a marine store dealer, was charged with committing a criminal assault on Emily Newing, and also with stealing two two shilling pieces from her on Tuesday evening.

Emily Newing, the wife of William Newing, a labourer, lodging at the Bricklayers` Arms, said the prisoner and his wife also lodged there. She met the prisoner about seven o`clock on Tuesday evening near the Globe, on The Bayle. Up to that time she had never spoken to him. He asked her to mind his bag for a few minutes, which she did. When he returned he asked her to go into the Globe and have something to drink. They each had two glasses of porter. They were in the house five or ten minutes and left together. He then dabe her goodnight and went towards High Street. She went down the Parade Steps. When she was halfway down the prisoner came behind her and threw her down. She had two two shilling pieces tied in her handkerchief, which prisoner took, and he then ran away up the steps.

Dr. Bateman stated that the prosecutrix was taken to him on the previous night at about 10.30. He examined her and saw nothing to lead him to suppose that the assault complained of had been committed.

P.C. Scott said he took the prisoner into custody for stealing two two shilling pieces, and when charged prisoner said “It`s a lie”. Up to the time prisoner was taken into custody the woman made no other statement. He searched the prisoner and found one two shilling piece, four shillings and some bronze.

Supt. Taylor having given evidence, the Bench called the prosecutrix to the front and said the story told was so improbable that they had no hesitation in dismissing both the charge of assault and theft.

Folkestone Chronicle 29-11-1890

Local News

At the Folkestone Police Court on Wednesday, Thomas Hall, landlord of the Globe Hotel, was charged with selling intoxicating liquors during prohibited hours on the 14th instant.

Mr. Minter prosecuted, and stated that the police entered the house at five and twenty to twelve on the night in question, and found two soldiers and two prostitutes drinking.

Defendant pleaded Guilty and no evidence was taken.

Defendant: I should like to ask the constable (P.C. Dawson) how he got the information.

Supt. Taylor: Oh, no, thank you; we can`t oblige. (Laughter)

Alderman Pledge: What is your object for asking?

Defendant: Because there was no policeman there at the time.

Mr. Bradley: You mean you didn`t see any. (Laughter)

Mr. Minter: Perhaps the Superintendent can tell you the character of the house.

Superintendent Taylor said the defendant was a new landlord, and so far had conducted the house very well indeed.

Fined £2 10s. and 8s. costs.

Folkestone Express 29-11-1890

Wednesday, November 26th: Before The Mayor, J. Holden, J. Clark, S. Penfold, and J. Pledge Esqs.

Thomas Hall was charged with selling intoxicating liquors during prohibited hours on the 14th November.

Mr. Minter, who prosecuted, said on the 14th inst. the police appeared at the house at 25 minutes past eleven and found two soldiers and two prostitutes. There was an excuse made that the soldiers were going to stay there, but they said they were not. He understood it was the first offence, and as the defendant had pleaded Guilty he would leave the Bench to deal with it.

The defendant desired to know how the police got the information. He did not know the women were prostitutes.

Superintendent Taylor said he did not press for a heavy penalty. It was the first offence, and up to that time the house had been very well conducted.

The Bench fined the defendant 50s. and 8s. costs.

Folkestone Express 13-12-1890

Saturday, December 6th: Before Captain Carter, J. Holden and E. Ward Esqs., and Aldermen Pledge and J. Sherwood.

Two soldiers and also two “ladies” were charged with being found on licensed premises at the Globe Hotel on the 14th November.

P.C. Dawson said he visited the house at 11.35 at night and found the four defendants there. The landlord had been fined 50s. and costs.

The defendants all pleaded that they did not think it was so late. The men said they had only recently come from India and were not aware of the rules.

The defendants were each fined 5s. and 9s. costs.

Folkestone Chronicle 29-8-1891

Wednesday, August 26th: Before J. Clarke, J. Pledge, J. Holden, W. Wightwick, H.W. Poole and F. Boykett Esqs.

Annual Licensing Sessions

Superintendent Taylor objected to the renewal of the licence of the Bellevue Hotel (Mr. Adams), and also to the renewal of the licence of the Globe Hotel (Mr. Hall). The latter was represented by Mr. F. Hall.

The licenses of both these houses were withheld until the adjournment.

The adjourned Sessions will be held on the 23rd of September.

Southeastern Gazette 1-9-1891

Licensing Sessions

The annual Licensing Sessions were held on Wednesday, when objections were raised against the renewal of the licences for the Globe Hotel, the Bellevue Hotel. The Bouverie Hotel, and the Tramway Tavern. Mr. Rooke appeared on behalf of the council of the Folkestone Temperance Society, and the whole of the cases were eventually adjourned until Sept. 23.
 
Folkestone Chronicle 26-9-1891

Wednesday, September 23rd: Before J. Clarke Esq., Major Poole, J. Holden, W. Wightwick, F. Boykett and J. Pledge Esqs.

Adjourned Licensing Sessions

The Globe Hotel

Mr. Hall attended for a renewal of the licence of the Globe Hotel. Mr. F. Hall appeared for the applicant.

Superintendent Taylor stated that Hall was fined 50s. and 8s. costs on the 26th of November for allowing four persons to remain in the house after closing time.

In answer to Mr. Hall, the witness said they were discovered about twenty five minutes after eleven. He had had no other complaints about the house, the general conduct of which was good.

The Chairman said the licence would be renewed, but he would advise the landlord to be very careful in future as there was a disposition to reduce the number of licences.

Folkestone Express 26-9-1891

Wednesday, September 23rd: Before J. Clark, J. Holden, H.W. Poole, W. Wightwick, F. Boykett and J. Pledge Esqs.

Adjourned Licensing Day

The Globe Hotel

Mr. F. Hall applied on behalf of Mr. Thomas Hall for a renewal of this licence.

Superintendent Taylor said on the 21st November last applicant was convicted for selling during prohibited hours. The licence was not endorsed.

In answer to Mr. Hall, Superintendent Taylor said the time was between eleven and half past. Two soldiers and two women went in after hours. There had been no other complaint against the house, the general conduct of which was good.

The licence was renewed, the applicant being cautioned as to the future conduct of the house.

Sandgate Visitors` List 2-10-1891


Local News

A burglary was committed at the Globe Hotel, Folkestone, early on Thursday morning, and a sum of £40 and a silver watch belonging to the landlord, Mr. Thomas Hall, stolen. The burglar was disturbed and chased, but managed to evade capture.
 
Folkestone Chronicle 3-10-1891

Local News

At the Folkestone Police Court yesterday, before The Mayor, Alderman Sherwood, Captain Carter, Alderman Pledge, and W. Wightwick Esq., Edmund O`Burke, of New York, was charged with burglariously entering the Globe Hotel at an early hour on Thursday morning, and stealing therefrom £35 in gold, a pocket-book, £1 6s. in silver, a £5 bank note, and a silver watch and chain.

The case created a great deal of public interest, the Court being densely crowded.

The prisoner, who pleaded Guilty to the charge, is about 5 ft. 6 ins. in height and about 25 years in age.

P.S. James Campany, of the Dover Police Force, said: At twenty past eight this morning I was in Military Road, Dover. I there saw the prisoner. In consequence of information I had received from the Folkestone Police, I arrested him. I told him I should take him into custody  on a charge of robbing an hotel at Folkestone. He said “Very well”. I took him to the Dover Police Station, where I searched him. I found one £5 Bank of England note, £28 10s. in gold, £1 7s. 3d. in silver, a foreign silver coin, fivepence in bronze, a silver watch and chain, a pocket book –

Prisoner: And a Continental phrase book.

Witness (continuing): I brought him to the Folkestone Police Station. On the way he told me he had left his shoes in the Hotel, and asked me if I thought they would let him have them. I told him I didn`t know.

Thomas Hall said: I am the landlord of the Globe Hotel, and woke about half past four yesterday morning. I was awakend by seeing a light go past my bedroom. I did not hear anyone in my room. I looked out of the door and asked who was there, but I received no answer. I heard a window pushed up in the next room, and I at once looked out of my own bedroom window. I saw a man drop from the window-ledge of the adjoining room. He landed on the cellar flap, and then ran away. I could not see his face distinctly, and am unable to identify the prisoner. He appeared to be dressed similar to the man in the dock. I called out “Stop, thief!” Mr. Goldsack, the sweep, was coming round the corner, and he ran in pursuit of him. They ran in the direction of the Bayle Steps. I examined my bedroom, and found that he had taken my keys from my trousers pocket, and unlocked my portmanteau. He had taken my wearing apparel out of my room, and I afterwards found them in the scullery. I missed £35 in gold from the portmanteau; also one five pound note, and about £1 6s. in silver. The money was in a little pocket book. I missed the watch and chain, produced, from the till in the bar, and I found the pair of boots, now produced, in the scullery. The boots are not my property.

Superintendent Taylor asked for a remand until Wednesday.

Prisoner: I should regard it as a very great favour if the Bench will sentence me at once.

Mr. Bradley said even if a prima facie case were made out against prisoner, the Bench could not deal with it. He would have to be sent to the Maidstone Assizes.

The Chairman: You will be remanded until Wednesday.

Prisoner: May I have my boots to wear, gentlemen?

Mr. Bradley: You won`t want them just yet. (Laughter)

The prisoner was then removed below.

Folkestone Herald 3-10-1891

Local News

Late on Wednesday night, or early on Thursday morning, a daring burglary took place at the Globe Hotel. Mr. Hall states that he was sleeping alone on the night in question, and was aroused by a man walking about his room with a light. He at once challenged him, but received no reply. Mr. Hall at once dressed himself, and the miscreant made his escape through the window. A cry was raised of “Stop, Thief!”, and a man endeavoured to close with the burglar, but he was soon lost to view. An examination of the hotel proved that a serious burglary had taken place, and the police were at once communicated with, who, with commendable promptitude, put the telephone and electric wires at work, with the result that the man “wanted” was found at Dover early yesterday (Friday) morning. The police deserve great praise for the successful measures they took to ensure the capture of the man.

Police proceedings yesterday

Before The Mayor, Capt. Carter, Alderman Sherwood, Mr. W. Wightwick, and Mr. James Pledge.

Edward O`Burke, who gave no address, was brought up and charged with burglary at the Globe Hotel on the night of Wednesday last, and with stealing £36 6s. in money, a Bank of England £5 note, watch and chain, etc.

The evidence of Mr. Hall, who identified the articles produced as his property, and that of a police sergeant from Dover proving the arrest, having been heard, the prisoner was remanded till Wednesday next.

Southeastern Gazette 6-10-1891

Local News

A burglary was perpetrated at the Globe Hotel on Thursday, when about £50 and a watch belonging to the landlord were stolen. The burglar was alarmed and pursued, leaving his boots behind.

At the Folkestone police-court on Friday, before the Mayor, Alderman Sherwood, Capt. Carter, Alderman Pledge, and Mr. W. Wightwick, Edmund O’ Burke, of New York, was charged with burglariously entering the Globe Hotel at an early hour on Thursday morning, and stealing therefrom £45 in gold, a pocket-book, £1 6s. in silver, a £5 note, and a silver watch and chain. The prisoner, who pleaded guilty to the charge, is about 6ft. 6in. in height, and about 25 years of age.

P.S. James Campany. of the Dover police force, said he went to Folkestone Road and arrested the prisoner. On searching him witness found one £5 note, £28 10s. in gold, £1 7s. 3d. in silver, a foreign coin, 5d. in bronze, a silver watch and chain, and a pocket-book.

Prisoner: And a Continental “phrase-book.”

Thos. Hall said: I am the landlord of the Globe Hotel, Dover (sic). About half-past four yesterday morning I was awakened by seeing a light go past my bedroom. I did not hear anyone in my room. I looked out at the door and asked who was there, but I received no answer. I heard a window pushed up in the next room, and I at once looked out of my own bedroom window. I then saw a man drop from the window ledge of the adjoining room. He landed on the cellar-flap and then ran away. I could not see his face distinctly, and am unable to identify the prisoner. I called out, “Stop thief.” A man was coming round the corner, and he ran after the person escaping. I found my wearing apparel in the scullery. I missed £45 in gold and other money from my portmanteau, the keys of which had been taken from my trousers pocket.

Supt. Taylor asked for a remand until Wednesday.

Prisoner: I should regard it as a very great favour if the Bench will sentence me at once.

The prisoner was then remanded.
 
Folkestone Express 7-10-1891

Local News

Early on Thursday morning a burglary was effected at the Globe Hotel, which is kept by Mr. T. Hall, and the burglar, we hear, got clear away with about £40 in cash, and an old silver double-cased watch; the maker`s name “Boxer, Folkestone” is engraved upon it. Mr. Hall states that he was sleeping alone in a front room of the hotel, his wife being at Sandgate. About a quarter to five on Thursday morning he was awoken by someone in his bedroom with a light. He called out to know who was there, but there was no answer. He got up and went to the window, when he saw a man drop from the window ledge on to the trap door of the cellar in front of the house. He opened the window and called out “Stop. Thief!” A man named Goldsack, who has a stable at the back, came out, and ran after the man, who seems to gave gone across the garden of the old Parade houses and down to High Street, and Goldsack lost sight of him. Mr. Earl states that a stranger was stopped by his dog about that time in the morning. Mr. Hall examined the premises, and came to the conclusion that an entry had been effected by placing a ladder up to the closet window, after which the thief went downstairs and opened the door and removed the ladder, which was found lying on the ground. Mr. Hall`s clothing was found in the scullery, having apparently been taken from the bedroom and carried down there to be searched to find the keys. Then the thief returned and from a pocket book in a portmanteau he took about £40, consisting of £32 or £33 in gold, a £5 note, and £1 in silver. The burglar had removed his boots, which were found just inside the kitchen door. They were patent leather, with brown tops, and a man who wore similar boot has, it is said, been seen about the house lately. In the dim light Mr. Hall was unable to recognise the man, but he was rather tall and dressed in dark clothes. He had been into the bar, where he helped himself to some sherry and cigars. The boots and other articles are in the hands of the police, but up to last night no tidings had been heard of the thief.

The Folkestone Police, having received information which led them to believe the burglar had taken refuge in the Warren, were busily engaged all day on Thursday searching for him. Information was also sent by Superintendent Taylor to Dover, where members of the police force were also on the alert. Sergeant Campany, of the Dover Police, succeeded in apprehending a man answering the description which was given of a stranger who had been seen wandering about in the Warren, and nearly the whole of the missing property was found upon him. He at first refused his name, but subsequently gave that of Edmund O`Bourke, saying he was an American and of no occupation. He had obtained another pair of boots from a person to whom he represented that he had lost his others while bathing. He stated to the police that he came from Calais on Wednesday night, and came straight on to Folkestone, committing the burglary in the morning.

The prisoner was brought up at the Folkestone Police Court on Friday morning, when he was remanded after the following evidence was given:-

Sergeant James Campany, of the Dover Police, said:  About twenty minutes past eight this morning I was in the Military Road at Dover, and there saw the prisoner. In consequence of information received from the Folkestone Police I arrested him. I told him I should take him on charge of robbing an hotel at Folkestone. He replied “Very well – all right”. I took him to the police station at Dover and searched him. I found on him a £5 bank note, £28 10s. in gold, £1 7s. 3d. in silver, a foreign silver coin, fivepence in bronze, a silver watch and chain, and two small books.

Prisoner: A pocket book and a Continental phrase book.

Witness: I produce the note and the money. I handed prisoner over to the Folkestone police. On the way to Folkestone, prisoner told me he had left his shoes in the hotel, and asked me if they would let him have them. I replied I did not know.

Prisoner asked no questions.

Thomas Hall said: I am landlord of the Globe Hotel, Folkestone. Yesterday morning I was awoken about half past four or a quarter to five by a light going by my bedroom. I went outside and asked who was there and got no answer. I looked out of the bedroom door and asked who was there. I received no answer. I heard the window go up in the next bedroom to mine. I looked out of my own window, and saw a man drop from the window ledge of the adjoining room. He landed on the cellar flap beneath the window, and I saw him run away. I could not see his face distinctly, and I cannot identify the prisoner. The man was dressed similar to what the prisoner is – in dark clothes. It was between the lights and there was a gas lamp burning. I called out “Stop. Thief!”. Mr. Goldsack, a sweep, was coming round, and ran after the man, who went in the direction of the Bayle Steps. I missed my clothes from my bedroom, and found them in the scullery. My keys I kept in my waistcoat pocket, and they were missing. I also had an American coin in my pocket. That produced is the one. On returning to my bedroom I found a portmanteau had been unlocked. The key was on the bunch taken from my waistcoat pocket. I missed from the portmanteau about £35 in gold, a £5 note, and about 26s. in silver. No bronze money. The money was in a little pocket book. I afterwards missed a watch and chain, which was taken from the till in the bar. The watch and chain produced is my property. The name on the watch is “Boxer, Folkestone”. I do not know the number. In the scullery I found the pair of boots produced. They are not my property.

Prisoner said: I came from New York to Havre. I should regard it as a kindness if would sentence me at once.

The Magistrates` Clerk: The Magistrates can`t deal with you. If there is a prima facie case, you will go for trial at the Assizes.

Prisoner, who is a man about 25, said part of the money belonged to him.

Folkestone Visitors` List 7-10-1891

Parish Patrol

We don`t often have a scare about burglars in Folkestone, but last Thursday morning, just at break of day, an alarm was given that aroused the dwellers on The Bayle, and one of the “Bill Sykes” fraternity might have been seen dropping from a first floor window of the Globe Hotel and making a rush for the Parade Steps, closely followed by a sweep in pursuit!

Mr. Hall, landlord of the Globe, had enjoyed the sleep of the just through the night, and was aroused by a light carried by the unjust interloper in his bedroom. On jumping out of bed, throwing up his window, and calling out “Stop, thief!”, Mr. Hall saw his intruder drop out of the next window, down to the ground. On searching the premises Mr. Hall found that his clothes had been removed downstairs to the kitchen, where they had probably been searched by the thief and some keys extracted from the pockets. With these keys it is presumed that the robber returned to the bedroom, unlocked a portmanteau, in which was a pocket book where Mr. Hall had placed about £40, and which was appropriated by the burglar – over thirty pounds in gold, a five pound note, and some silver. In the bar it was found that the stranger had helped himself to some cigars and sherry, and at the back door of the house, which was found open, a pair of brown leather shoes stood on the mat. These were the only objects of interest secured by Mr. Hall. The thief also purloined an old silver watch, on which was the name of “Boxer, Folkestone”, a watchmaker of half a century ago.

This burglar pal of Bill Sykes vanished for only a few hours. On Friday morning at twenty minutes past eight o`clock Sergeant Campeny of the Dover police spotted him walking into Dover by the Military Road, and by the intuitive instinct of a thief-catcher recognised him as the man enquired for at Folkestone. The police sergeant immediately bade him good morning and insinuated that he had been robbing a hotel, to which he replied “Very well, all right”, and submitted to be searched at the police station, when £28 10s. in gold, one £5 Bank of England note, £1 7s. 3d. in silver, and 5d. in bronze – blow the fivepence, these policemen are so particular – were found in his possession. He had also the identical silver watch and chain and two books on him. On being asked to describe the books the sergeant of police hesitated, when prisoner volunteered the description – “pocket book and Continental phrase book” – by which it would appear he was off to the “Continong”.

Superintendent Taylor asked for a remand till Wednesday next, when prisoner, who answered to the name of Edmund O`Bourke, said that he had come from New York, and that he would regard it as a great kindness if the Magistrates would sentence him at once, but the Magistrates` Clerk said he would have to come up again on Wednesday, and then be committed to the Assizes to take his trial. He was accordingly remanded to this day.

O`Bourke must have passed about the most miserable twenty four hours between the time of his coup at the Globe and his capture possible to conceive. He made tracks direct for the Warren, where he was literally run to earth. Being traced going in this direction, the police to a man turned out and scoured the locality through and through, from the sea shore to the top of the cliffs. At one time the prisoner alleges that as he laid hid in the middle of a blackberry bush he heard two men conversing, when one said he would make it hot for the robber if he came across him. He tried the smugglers` cave for a short time, but the pursuit was hot, and from there he got to the railway at Abbot`s Cliff Tunnel, and begged of a watchman a pair of shoes, saying he had lost his own while bathing. All night long he kept close, and crept into Dover early in the morning. He went to a coffee house and ordered breakfast, but could not eat. He was wet through, and his clothes smeared with mud and chalk. This aroused suspicion, and the police were communicated with – then came the inevitable.

Sandgate Visitors` List 9-10-1891

Local News

The man who committed the burglary at the Globe Hotel, Folkestone, last week, was arrested at Dover on Friday morning. He gave the name of Edmund O`Bourke, and said he was an American. He was handed over to the Folkestone police, and brought up before the Magistrates and remanded till Wednesday, when he was again brought up and committed for trial at the Assizes.
 
Folkestone Chronicle 10-10-1891

Local News

At the Folkestone Police Court on Wednesday, before Captain carter, J. Clark Esq., and Aldermen Dunk, Pledge, and Sherwood, Edward O`Burke was placed in the dock, charged with having burglariously and feloniously entered the Globe Hotel on the 1st instant, and stolen therefrom upwards of £40, the monies of the landlord, Mr. Thomas Hall.

The depositions of Sergeant Campany, of Dover, who apprehended the prisoner, were read over and confirmed, and also those of Mr. Hall. The latter added that all the doors of the hotel were fastened by him on the night in question, but that there was no fastening to the ground floor window at the back of the house.

Stephen Goldsack was then called, and said: I am a chimney sweep, and live opposite the Globe, on The Bayle. About half past four on Thursday morning I was in my stable, which is behind the Globe Hotel. As I passed the hotel with my pony I saw a man getting up off the cellar flap in front of the house. There is a Bray`s lamp near the spot, and the man passed close to by. He was near the lamp, and went towards the Parade Steps. At that time Mr. Hall called out from his bedroom window “Stop that man: he has robbed me”. I left my pony and ran after the man. I did not overtake him. I nearly caught him at the top of the steps when he sprang to the bottom, and when I got there I lost him. I did not notice whether he had any boots on. I had noticed a light in a bedroom of the Globe. It disappeared when I opened the stable door.

Thomas Kennett, a gardener in the employ of Mr. Pilcher, at Bowles Well, near the Junction Station, said: I was in the garden at ten minutes to six on the morning of Thursday. At that time a man came to me and asked for a drink of water. I took him to a shed and gave him some. He then turned away to the right and went in the direction of the Warren, by the Warren Road. He had no shoes on – only brown socks. The prisoner is the man.

Lewis Gatehouse, a constable in the employ of the South Eastern Railway Company, said: It is my duty to patrol the line between Dover and Folkestone. About twenty minutes to nine on Thursday morning I was walking from Dover to Folkestone along the line. I walked through the Abbot`s Cliff Tunnel, and met the prisoner at the other end. I asked him his business. He said he was going to Dover. I told him he could not go that way, but that he must go back again, and I offered to show him the road up the cliff. He said he could not walk fast, as he had no shoes, and that he had lost them whilst bathing on the beach. I took him to the signal box, to John Hickmott, who gave the prisoner a pair of shoes. The prisoner offered me a shilling, but I told him he could give it to Hickmott for the shoes if he liked. I showed him up the cliff and did not see him afterwards.

Police Sergeant Lilley said he visited the Globe Hotel about half past six on Thursday morning and examined the premises. He found that no forcible entry had been effected. On Friday he met the prisoner in custody at the Junction Station. He said he got into the house through the back window, from the yard on the ground floor. He commenced talking about the robbery without witness questioning him. He said it was a big jump getting out and that he hurt his feet. When the charge was read over to him he said “Those boots (indicating the boots produced) are mine. Can I have them? I shall plead Guilty and make a short job of it”.

Prisoner said it was not true what witness had said. He made no observation, only when questioned.

The usual caution was read over to the prisoner, who, when asked if he had anything to say, said “I reserve my defence”.

Prisoner was committed for trial at the County Assizes.

Prisoner: Can you tell me about when that will be?

Mr. Bradley: Probably at the end of this month.

Prisoner: Thank you.

The Court was densely crowded throughout the hearing and a great number were unable to gain admission.

Folkestone Express 10-10-1891

Wednesday, October 7th: Before Captain Carter, J. Clark Esq., Aldermen Pledge and Sherwood.

Edmund O`Bourke was brought up on remand, charged with burglary at the Globe Hotel on Wednesday morning.

The evidence taken on Friday was read over as follows:-

Sergeant James Campany, of the Dover Police, said:  About twenty minutes past eight this morning I was in the Military Road at Dover, and there saw the prisoner. In consequence of information received from the Folkestone Police I arrested him. I told him I should take him on charge of robbing an hotel at Folkestone. He replied “Very well – all right”. I took him to the police station at Dover and searched him. I found on him a £5 bank note, £28 10s. in gold, £1 7s. 3d. in silver, a foreign silver coin, fivepence in bronze, a silver watch and chain, and two small books.

Prisoner: A pocket book and a Continental phrase book.

Witness: I produce the note and the money. I handed prisoner over to the Folkestone police. On the way to Folkestone, prisoner told me he had left his shoes in the hotel, and asked me if they would let him have them. I replied I did not know.

Prisoner asked no questions.

Thomas Hall said: I am landlord of the Globe Hotel, Folkestone. Yesterday morning I was awoken about half past four or a quarter to five by a light going by my bedroom. I went outside and asked who was there and got no answer. I looked out of the bedroom door and asked who was there. I received no answer. I heard the window go up in the next bedroom to mine. I looked out of my own window, and saw a man drop from the window ledge of the adjoining room. He landed on the cellar flap beneath the window, and I saw him run away. I could not see his face distinctly, and I cannot identify the prisoner. The man was dressed similar to what the prisoner is – in dark clothes. It was between the lights and there was a gas lamp burning. I called out “Stop. Thief!”. Mr. Goldsack, a sweep, was coming round, and ran after the man, who went in the direction of the Bayle Steps. I missed my clothes from my bedroom, and found them in the scullery. My keys I kept in my waistcoat pocket, and they were missing. I also had an American coin in my pocket. That produced is the one. On returning to my bedroom I found a portmanteau had been unlocked. The key was on the bunch taken from my waistcoat pocket. I missed from the portmanteau about £35 in gold, a £5 note, and about 26s. in silver. No bronze money. The money was in a little pocket book. I afterwards missed a watch and chain, which was taken from the till in the bar. The watch and chain produced is my property. The name on the watch is “Boxer, Folkestone”. I do not know the number. In the scullery I found the pair of boots produced. They are not my property.

Prisoner said: I came from New York to Havre. I should regard it as a kindness if would sentence me at once.

The Magistrates` Clerk: The Magistrates can`t deal with you. If there is a prima facie case, you will go for trial at the Assizes.

Prisoner, who is a man about 25, said part of the money belonged to him.

Mr. Hall now added to his evidence: I have recovered my keys. They were in the portmanteau. I locked up the house on the night of Wednesday, the 30th. At eleven o`clock I locked all the doors and saw that all the windows were fastened except the kitchen window, which had no fastening. It is on the ground floor at the back of the house. When I returned to my house after pursuing the prisoner I examined the premises. I found the scullery doors open, and also the door leading from the yard into the lane. All the other doors were secure. I bolted the doors the previous night, but did not lock them. The lower sash of the window of the bedroom adjoining my bedroom was open. It was shut when I retired to bed on the previous evening, and fastened. I did not shut my bedroom door when I went to bed. The American coin which I lost is that produced. It`s value is one dime.

Stephen Goldsack said: I am a chimney sweeper, and live on the Bayle, opposite the Globe Hotel. About half past four on Thursday morning I was going to my pony in the stable. As I passed The Globe I saw a man getting up off the cellar flap. He appeared to have fallen. There is a Bray`s lamp at the corner of the enclosure in front of the hotel. The man passed me near the lamp and ran in the direction of the Parade Steps. I saw his face, and I identify the prisoner as the man. Just at that time Mr. Hall called out to me to stop the man, who had robbed him. I left my pony and ran after the man, but could not overtake him. He jumped from the top step right down, and I lost sight of him. I did not see whether he had boots on or not. When I first entered the stable I noticed a light in a top bedroom window of the hotel, and it disappeared.

Thomas Kennett said: I am a gardener in the employ of Mr. George Pilcher, and work in his garden at Bowles Wells, between the Dover Road and the permanent way. I was in the garden on Thursday, about ten minutes to six. A man came to me and asked for a drink of water. I took him to the shed to get the water, when he said “Never mind about the water”, and turned to the right and went towards the railway bank. I saw him cross the Warren Road and go in the direction of the Warren. I noticed that he had no shoes on. He had brown socks. I identify the prisoner as the man.

Lewis Gatehouse said: I am a constable in the employ of the South Eastern railway Company. It is my duty to patrol the line between Dover and Folkestone. About twenty minutes to nine on Thursday evening I was coming from Dover to Folkestone along the line. I walked through Abbot`s Cliff Tunnel, and in the tunnel I met the prisoner. He then had on a different pair of shoes. I asked him his business. He said he was going to Dover. I told him he could not go to Dover – he must go back again. He went back. He said he could not walk fact because he hadn`t got any shoes. I saw then that he had no shoes. He told me he had lost them while bathing on the beach. I took him to the signal box and then showed him the Royal Oak path. John Hickmott keeps the signal box. I asked him to give the prisoner a pair of shoes, and he did so. Prisoner asked me what he should give me. I told him I did not want anything, but if he liked he could pay the man for the boots. He said “Here`s a shilling for you”. It was not a shilling, but some other piece of money. I saw him go up the path, and saw no more of him.

Sergeant Lilley said: On Thursday morning, October 1st, I visited the Globe about half past six. I observed the premises, but could not find that any forcible entry had been effected. On Friday, the 2nd, I went to the Junction Station, and met Sergeant Campany with the prisoner in custody. Prisoner said “I got in the back window on the ground floor in the yard”. He was talking generally of the robbery all the way to the police station without questioning. He said “It was a big jump getting out, and I hurt my foot very much”. At the police station the charge was read over to the prisoner by Supt. Taylor in my presence. Prisoner said “Those boots are mine. Can I have them? I shall plead Guilty and make a short job of it”. The boots produced came from the Globe Hotel.

Prisoner: He is quite incorrect in some parts of his evidence.

Mr. Bradley: Very well. You can ask him any questions.

Prisoner: You say I said that without any questions? – I do.

Prisoner: I said nothing to you about the job. I used no slang at all. I said nothing to you except on being questioned.

Mr. Bradley: Is that so? – No, sir.

Prisoner: It is useless for me to question these gentlemen if I am to be made out a liar.

Sergeant Lilley said: I did not receive the boots produced from Mr. Hall. They were at the police station when I saw them.

The evidence was then read over, and also the formal charge and caution.

Prisoner: I reserve my defence.

Captain Carter told the prisoner he was committed for trial at the Assizes.

Prisoner: Can you tell me when it will be?

Mr. Bradley: About the end of the month, I should think.

The Dover Chronicle on Saturday said: About seven o`clock yesterday (Friday) morning a man, shabbily dressed, entered the Railway Coffee Tavern, on the Folkestone Road, and said he wanted a wash and brush-up. Mr. Turner, the proprietor, took him into the kitchen, where the man ordered a mutton chop for his breakfast, and also wanted a room, so that he could change his clothes. He further wanted a tailor, a barber, and a bootmaker to be called in. Mr. Turner – who had been furnished by the police with a description of the man wanted at Folkestone – believed that his new customer was the same person, and at once informed the police. When the police arrived, the man had just left Mr. Turner`s shop and was walking up the Christ Church steps. He was overtaken by the police on Military Hill and arrested on suspicion.

Southeastern Gazette 13-10-1891

Local News

On Wednesday, at the Town Hall, a young fellow of somewhat slim and shabby appearance, who had given the name of Edmund O’Bourke, was charged on remand with stealing, at the Globe Hotel, about £40 in cash, a silver watch, and a few other articles, the property of Mr. Thomas Hall, the landlord.

Sergt. Campany, of the Dover police, deposed to arresting the prisoner at Dover on Friday morning. Prisoner had on him a £5 Bank of England note, £28 10s. in gold, £1 7s. 3d. in silver, 5d. in bronze, a silver watch and chain, and two small books.

Thomas Hall, landlord of the Globe, deposed that about a quarter to five on Thursday morning he was awakened by a light passing the door of his bedroom, which was partly open. He called out, “Who is there?” and hearing the window go up in the adjoining room he looked out of his bedroom window, and saw a man drop from the ledge of the adjacent window. Witness found his clothes had been removed from his bedroom to the scullery. His keys had been taken from his waistcoat, a portmanteau, which was in his bedroom, unlocked, and about £35 in gold, a £5 note, and 26s. in silver taken; also an American coin, a “dime.” A watch and chain had been taken from the till in the bar. Witness identified the watch and the American coin found on the prisoner.

Evidence was also given by Stephen Goldsack, Thomas Kennett, and Louis Gatehouse, a constable in the employ of the S.E.R. Company.

Sergt. Lilley, of the Folkestone police, deposed that when he received prisoner the latter began talking generally about the robbery, said he got in at the back window on the ground floor, that “it was a big jump ” getting out, and that he hurt his feet very much.

Prisoner, who said he reserved his defence, was committed to the Assizes. 

Folkestone Express 5-12-1891

Local News

A telegram was received on Tuesday by the Superintendent of Police, stating that during the previous night Edmund O`Burke, alias Toomey, who was awaiting his trial at the Assizes for burglary at the Globe Hotel, had escaped from Canterbury gaol, and he is understood to be still at large. The prisoner is a man of slender build, 5 ft. 7 in. high, fresh complexion, dark brown hair, blue eyes, and was dressed in dark clothes, conststing of brown jacket, bluish coloured striped trousers, prison shirt, socks, and flannel hard round felt hat. The man has undergone various terms of imprisonment, and was only released from Chatham a few days before he was apprehended at Folkestone.

Folkestone Chronicle 12-12-1891

Local News

The Globe Hotel burglar appears to have made his escape from Canterbury prison in a very clever manner. He was confined in one of the upper cells, and by making a hole in the wall he gained the top of a network of walls, along which he made his way, dodged the warders, and eventually reached the females` exercising ground. This portion of the prison is not patrolled at night, so that he was able to get away without detection. O`Burke is an old hand, having already served five years` penal servitude.

Kent Winter Assizes

The commission of these Assizes was opened at Maidstone on Monday by Baron Pollock. The trial of prisoners commenced on Tuesday. The following case was disposed of on Wednesday.

In the case of Edward O`Burke, 24, tailor, who was charged with burglariously breaking and entering the Globe Hotel and stealing a Bank of England note of the value of £5, the sum of £36 6s. in money, a pocket book, and a silver watch and chain, the money and goods of Thomas Hall, on the 30th September, Mr. Matthew asked that the witnesses might be discharged, the prisoner having escaped from Canterbury Gaol, and there being no probability of his being recaptured.

Southeastern Gazette 12-12-1891

Assizes

Edward O'Burke. 24, tailor, who was charged with feloniously and burglariously entering the dwelling- house of Thomas Hall, and stealing therein a Bank of England note of the value of £5, the sum of £36 6s. in money, a pocket book, and a silver watch and chain, the moneys and goods of the said Thomas Hall, at Folkestone, on the 30th Sept. Mr. Matthew applied that the witnesses might be discharged, prisoner having escaped from Canterbury Gaol, and there being no probability of his being re-captured.

Folkestone Chronicle 9-1-1892

The man O`Burke, who contrived to escape from Canterbury prison by eluding the warder on the 30th November last, was, by a remarkable coincidence recaptured at Dover on Wednesday. It will be remembered that prisoner was awaiting his trial on a charge of burglary at the Globe Hotel, Folkestone, he having been arrested at Dover, and committed for trial at the Kent Assizes recently held. The remarkable feature in the affair is that the arrest was effected on both occasions through the instrumentality of a local eating house keeper, Mr. R. Turner, of the Railway restaurant, Folkestone Road.

From the time the prisoner made his escape from Canterbury no trace whatever could be found of his movements, though vigilant enquiries and active searches were instituted by the police authorities. The following is the description of the man circulated: Edward Toomey, alias O`Burke, who escaped from H.M. Prison, Canterbury, on 30th November, 1891, while awaiting trial at the Kent Assizes for burglary at Folkestone. Age, 25; height, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion, pale; hair, dark brown; eyes, grey; large scar on top and back of head; three small scars on stomach; scar left side; two scars left hip; scar left buttock and knee; top joint little finger bent. Convicted C.C.C. 29th Mat, 1883, burglary, 18 months; ditto, 14th December, 1885, 12 months; ditto, 10th January, 1887, receiving and previous convictions, 5 years P.S.; and convicted four times summarily at Greenwich. The opposite side of the card on which this was printed contained photos, front and side face, of the prisoner. It now appears that the secret of his long elusion of the police authorities, in spite of all their precautions, is due to the fact that the prisoner, who is said to be an American, succeeded in getting to the London Docks, where he secreted himself on board the American liner, France. He was, however, discovered when in the Channel, and put ashore at Dover, where, owing to the sharpness of Mr. Turner, he had not been long before his arrest was effected. The prisoner had managed to get safely to the Priory Station, and in all probability he would yet have been at large, had it not been for his timely recognition. Prisoner was taken back to Canterbury the same afternoon.

As the fact of Mr. Turner`s assistance in the capture of O`Burke in the first place was not adduced at the preliminary trial, our representative called on him on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of obtaining particulars pertaining to this, which will no doubt be perused with interest by our readers.

In reply to a question as to how he came to suspect the prisoner, Mr. Turner said: on the Thursday night previous to the day on which O`Burke was arrested, I was given a description of the prisoner by the police, who stated him to be 5 ft. 9 in. in height, with a scraggy beard, and in brown clothes. The following morning a man came in, who did not answer this description in one point. He asked to be allowed to have a wash and brush up, which I granted, and after ordering dinner he asked me if he could have the use of a room in order “to change his clothes before he went to see the old folks”. He also asked me whether there was a barber`s shop about, and wished to see a daily paper. Despite the fact he did not answer the description, something seemed to tell me that my visitor was O`Burke. I mentioned the matter to my wife, who tried to persuade me that I was wrong, but the conviction was so strong that I determined to give information to the police. Slipping out by the back way, I went to the police station, and told them that I believed O`Burke to be at my house, but that he did not answer the description they gave me. I then went back, and found prisoner just preparing to go. I kept him in conversation for a few minutes, but he left before the police arrived. As he went out he looked down the street and saw the police sergeant coming up. Instead of turning into the barber`s shop as he had stated to be his intention, he kept on, and went up the steps leading past the back of my house. When the sergeant came into the house, I told him the way the prisoner had gone, and took him through my house, and he thus effected O`Burke`s arrest.

And I understand you got no credit for the arrest, Mr. Turner?

No. Not the least. My name was not mentioned in connection with the matter.

That gave you very little encouragement to assist in his recapture. In what manner was your attention drawn to O`Burke today?

Well, I happened to go to the door (which is a partially glass one), and on looking through, you may conceive my astonishment on seeing O`Burke pass. Considering how I had been treated before, I at first thought to let him go, and take no trouble in the matter, but just at that time, Mr. Baker, the Market Inspector, happened to pass, and I told him the escaped prisoner from Canterbury had just gone up the street towards the station. At his request I went with him to the Priory Station, where, on my pointing out the man, he arrested him.

A reward of £5 was offered for the re-arrest of O`Burke, and we think this has been justly earned by Mr. Turner, who speaks in high terms of the courtesy shown him on Wednesday by Superintendent Sanders.

Folkestone Express 9-1-1892

Local News

The man O`Burke, alias Toomer, who was awaiting trial at Canterbury gaol for burglary at the Globe Hotel, Folkestone, and who escaped from prison a few days before the Assizes, was recaptured at Dover on Wednesday under strange circumstances. It will be remembered that after the burglary a man named Turner, an eating house keeper at Dover, was instrumental in effecting his capture. O`Burke had stowed himself away on board the France, which left London docks, but he was discovered and put ashore at Dover. He was passing the eating house of Turner, on his way to the Priory Station, about one o`clock on Wednesday, when Turner recognised and followed him. At the station Turner pointed prisoner out to Market Inspector Baker, and he was at once arrested. The prisoner had 4s. in his pocket, and was no doubt anxious to get away as soon as possible from such a dangerous neighbourhood. He was taken to Canterbury by the two o`clock train and safely lodged in prison.

Folkestone Herald 9-1-1892

Local News

O`Burke, alias Thomas Toomey (sic), who was committed for trial at the Assizes for burglary at the Globe Hotel, (a piece of the report torn here) eluded the warders and escaped from Canterbury Prison, was captured at Dover on Wednesday last. It will be remembered that the prisoner was arrested at the last named place through the instrumentality of an eating house proprietor named Turner. From the time the prisoner escaped from gaol no trace whatever could be found of him, in spite of searches and enquiries instituted by the police authorities, until Wednesday, when by a strange coincidence he was detected by the same person at Dover. It appears that the prisoner succeeded in getting to the London Docks and secreted himself on board the American liner, France. He was, however, discovered when the vessel was in the Channel, and sent ashore at Dover, where he had not been long before he was recognised by Turner. The prisoner has been removed again to Canterbury Gaol.

Folkestone Chronicle 20-2-1892

Local News

Before the County Magistrates at Canterbury, Edmund O`Burke was charged with having committed damage in Her Majesty`s Prison at Canterbury, while confined there awaiting trial for a burglary at Folkestone.

Mr. R.M. Mercer prosecuted on behalf of the Treasury.

The evidence of the prison Governor (Mr. R.W, Chidley) went to show that O`Burke disappeared from his cell one night in December. During the two months he had occupied the cell he had succeeded in loosening the screws of an iron grating communicating with the ventilation shaft and removed the bricks from the interior of the wall, which was two feet in thickness. By dropping the debris into the ventilator and re-fixing the grating every morning, no trace was observable of the damage until after the night of the escape, when it was found he had broken the remaining crust of the wall inside and out, and crawling through, had managed, by means of a scaffold pole, to scale the exterior wall. He made his way to London and secreted himself on an outward-bound vessel, but was discovered and put ashore at Dover. There, by a remarkable coincidence, he was noticed by the individual who had previously been the medium of his capture, and he was, after a month`s liberty, again incarcerated.

The Magistrates committed the prisoner for trial for prison breaking.

Folkestone Express 20-2-1892

Local News

At the Central Criminal Court on Friday, three men, two named Milligan and one named Martin, were charged with wounding Henry Smith, a constable, with intent to murder him. The allegation was that the three prisoners were surprised while committing a robbery at the Maze Hill Station of the South Eastern Railway, on the 4th January. Martin, it was contended, was in bed at the time, and the witnesses had made a mistake, the real man being a man named Toomey, who was committed for burglary at Folkestone, escaped from Canterbury gaol, and was at large on the 4th January. Martin was acquitted, and the others sentenced, one to fifteen years, and the other to seven years penal servitude. Toomey, it seems, made his escape, and got on board an outward bound vessel, from which, it will be remembered, he was put ashore at Dover, and re-apprehended.

At the St. Augustine`s Petty Sessions on Saturday, Edmund O`Burke, who is confined in St. Augustine`s gaol, awaiting trial for burglary at Folkestone, was brought up in custody, charged with having wilfully broken a quantity of bricks in the wall of Her Majesty`s Prison, Canterbury.

Mr. R.M. Mercer prosecuted on behalf of the Treasury, and stated that the accused was brought to prison in October on a warrant, charged with having committed burglary at Folkestone. He was confined in a cell on A wing, on the first tier. On the 30th of November, he was seen in his cell in the evening, and his safety could be proved. In the morning, however, at about five o`clock, he was gone. Mr. Mercer went on to explain that in the right hand further corner of the cell were two wooden shelves fitted in the wall. One of them was only 10 or 12 inches from the ground. Under this shelf was an iron grating communicating with the ventilation shaft. The grate was closely barred and fastened with screws. These screws the prisoner appeared to have loosened. He also picked out the bricks and dropped them down the ventilating shaft, thus making no mess in the cell. The grating was evidently replaced every morning before the warder visited the cell. Having completed the destruction of the wall and left a thin layer of bricks inside and also outside, he finally broke away the shelf, and, picking away the inside crust, made a hole big enough to get through. Taking his bedding with him, he went round to the back of the prison and got on to the top of the shops. He moved some slates, evidently with the idea of getting some of the tools out, but unfortunately for the prisoner there was a boarded ceiling to the shops under the roof. Then he went opposite to the female department, where some building operations were going on, and on getting one of the scaffold poles went round to the back of the debtors` prison where there is a low wall. By means of the pole he got over the wall, leaving his bed inside. He was not recaptured until the 6th January.

Mr. Robert William Chidley, Governor of Canterbury Prison, deposed that the prisoner was received in custody in October for burglary at Folkestone, on a warrant dated 7th October. Witness saw prisoner on the 30th November, soon after ten in the morning. In the further corner of the cell were two shelves, one about ten inches from the floor. Underneath was an iron ventilator, which passed under the cell floor. It was secured with screws. On the 7th December, in consequence of a report, witness examined the cell. Witness found the shaft had been removed. The ventilator was left it it`s proper position, but one screw had been loosened. There was a large hole in the wall going right through to the outside. That was caused by the removal of bricks, which laid on the cell floor. The hole was only just large enough for a man to pass through. There were small pieces of wood, which appeared to have been used for the purpose of working away the mortar. There were some bricks in the shaft between the cell wall and the outside wall. There were no bricks in the yard outside. From the utside to the inside he should say the wall was about 2 ft. thick, including the shaft. There were some scaffold poles near the female prison. His attention was drawn to a scaffold pole which had been placed against the exterior wall, and also the blankets and bedding of the prisoner`s cell. Prisoner was received back on the 6th January. On the 8th February he served the prisoner with a notice that he would be brought before the magistrates for breaking out of prison. He explained to him that he could consult a solicitor if he felt inclined, communicate with his friend, and write letters, etc., for his defence, the same as if he were outside the prison.

Walter Harrison Wall deposed that he locked the prisoner up in his cell at 8.20 on the evening mentioned. At 5.30 the watchman rang witness`s alarm bell unusually loud, and on going down the watchman made a report to him of the removal of a scaffold pole. Witness sent him to look at all the walls, but he could not find it. Witness himself went round, and saw the scaffold pole against the exterior wall. When the officers came at six o`clock, witness sent a warder round to examine every cell. A report was made to him that a hole had been found in the wall, and also that the prisoner had gone. He was at the gate on the 6th January at three o`clock in the afternoon, and received the prisoner back from Superintendent Sanders, of Dover. Prisoner asked him when the Assizes would be held, and witness said he did not know.

Prisoner was committed for trial at the Assizes.

Folkestone Express 12-3-1892

Kent assizes

At the Assizes on Monday, Edmund O`Burke, 24, tailor, was charged with feloniously and burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Thomas Hall, and stealing therein a Bank of England note of the value of £5, the sum of £36 6s. in money, a pocket book and a silver watch and chain, the monies and goods of the said Thomas Hall, at Folkestone, on the 30th September, 1891. Prisoner was further charged with breaking out of H.M. Prison at Canterbury by breaking, cutting, and removing a quantity of bricks from a part of a wall on the 30th November, 1891. Prisoner pleaded Guilty to both charges. Mr. D`Eyncourt, who prosecuted, gave particulars of the offence prisoner had committed, and proceeded to describe how and by what means he had tried to escape from the gaol. Prisoner admitted a previous conviction in 1878, and was now sentenced to seven years` penal servitude.

Folkestone Herald 12-3-1892

Local News

Edward O`Burke, the young tailor, 24, who broke into the Globe Hotel in this town, and stole a £5 note, the sum of £36 6s. in money, a pocket book, and a silver watch and chain, the moneys and goods of Thomas Hall, on the 30th Sept., 1891, and who was further charged with breaking out of H.M. prison at Canterbury, pleaded Guilty at the Canterbury Assizes last week to both charges. He also admitted a previous conviction in 1878, and was now sentenced to seven years` penal servitude.

Sandgate Visitors` List 12-3-1892

Local News

Edmund O`Bourke, the man who burglariously entered the Globe Hotel, Folkestone, was at the Maidstone Assizes on Monday sentenced to seven years penal servitude.
 
Folkestone Express 9-4-1892

Wednesday, April 6th: Before H.W. Poole, J. Brooke and W.G. Herbert Esqs.

Transfers

The licence of the Globe Hotel was transferred to Mr. W. Rickett

Folkestone Express 23-4-1892

Wednesday, April 20th: Before The Mayor, Aldermen Pledge, Sherwood and Dunk, J. Fitness, J. Holden, Geo. Spurgen and W. Wightwick Esqs.

Transfer

The licence of the Globe Hotel was transferred to Mr. M.H. Ricketts

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