Folkestone Chronicle
27-1-1900
Friday, January 26th: Before C.J. Hoad and
Colonel Westropp.
James Wheeler (sic) obtained confirmation of the licence of
the Prince Of Wales beerhouse, Guildhall Street.
Folkestone Herald
27-1-1900
Folkestone Police Court
Yesterday (Friday) a temporary authority was granted to Mr.
James Weaver for the Prince Of Wales Inn.
Folkestone Express
10-3-1900
Wednesday, February 7th: Before J. Fitness, C.J.
Pursey, W. Wightwick, and J. Pledge Esqs.
James Wheeler (sic), Prince Of Wales, Guildhall Street
applied for a transfer of licence for the above-mentioned public house.
Granted.
Folkestone Herald
10-3-1900
Folkestone Police Court
On Wednesday, the following transfer was granted: Prince Of
Wales, Guildhall Street, to Mr. J. Wheeler.
Folkestone Chronicle
27-9-1902
Wednesday, September 24th: Before Alderman
Herbert, Lieut. Colonel Hamilton, and Mr. G.I. Swoffer.
Harry Moon, a lance corporal in the Buffs, and wearing the
South African medal, was charged with attempting to obtain the sum of £8 14s.
6d. by means of a worthless cheque from Councillor J. Jones.
Councillor J. Jones said: On Monday, the prisoner,
accompanied by a woman, came to my shop. He selected various articles of
furniture, and said he would call back and pay for them. He did not call any
more that day, but came back between two and three yesterday afternoon. He told
me that he had a cheque for £15. Would I take it and give him the change which
was to come out of the account? I asked him if the cheque was from the
Government for his pay. He said “Yes”, and I asked him to go and get the
cheque. He went away and came back in about half an hour. He then produced a
cheque for £25, dated Sept. 23rd. He selected some more goods, and
wanted the difference, £8 14s. 6d., out of the cheque. I said to him “This is
not the Government cheque for £15”. He replied “My money is in the National
Provincial Bank, and this is my own cheque”. I said “Why did you not get it
cashed at the bank this morning?” He said “I found it was too late; the bank
closes at three”. I then said “Why not wait until tomorrow when the bank
opens?” He answered “Because I want particularly to get away by the five train;
my wife is ill, and I want the goods delivered to the station before five”. I
said to the accused “I don`t want any nonsense; is this money at the bank or
not?” He said “Yes, and much more than that”. I said “I don`t think that I have
sufficient change”. My wife said “Oh, yes, you have”, and accused said “If you
have not got quite enough – I am in a hurry, and will have some more goods;
these pictures will do, and it will make the change £5 or £6”. I said “You sit
down, and if your cheque is all right I`ll change it in three minutes”. He
replied “The bank is closed; it`s no use going there”. I said “Sit down; while
you are chatting, I`ll get the change”. I then made enquiries, and went to the
police station and gave particulars to Sergt. Dawson. On my return, prisoner
said “Have you got the money?” He was then outside the shop talking to the woman. I told him to come into
the shop, and P.C. Scott came down. I then invited him to come to the police
station and explain matters. At first he demurred. I said “Where did you get
this cheque from?” He replied “From Bill Weaver, at the Prince of Wales; he
gave me the cheque”. I then accompanied prisoner to the station, and at six
o`clock last night signed the charge prepared by the Chief Constable.
Mrs. Major, wife of Charles Major, of the East Kent Arms
Hotel, said: The prisoner came into the bar yesterday afternoon, and brought a
note from my sister. In consequence of the note I gave the prisoner a blank
cheque.
Charles John Lee, accountant at the National Provincial
Bank, said he did not know the prisoner, and had not seen him before. Accused
had not an account at the bank, and to his (witness`s) knowledge never had one.
Prisoner pleaded Guilty. He said that when in South Africa
he had had some money transferred to his account at Cape Town. He came from the
Sussex Regiment to the Buffs, and now the money could not be traced.
Councillor Jones appealed to the Bench to deal with the
accused under the First Offenders Act. The man had only just married, and it
would be a pity to blight two young lives. The case had been brought in the
public interest. He had not lost any money, and no real harm had been done.
An officer present said the regimental record of the accused
was clean. He was transferred to the Buffs in South Africa, and invalided home
with enteric fever.
Moon, questioned, said he had two more years service with
the colours to do.
Alderman Herbert: Moon, you have shown great ingenuity –
misplaced ingenuity – in perpetrating this act. Fortunately for you your
regimental sheet is clean, and the prosecutor has pleaded hard for the Bench to
deal leniently with you. You will therefore be bound over under the First
Offenders Act in the sum of £20 to be of good behaviour for six months.
Prisoner: Thank you, sir.
It should be explained that Mr. Weaver of the Prince of
Wales is Mrs. Major`s brother. Prisoner went to the Prince of Wales in the
afternoon, and spoke freely about his money at the bank. He said he did not
wish to buy a book of cheques when one would do, and upon this, Mr. Weaver
being out, Mrs. Weaver obliged prisoner by sending a note to Mr. Major, knowing
that he banked at the N.P.B.
Folkestone Express
27-9-1902
Wednesday, September 24th: Before Alderman
Herbert, Lieut. Colonel Hamilton, and G.I. Swoffer Esq.
Harry Moon, a lance corporal of the Buffs, was charged with
attempting to obtain £8 14s. 6d. from John Jones by means of a worthless
cheque.
Prosecutor said between eleven and twelve o` clock on Monday
prisoner, accompanied by a woman, went to his shop and selected some furniture.
Prisoner said he would come back between two and three p.m. He did not do so,
however, and came on Tuesday afternoon. Prisoner stated he had a cheque for £15
and asked witness if he could give him the change. Witness enquired if it was a
cheque from the Government, and he replied “Yes”. Witness asked him for the
cheque and prisoner said he would go and get it. He returned about half an hour
later and selected some more furniture and presented a cheque on the National
Provincial Bank for £25 and wanted the difference, £8 14s. 6d. Witness said it
was not the Government cheque for £15. Prisoner replied “No; my money is in the
National Provincial Bank, and this is my cheque”. Witness said “Why did you not
cash this at the bank?” Prisoner replied “I forgot it until it was too late.
The Bank closes at three o`clock”. Witness proposed that he should wait until
next day and then cash it, but prisoner wanted particularly to get away by the
five o`clock train, as he said his wife was ill. He wanted the goods delivered
at the station before five o`clock. Witness told prisoner he did not want any
nonsense, and asked whether the money was at the bank or not. Prisoner replied
“Yes, and a lot more than that”. Witness said he did not think he had the
change, so prisoner selected more goods, which left him change of £5. Witness
told prisoner to sit down, and if his cheque was all right he would change it
in three minutes. Prisoner said “The Bank is closed; it is no good going
there”. Witness went to the bank, and on making enquiries and finding prisoner
had no account, he went to the police station and gave information. When
witness returned, prisoner said “Have you got the money?” He was then standing
on the pavement. Witness told him to come inside as he did not do business on
the pavement.
Constable Scott then came inside and asked prisoner to go to
the police station and explain the matter. When asked where he got the cheque,
prisoner said “From Bill Weaver at the Prince of Wales”.
Mrs. Alice Major, of the East Kent Arms, said prisoner went
to their house on Tuesday afternoon and took a note letter, and she then put a
blank cheque in and handed it to prisoner.
It was a cheque obtained in this way that prisoner used.
Charles John Mason, accountant at the National Provincial
Bank, said prisoner had no account then at the Bank, and so far as witness knew
he never had.
Prisoner pleaded Guilty and said he had some money
transferred from Cape Town, but could not trave it at all.
Mr. Jones asked the Bench to deal as leniently as possible
with prisoner.
An officer gave prisoner a very good character so far as he
knew, but the prisoner`s company sheet was in South Africa, and the officer
commanding the regiment was away. Prisoner was at present on sick furlough,
having caught enteric fever while at the front.
The Bench bound the prisoner over in the sum of £20 to be of
good behaviour for six months.
Folkestone Herald
27-9-1902
Wednesday, September 24th: Before Mr. Herbert,
Mr. Swoffer, and Councillor Lieut. Colonel Hamilton.
Harry Moon, a soldier in the Buffs, was charged with
endeavouring to obtain £8 14s. 6d. from Councillor Jones by means of a
worthless cheque.
Councillor Jones said prisoner went to his shop on Grace
Hill with a woman and selected some articles of furniture. He then said he
would call the next day. Witness saw him when he called, and prisoner told him
that he had got a cheque for £15, asking him to take it and give him the
change. Witness asked him whether it was the cheque from the Government for prisoner`s
pay, and he said “Yes”. Witness then asked him for the cheque, and he said he
would go and get it, and went away. Witness said he would be there when
prisoner returned. Prisoner came back in about half an hour, and produced a
cheque for £25. He wanted £8 14s. 6d. change out of the cheque. Witness said to
him “This is not the Govenment cheque for £15”. Prisoner answered “No. My money
is in the National Provincial Bank, and this is my cheque”. Witness said “Why
did you not get the cash this morning from the bank?” Prisoner replied “I
forgot it until it was too late. The bank closes at 3 o`clock”. Witness then
said “Why not wait until tomorrow when the bank opens?” He said “I want
particularly to get away by the 5 o`clock train. My wife is ill, and I want the
goods delivered to the station before five”. Witness said “I don`t want any
nonsense. Is this money at the bank or not?” Prisoner answered “Yes, more than
that – much more than that”. Witness said “I don`t think I have got nearly £9
in change”. Prisoner then said “If you have not got it, I am in such a hurry
that I will have some more goods so that I can have £5 or £6 in change. I will
have those pictures”. Witness said “If your cheque is right, I will change it
in three minutes”. Prisoner replied “The Bank is closed; it is no use going
there”. Witness then told him to sit down, and while he was chattering he would
go and get the change. Witness then went to the Bank, and on the way back, to
the police station, and thence to his shop again. Prisoner said “Have you got
the money?” Witness replied “come in my shop. I don`t do business out here”.
P.C. Scott came down, and witness said “Will you come to the police station and
explain this matter?” Prisoner the said he had got the cheque from Bill Weaver
at the Prince Of Wales. Witness accompanied him to the police station.
Charles John Wilson, accountant at the National Provincial
Bank, said he had never seen the prisoner before. He had no account at the
Bank, and had not to witness`s knowledge had one.
Councillor Jones made an appeal for the prisoner, remarking
that it was a hard case and he did not wish the man and his young wife to be
blighted thus early in life. No-one had been harmed – he had not been
defrauded, but he thought it right to bring the case before the Bench in the
interests of the public. He would appeal for mercy and consideration.
An officer from the Camp said prisoner had a clean sheet,
and was now on sick furlough.
Prisoner was dealt with under the First Offenders Act, and
bound over in £20 to be of good behaviour.
Prisoner, who was deeply moved, said “Thank you very, very
much, sir”.
Folkestone Express
11-7-1903
Wednesday, July 8th: Before Lieut. Col. Fynmore,
W. Wightwick, W.G. Herbert, and J. Stainer Esqs., and Alderman Vaughan.
Mr. Minter made an application for an alteration of the
premises on behalf of the landlord of the Prince Of Wales Inn, and explained to
the Magistrates that through a mistake the plans were deposited one day late,
but said that the Magistrates had power to waive the objection.
The Magistrates, however, adjourned the consideration.
Folkestone Herald
5-9-1903
Wednesday, September 2nd: Before Messrs. W.
Wightwick, E.T. Ward, and J. Stainer.
Permission to alter the Prince Of Wales public house,
Guildhall Street, was granted by the Bench.
Folkestone Express
13-2-1904
Annual Licensing Meeting
Wednesday, February 10th: Before W. Wightwick
Esq., Lieut. Col. Hamilton, Lieut.
Col. Fynmore, Lieut. Colonel Westropp, and W.G. Herbert, E.T. Ward, and
C.J. Pursey Esqs.
The following was the report of Supt. Reeve: Chief
Constable`s Office, Folkestone, 10th February, 1904. To the Chairman
and Members of the Licensing Committee of the Borough of Folkestone. Gentlemen,
I have the honour to report for your information that there are at present
within your jurisdiction 139 premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating
liquors, namely: Full licences 87; Beer on 11; Beer off 6; Beer and Spirits
(dealers) 16; Grocers 12; Confectioners 3; Chemists 4; Total 139 – an average
of one licence to every 220 persons, or one “on” licence to every 313. This is
a decrease of one full licence as compared with last year`s return, the licence
of the Marquis Of Lorne having been refused at the adjourned meeting in March.
Twenty of the licences have been transferred during the year, namely, 14 full
licences, two beer on, two beer off, and two grocers. One beer off licence was
transferred twice during the year. One licence holder has been convicted since
the last annual meeting of committing drunkenness on his licensed premises. He
has since transferred his licence and left the house. The alterations which the
Justices at the adjourned meeting last year directed to be made to the Packet Boat,
Castle, Tramway, Bricklayers` Arms, Granville, and Star Inns have all been
carried out in a satisfactory manner, and none of the licensed houses are now
used as common lodging houses. Ten occasional licences, and extensions of hours
on 21 occasions, have been granted to licence holders during the year. There
are 14 places licensed for music and dancing, and two for public billiard
playing. Eleven clubs where intoxicating liquors are sold are registered in
accordance with the Licensing Act of 1902. For the year ending 31st
December last year, 154 persons (131 males and 23 females) were proceeded
against for drunkenness. 131 were convicted and 23 discharged. This is an
increase of 65 persons proceeded against, and 51 convicted, as compared with
1902. The increase is chiefly due to the additional powers given to the police
under the Licensing Act, 1902. Up to the present time no person within the
Borough has been convicted the necessary number of times within the 12 months
to be placed on the “black list” as provided by Section 6 of the Act of 1902.
With very few exceptions the whole of the licensed houses have been conducted
in a satisfactory manner. The only objection I have to make to the renewal of
any of the present licences is that of the Swan Inn, Dover Road, and I would
ask that the renewal of this licence be deferred until the adjourned meeting. I
have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, H. Reeve (Chief
Constable).
The Chairman: I think, gentlemen, you will agree that the
report of the Superintendent is a satisfactory one – in fact, I may say very
satisfactory – for the whole year. With your permission I well read the report
we now make to you. At the adjournment of the last general licensing meeting we
stated that in our opinion the number of licences for the sale of intoxicating
liquor then existing in the borough of Folkestone, especially in the part of
the immediate neighbourhood of the Harbour, was out of all proportion to the
population, and that we proposed between then and the general annual licensing
meeting of this year to obtain information on various matters, to enable us to
determine what reduction would be made in the number of licences. We invited
the owners of licensed houses in the meantime to meet and agree among themselves
for the voluntary surrender at this general meeting of a substantial number of
licences in the borough, and to submit the result of their united action to the
Licensing Justices for acceptance. Failing any satisfactory proposal for
reduction by the owners, the Licensing Justices last year intimated that in the
exercise of their discretionary powers they would at this year`s meeting decide
in a fair and equitable spirit what reduction should be made. But at the
opening of Parliament last week it was announced in the King`s speech that the
Government intended to introduce in the House of Commons during the present
session a Bill to amend the Licensing Laws. In view of this legislation we are
of opinion we ought not, pending the passage of this Bill through Parliament,
exercise the discretionary powers vested in us, and take measures for effecting
a further reduction in the number of licences within the borough on the ground
that certain licensed premises are not required for the public accommodation.
We have recently inspected certain houses known as the Imperial Brewery Tap,
the Hope, East Cliff Tavern, Victoria, Lifeboat, Duke Of Edinburgh, Railway
Tavern, and Channel Inn.
Prince Of Wales
Mr. Minter supported an application for a full licence for
this house, an old beer house. No evidence was given.
The Chairman remarked that it was not an opportune time to
apply for new licences. It would be better to await the passing of the new Act.
This concluded the business.
Folkestone Herald
13-2-1904
Tuesday, February 9th: Before Mr. W. Wightwick,
Alderman W.G. Herbert, Lieut. Colonels Hamilton, Fynmore, and Westropp, Messrs.
J. Ward and C.J. Pursey.
Annual Licensing Sessions
The Chief Constable first presented his annual report (for
which, see Folkestone Express 13-2-04).
The Chairman then addressed his colleagues (for which, see
Folkestone Express 13-2-04).
Mr. Minter, on behalf of the owners, offered to surrender
the beer licence of the Prince Of Wales, Guildhall Street, which had been
granted under the old Act of 1869, if the Bench would grant a new full licence
under the Act of 1902, but the Justices, in view of the present state of
affairs, declined the offer.
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