Folkestone Chronicle
16-6-1900
Saturday, June 9th: Before Alderman Banks, Col.
Hamilton, and Messrs. Wightwick, Salter, and Fitness.
Mr. Frederic Hall, solicitor, submitted to the Bench plans
for a proposed alteration at the Royal Standard public house, Canterbury Road.
The Magistrates consented to the alteration on condition
that a six foot wall be erected between the public house and a cottage
adjoining.
Folkestone Express
16-6-1900
Saturday, June 9th: Before J. Banks, J. Fitness,
W. Wightwick, and W. Salter Esqs., and Lieut. Col. Hamilton.
Mr. F. Hall submitted plans for alterations to the Standard
Inn, Canterbury Road. Adjoining it, the brewers, Messrs. Leney and Co., Dover,
had purchased a cottage, and between the two houses it was proposed to build a
wall about 6ft. high. The bar would be increased in size, but the external
portion of the building would not be altered. The alteration was approved,
subject to an amendment which Supt. Reeve asked for.
Folkestone Herald
16-6-1900
Folkestone Police Court
On Saturday, Mr. F. Hall submitted plans for alterations at
the Royal Standard Inn, Canterbury Road, the property of Messrs. Leney, the
licensed holder being Mr. Summerfield.
The Bench stipulated that a dividing wall six feet high be
built at the rear.
Folkestone
Daily News 28-5-1906
Monday, May 28th: Before Messrs. Herbert,
Stainer, Hamilton, Swoffer, Linton, and Leggett.
Arthur Simpson, Robert Simpson, George Smith, and
Edward Frost were charged with stealing 10s. 6d. from Thomas Keeler, a
greengrocer at Hythe.
Keeler deposed that he came to see Robert Simpson about
a cart that he was to bring home to Hythe on Saturday. He met him on the fair
ground and they went to the Royal Standard and had some beer and ginger beer.
He left at 11 o`clock. He had 10s. 6d. in silver and coppers when he left the
house. The money was tied up in the handkerchief produced. When leaving the
house he said he was going home to Hythe. Prisoners offered to show him a
nearer way and conducted him through the brickfield. The prisoners all got
round him and pulled him on to the ground and took the handkerchief and money
from him. A man was coming across the field, and they scampered off towards the
fair. He got up and told a man, and then went in search of a policeman and saw
Sergeant Lawrence. He afterwards saw the two Simpsons at the police station.
G. Summerfield, landlord of the Royal Standard, said
the prisoner and prosecutor came into his house at 10.15, and had 7½d. worth of
refreshment. He saw prosecutor take his money and tie it up in a handkerchief.
Sergeant Lawrence deposed that he was on duty near the
Co-Operative Stores at 11.35 on Saturday night. He met Keeler, who was crying,
and he complained that he had been robbed in the brickfield. From what
prosecutor said, witness went to No. 4, Mill Bay with Detective Burniston and
roused the inmates. He saw Arthur and Robert Simpson on the stairs, and took
them to the police station and charged them with being concerned in the robbery
of Keeler`s money and handkerchief. After cautioning them, Robert Simpson said
“Barton (meaning the prisoner Smith) had the money”. At 1.15 witness went to a
caravan and found Smith, and charged him with being concerned with the two
others in the robbery. He said he was not guilty. Witness handed him over to
P.C. Wellard, and went to 49, Rossendale Road, and saw the prisoner Frost in
bed. He arrested him on the charge of being concerned in the robbery. Frost
said he did not take it. All the prisoners were subsequently formally charged.
Frost said when he left work after ten he went to the Royal Standard with
Keeler and the other prisoners. They left at 11 o`clock and went through the
fields. Smith and Simpson took hold of Keeler and nearly threw him down. The
prosecutor said he had lost his handkerchief. They then left. Smith said “I
have got the handkerchief; there is only 3s. in it”. The prisoners then went
down the Dover Road. Simpson went home, and Frost left Smith. Witness said at
daybreak on Sunday morning he found the handkerchief.
Frost said that when they were going through the
fields, Bob Simpson and Smith said “Do not let Frost come, as he will tell as
he did at the fair”.
Arthur Simpson and Frost pleaded Guilty, and Robert
Simpson and Smith Not Guilty. Both made a long statement in defence.
All the prisoners were sentenced to 21 days` hard
labour.
The prosecutor Keeler was called forward, and the Chief
Constable informed him that if he was threatened by anyone for prosecuting he
was to give information at once, and steps would be taken to protect him from
any interference.
Folkestone Express
2-6-1906
Monday, May 28th: Before W.G. Herbert Esq.,
Lieut. Colonel Hamilton, Major Leggett, J. Stainer, G.I. Swoffer, and R.J.
Linton Esqs.
Arthur Simpson, Robert Simpson, George Smith, and Edward
Frost, all young men, were charged with larceny from the person on Saturday
night.
Thomas Keeler said he lived at 6, Bartholomew Street, Hythe,
and was a greengrocer. On Saturday night he came to Folkestone, about eight
o`clock, to see about a cart. He came to see the prisoner Bob Simpson, who was
to have brought the cart to him on that morning. He saw him up at the Fair, on
the Brickfield in Canterbury Road. They afterwards fell in with the other
prisoners, and all of them went to the Royal Standard beerhouse soon after ten.
Witness had a shandy, Bob Simpson a ginger beer, and the others had beer. He
treated Bob and George. They stayed there about half an hour, leaving at 10.30.
He then had 10s. 6d. in silver and coppers, which he tied up in his
handkerchief, which he placed in the top pocket of his coat. Witness told them
he was going to Hythe, and all of them then said they would show him a nearer
way. They then took him through the brickfields, where they all got round him.
One got at the back of him, and he was thrown down. When he was on the ground,
one of them pulled his handkerchief out of his pocket. When he got up he
helloed out, because he heard a man coming across the field. The man`s name was
Scamp. The prisoners then ran away towards the Fair. He told the man about it,
and he went in search of a policeman, and he saw P.S. Laurence and P.C. Weller.
He made a complaint to them. He afterwards went to the police station, where he
found the two Simpsons.
George Summerfield, the landlord of the Royal Standard
beerhouse, said the four prisoners came into his house at twenty past ten on
Saturday evening. The prosecutor was with them. He served them with shandy,
ginger beer and beer. He saw the prosecutor take some money from his
handkerchief, and, after paying for some of the drink, he tied the money up
again in his handkerchief.
P.S. Laurence said at 11.35 on Saturday night he was in
Canterbury Road in company with P.C. Weller, when they met the prosecutor, who
was crying. He complained that he had been robbed of his money in the
brickfield. From what he said he went to Mill Bay. On the way he met Detective
Sergeant Burniston, who accompanied him. He went to No. 4, where he aroused the
inmates, and a man named Simpson let him in. He there saw the two Simpsons on
the stairs. He said to them “I shall take you to the police station, and charge
you with being concerned together with two other men, not in custody, with
stealing 10s. 6d. and a pocket handkerchief from the person of Thomas Keeler
tonight”. He then cautioned them. Robert Simpson said “Not us. Barton (Smith)
had the money”. He brought them to the police station. About a quarter past one
he went to a caravan in the brickfield adjoining Canterbury Road. He there
found Smith sleeping in the van. He woke him up and told him he should take him
into custody for being concerned with the two others in custody in stealing the
money and the handkerchief. He replied “All I can say is I am not guilty. All
the money I had was 3s. 10d.”. Witness handed him over to P.C. Weller, and, in
company with Detective Sergt. Burniston, went to 29, Rossendale Road, where he
saw the prisoner Frost, who was sleeping on a bed in a back room. He woke him
up and told him he should take him to the police station, where he would be
charged with three other men for stealing the money and th handkerchief. He
said “I did not take it. I had none of the money”. He brought him to the police
station, where all four formally charged with being concerned together in
stealing the money and handkerchief. The two Simpsons and Smith made no reply.
Frost said “When I left work, shortly after ten, I went with Keeler and other
men to the Royal Standard, where Keeler treated us to some drink. We all left
together at eleven o`clock and came down together through the fields. When in
the field below the brickfield, Bob Simpson and Smith took hold of Keeler and
nearly threw him down. I heard Keeler say “I have lost my handkerchief”. We all
four then left him and went back to the brickfield. Smith said “I have got his
handkerchief. There is only 3s. in it”. We came away along Canterbury Road and
Dover Road, when at the bottom Simpson and Penfold went down Mill Bay, and
Smith and I went back again. I left Smith at the Swan and went home. When they
left Keeler, Bob Simpson said “Don`t let Frost come with us, or he`ll tell of
us like he did at the fair””. At daylight witness went to the field, where he
found the handkerchief, which had been identified by Keeler, thrown over the
fence.
Prisoners wished to be dealt with by the Magistrates.
Arthur Simpson and Frost pleaded Guilty, and the other two
Not Guilty.
The prisoner Robert Simpson said when they left the public
house, they went down through the Fair together, and when in the fields he said
he had lost his handkerchief and money. They went back to look for it, but they
could not find it, and he then said he thought some of them had got it, and if
they did not give it to him he would tell a policeman. They eventually went
home.
Smith made a similar statement.
On the prisoners being requested to sign their names to the
statements made by them, the two Simpsons said they could not write, and the
Chief Constable told them they ought to be ashamed of themselves.
The Chairman said the Magistrates agreed that all the
prisoners were Guilty, and they would have to go to prison for 21 days` hard
labour.
The Chief Constable said an attempt had been made that
morning to get the prosecutor not to appear in Court.
Keeler was then informed by the Chairman that if anyone
attempted to molest him, he should at once report the matter to the Chief
Constable.
Hythe
Reporter 2-6-1906
Folkestone Police Court
Arthur Simpson, Robert Simpson, George Smith, and
Robert Frost, all young men, were charged with larceny from the person on
Saturday night.
Thomas Keeler said he lived at 6, Bartholomew Street,
Hythe, and was a greengrocer. On Saturday evening he came to Folkestone, about
8 o`clock, to see about a cart. He came to see the prisoner Bob Simpson, who
was to have brought the cart to him that morning. He saw him up at the Fair, on
the Brickfield in Canterbury Road. They afterwards fell in with the other
prisoners, and all of them went to the Royal Standard beerhouse soon after ten.
Witness had a shandy, Bob Simpson had ginger beer, and others had beer. He
treated Bob and George. They stayed there about half an hour, leaving at 10.30.
He then had 10s. 6d. in silver and coppers, which he tied up in his
handkerchief, which he placed in the top pocket of his coat. Witness told them
he was going to Hythe, and all of them then said they would show him a nearer
way. They then took him through the brickfields, where they all got round him.
One got at the back of him, and he was thrown down. When he was on the ground,
one of them pulled his handkerchief out of his pocket. When he got up he
helloed out, because he heard a man coming across the field. The prisoners then
ran away towards the Fair. He told the man about it, and he went in search of a
policeman, and he saw P.S. Lawrence and P.C. Weller. He made a complaint to
them. He afterwards went to the police station, where he found the twp
Simpsons.
George Summerfield, the landlord of the Royal Standard
beerhouse, said the four prisoners and prosecutor came into his house at twenty
past ten on Saturday evening. He saw the prosecutor take some money from his
handkerchief, and, after paying for some drink, he tied the money up again in
his handkerchief.
P.S. Lawrence said at 11.35 on Saturday night he was in
Canterbury Road, in company with P.C. Weller, when they met the prosecutor. He
was perfectly sober. He complained that he had been robbed of his money in the
brickfield. From what he said, he went to Mill Bay. On the way he met Detective
Sergeant Burniston, who accompanied him. He went to No. 4, where he aroused the
inmates, and a man named Simpson let him in. He there saw the two Simpsons on
the stairs. He took them to the police station and charged them. About a
quarter past one he went to a caravan in the brickfield adjoining Canterbury
Road. He there found Smith sleeping in the van. He woke him and took him into
custody. He then went to 29, Rossendale Road, where he arrested Frost, who was
sleeping on a bed in a back room. He took them to the police station, where all
four were formally charged with being concerned together with stealing the
money and handkerchief. The two Simpsons and Smith made no reply. Frost said “I
went with the other man and Keeler to the Royal Standard, which we left at
eleven o`clock. When in the first field below the brickfield, Bob Simpson and
Smith took hold of Keeler and nearly threw him down. I heard Keeler say “I have
lost my handkerchief”. We all four left him and went back to the brickfield.
Smith said “I have got his handkerchief. There is 3s. in it”. We came away
along Canterbury Road and Dover Road. When they left Keeler, Bob Simpson said
“Don`t let Frost come with us, or else he will tell of us like he did at the
Fair””. At daylight witness went to the field, where he found the handkerchief,
which had been identified by Keeler, thrown over the fence.
Arthur Simpson and Frost pleaded Guilty, and the other
two Not Guilty.
The prisoner Robert Simpson said when they left the
public house they went down through the Fair together, and when in the fields
Keeler said he had lost his handkerchief and money. They went back to look for
it, but they could not find it, and he then said he thought some of them had
got it, and if they did not give it to them he would tell a policeman. They
eventually went home.
Smith made a similar statement.
On the prisoners being requested to sign their names to
the statements made by them, the two Simpsons said they could not write, and
the Chief Constable told them they ought to be ashamed of themselves.
The Chairman said the Magistrates agreed that all the
prisoners were Guilty, and they would have to go to prison for 21 days` hard
labour.
The Chief Constable said an attempt had been made that
morning to get the prosecutor not to appear in Court.
Keeler was then informed by the Chairman that if anyone
attempted to molest him, he should at once report the matter to the Chief
Constable.
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