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Duke Of Edinburgh, Tontine Street Pre 1869 - 1906

Former Duke Of Edinburgh, Autumn 2011

Licensees

Charles Drew c1869 1870

William Swain 1870 1885 From Foresters Arms

Albert Bridges 1885 1888

John Harrison 1888 1891

Frederick Ralph 1891 1906 To Perseverance

Folkestone Observer 26-6-1869

Saturday, June 19^th: Before Captain Kennicott R.N. and James Tolputt Esq.

Charles Drew was charged with keeping his house open after 11 o`clock on the night of Sunday last.

The Bench fined the defendant £1 with costs.

Folkestone Observer 6-1-1870

Wednesday, January 5^th: Before R.W. Boarer, C. Doridant, C. Dashwood, J. Clark and J. Gambrill sqs.

Transfer of License

Mr. Minter, solicitor, applied on behalf of Mr. Wm. Swain for the necessary authority to retail beer on the premises in Tontine Street, recently occupied by Mr. Charles Drew, who, Mr. Minter stated, had absconded, taking the license with him. The owners now had possession of the premises, and had let them to Mr. Swain. The application was granted.

Folkestone Chronicle 8-1-1870

Wednesday, January 5^th: Before C. Doridant, R.W. Boarer, J. Gambrill, C.H. dashwood and J. Clark esqs.

William Swaine applied for permission to sell beer at a house in Tontine Street, lately occupied by Charles Drew, who held a license from the Bench and who had absconded. Mr. Minter supported the application and it was granted.

Folkestone Express 8-1-1870

Wednesday, January 5^th: Before The Mayor, R.W. Boarer, C. Dashwood, J. Clarke, and J. Gambrill Esqs.

Granting Licenses

William Swain applied for power to sell beer at the house of Charles Drew, in Tontine Street.

Mr. Minter supported the application, and stated that Drew had absconded, taking the license granted by the Magistrates at the last annual meeting with him.

The applicant was sworn, and deposed to serving the necessary notices.

The application was granted.

Southeastern Gazette 23-6-1879

Local News

On Tuesday evening a labouring man, named Thomas Glover, was hurt during a quarrel with two other men at the Duke of Edinburgh beerhouse. P.C. Keeler was sent for to clear the house, and found the man lying on the floor. He said his leg was broken. A fly was obtained, and he was removed to the police station, where Drs. Bateman and Mercer set the limb, which was broken just above the ankle.

 

Folkestone Express 27-8-1881

Saturday, August 20^th: Before The Mayor, Alderman Banks, and F. Boykett Esq.

George Jull was charged with being drunk and refusing to quit the Duke Of Edinburgh beershop, and also with using obscene language on the 10^th inst. He pleaded Guilty, and evidence having been given as to the facts of the case he was fined 10s. for refusing to quit the house, and 8s. costs, and 5s. and 8s. costs for using obscene language.

Folkestone Express 2-5-1885

Wednesday, April 29^th: Before The Mayor, Aldermen Caister and Sherwood, Captain Fletcher, J. Fitness, J. Clark, W.J. Jeffreason and J. Holden Esqs.

The licence of the Duke Of Edinburgh was transferred to Mr. H.W. Bridges.

Folkestone News 2-5-1885

Local News

At the Police Court on Monday, before The Mayor, Captain Carter, J. Fitness, T. Caister, J. Clark, W.J. Jeffreason, J. Sherwood and J. Holden Esqs., the Duke Of Edinburgh was transferred to Mr. A.W. Bridges

Folkestone Express 21-7-1888

Saturday, July 14^th: Before The Mayor, H.W. Poole Esq., and Surgeon General Gilbourne.

Temporary authority was granted to John Harrison to sell at the Duke Of Edinburgh, Tontine Street.

Folkestone Express 14-2-1891

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To Let: The Duke Of Edinburgh, Tontine Street, Folkestone. Capital beerhouse, under good brewers. Apply T.J. Harrison, Auctioneer and Valuer, 20, Alexandra Gardens, Folkestone.

Holbein`s Visitors` List 18-3-1891

Wednesday, March 11^th: Before W. Wightwick Esq., Surgeon General Gilbourne, and W.G. Herbert Esq.

The license of the Duke Of Edinburgh was transferred.

Folkestone Express 25-4-1891

Wednesday, April 22^nd: Before J. Clark, J. Fitness, J. Pledge, J. Holden and E.T. Ward Esqs.

Transfer

The licence of the Duke Of Edinburgh, Tontine Street, was transferred to Mr. F. Ralph.

Folkestone Chronicle 18-7-1891

Local News

At the Folkestone police court on Tuesday, James McCarthy was charged with stealing a large quantity of house linen, valued at £5 12s., the property of Miss Campbell.

From the evidence of Henry Robus it appears that he was in charge of Miss Campbell`s house – 67, Brockman Road. The stolen goods were safely locked in the house on Sunday night, but he missed them on Wednesday. Upon examination he found the storm sash at the back of the house had been broken, and also the glass in the inner window, so that anyone could get in.

The prisoner lodged at the Oddfellows Inn (sic), and it was stated by the landlady that he was absent all Tuesday night and came home on Wednesday morning. He opened a bundle and showed her the articles produced, and as she had suspicions she sent for the police. When questioned by Supt. Taylor he said he had obtained them in the ordinary way of dealing, but declined to say where.

Mrs. Edith Ralph, of the Duke Of Edinburgh, stated that the prisoner offered  some towels for sale at her bar, and she and a woman named Davison bought a number, but took them to the police station afterwards.

Statements were also made by Stephen Bailey and Jane Davis, who were at the Oddfellows when McCarthy returned. He asked them what they thought of his night`s work.

The Magistrates committed him for trial.

Folkestone Express 18-7-1891

Thursday, July 16^th: Before Alderman Dunk and J. Fitness Esq.

James McCarthy was charged with stealing a quantity of house linen, value £5 12s., the property of Miss Campbell, from a house in Brockman Road.

P.C. Walter Down said he went on Wednesday at 9.30 a.m. to the Oddfellows in Radnor Street, and there saw a bundle containing the property now produced. Prisoner afterwards came in, and he asked if the bundle belonged to him. Prisoner said it did, and he bought the goods in Folkestone, but declined to say where he got them.

Prisoner: I object to leading questions. It is against all order. It don`t give me a chance. I haven`t got much as it is.

Witness: He said he came by them honestly, but declined to say where he bought them, or who he bought them of. At the police station Superintendent Taylor asked prisoner where he got the clothes. Prisoner replied “In the ordinary way of dealing, but I decline to tell you where”. The bundle contained ten sheets, two tablecloths, a towel, a toilet cover, 16 pillow cases, two pairs of curtains, four valances. They were all marked “Owen”, and had lot tickets upon them.

Henry Robus said on the 17^th July, 1889, he attended a sale of the effects of Mr. D. Owen, at 67, Brockman Road, and purchased through Smith, a broker, lots 215 to 225, and afterwards made them up into a bundle, and took them to a house in Brockman Road belonging to Miss Mary Campbell. There was no other furniture in the house at the time. The house was in his charge – securely locked and the windows were fastened. He was in the house on Sunday at 11.30, and the articles were then safe, just as he put them there two years ago. He went to the house on Wednesday, and the goods were then missing. He examined the house, and found the glass of the storm sash at the back of the drawing room broken, and also the glass of the inner window, so that anyone could get in.

Prisoner: Where did you get your information?

Witness declined to answer.

Prisoner: Could a man of my size get in the window? – Yes. I could get in.

Jane Davis, wife of a labourer, lodging at the Oddfellows Arms, said she saw the prisoner there on Wednesday morning. He asked her to go down into the scullery and see his night`s work. She went down, and he untied the bundle of linen. He gave her 18 towels to take up to Mrs. Carter to sell to get a drink. She was to ask 2s. for them. She returned and told him Mrs. Carter refused to buy them, saying they were stolen property.

Stephen Bailey said on Wednesday he saw the prisoner in the scullery at the Oddfellows. He showed him a bundle, and asked “What do you think of my night`s work?”, and asked him to feel the weight of it. He opened it and showed him the sheets and pillowcases, and offered to sell him a pair of sheets for a shilling, and also asked him to stand a drink. When Mrs. Carter came down she sent him for a constable.

Lucy Carter, landlady of the Oddfellows Inn, said the prisoner was staying at her house three weeks ago, and remained 10 days. He went away and returned on Saturday evening, and slept at her house on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. He was absent all night on Tuesday, and came in about seven o`clock on Wednesday. She went into the scullery and saw prisoner there with a large bundle of linen. She asked him to show her the things he had to sell. He opened the bundle and showed her tablecloths and shirts. She told him he had not come by them honestly, and that he was to take them away. She then sent for a policeman. Prisoner left the house with some of the articles in a handbasket.

Edith Ralph, wife of the landlord of the Duke Of Edinburgh, Tontine Street, said the prisoner went to her private bar on Wednesday with some towels, which he asked her to buy. She bought ten for 1s. 10d.. She saw they were marked “Owen”, and took them to the police station.

Jemima Davison, of 6, South Street, produced two towels which she purchased of prisoner in the Duke Of Edinburgh for 3d.

Prisoner said he wished to be remanded or committed for trial, and then he would make a statement to the police which would very likely clear him, which it would not do if he spoke it in open court. He believed he was quite justified in selling the things, and came by them in a perfectly honest manner. He expected someone would have been present when they knew he was in trouble, to say how he came by them.

Prisoner was committed for trial at the Sessions.

Folkestone Visitors` List 14-10-1891

Quarter Sessions

The Quarter Sessions on Monday occupied seven hours – an unusual time for Folkestone.

James McCarthy, 29, described as an engine fitter, pleaded Not Guilty to stealing, in a house in Brockman Road, a quantity of linen &c., the goods of Miss Campbell, on the 16^th July. Mr. Glyn prosecuted.

Prisoner defended himself with considerable ability, and his defence was that he received the goods from a soldier of the 17^th Lancers, and was disposing of them for him when he was apprehended. The case occupied over two hours, and a verdict was returned of Guilty on the second charge, that of receiving the goods knowing them to have been stolen.

The Recorder sentenced prisoner to three months` hard labour, taking into consideration the fact that he had already been nearly three months in prison awaiting his trial.

Folkestone Chronicle 17-10-1891

Quarter Sessions

Monday, 12^th October: Before J.C. Lewis Coward Esq.

A true bill was returned against James McCarthy, who was charged with having, on the 15^th of last July, stolen from the dwelling house of Mary Campbell, Brockman Road, two dimity curtains, four valances, three pairs of linen sheets, and a number of towels, of the value of £5 12s.

Mr. L. Glyn prosecuted, and the prisoner, who pleaded Not Guilty, was not defended.

P.C. Walter Down was called and stated that on Wednesday, the 15^th of July, about half past nine in the morning, he went to the Oddfellows Inn (sic), Radnor Street. He there saw the bundle produced. It contained the articles which were the subject of the present charge. Shortly after his arrival at the Oddfellows, the prisoner entered. He asked him if the bundle belonged to him. He said “Yes”. Witness asked him where he got them from, and he replied “I came by them honestly. I bought them at Folkestone”. He then asked the prisoner to take him to the place where he bought them, but he refused to. He told the prisoner he should take him to the police station on suspicion of having stolen the goods.

By the prisoner: Witness was called to the Oddfellows about half past nine, and about twenty minutes elapsed after he first saw the prisoner. He went to the station quietly and seemed to take it in good humour. He did not consider it necessary to handcuff prisoner. When he (prisoner) went into the Rendezvous, witness waited outside for him. He suggested that witness should go back to the Oddfellows and wait for the man who sold them.

The Recorder: Do I understand you allowed him to go and have a drink after you arrested him?

Witness: Yes, sir; he was determined to go.

The Recorder: A very obliging policeman, but it is fortunate for you there wasn`t a back door.

Supt. Taylor said he remembered prisoner being brought to the station. Witness told him he had been brought there on suspicion of having stolen the goods. He said he was a dealer and had bought them. Witness asked him of whom, and he answered that he bought them at Folkestone, and had come by them honestly.

At the request of the prisoner Supt. Taylor produced a statement which the prisoner made after he had been committed for trial and also a letter which he wrote in prison. Nothing was known against him by the London Police and he could not have obtained information easily without the prisoner`s help. There were no scratches on his face to indicate scratches by broken glass. He found that he was in company with a man in uniform on the Monday and Tuesday nights. Prisoner said the man belonged to the 17^th Lancers. He had seen the Sergeant Major and had had the regiment paraded.

Henry Robus proved having purchased the articles at the sale of Mr. Owen, for Miss Campbell, on the 17^th July. 1889. They were all marked “Owen”. He took them to 21, Brockman Road. He visited the house on the Sunday before the robbery. The goods were all right then.

Jane Davis said she was employed at the Oddfellows Inn. On the morning in question prisoner showed her the articles and asked her what she thought of his night`s work. He gave her 13 towels to take to Mrs. Carter to sell for 2s. Mrs. Carter said she would see about it when she came down. Mrs. Carter was ill and could not attend that day.

Prisoner: What`s the matter with her?

Witness: She`s ill.

Prisoner: Yes, with the perjury! She committed gross perjury before the Magistrates. I shall prove it presently.

Mr. Glyn put in a certificate, and the witness Davis said she was suffering from dropsy and diseased kidneys.

Stephen Bailey, labourer, said he lodged at the Oddfellows. The prisoner also asked him what he thought of his night`s work. He asked him to lend him twopence for a drink, and to buy a pair of sheets for 1s. He did not buy them.

Mr. Glyn then read the depositions of Mrs. Carter, which were given before the Magistrates. She stated that the prisoner slept at her house on Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights. He was absent on the Tuesday night and came home at seven o`clock on the morning of the 15<sup>th</sup>. At quarter to eight prisoner was in the scullery, and when he asked her to buy some towels she said “You didn`t come by these things honestly and take them out of my house. Where did you get them from?” He said “Mind your own business”.

Edith Ralph, wife of the landlord of the Duke Of Edinburgh, stated that the prisoner brought some towels into the bar and she gave him 1s. 10d. for ten. When she found the name “Owen” on them she took them up to Supt. Taylor.

Jemima Davidson, of 6, South Street, stated that she bought two towels from prisoner for 3d.

This was the case for the prosecution, and prisoner called Charles William Young, Master of the Elham Union Workhouse. He stated that prisoner was admitted to the Workhouse Infirmary on the 24^th of June and was discharged on the 13^th of July (Monday). He was in bed the whole time, and was discharged at his own request.

Prisoner said that proved the perjury on the part of the witness Carter, who stated that he slept at the Oddfellows on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday, whereas he was not discharged from the Workhouse until the Monday.

George Bean, landlord of the Perseverance, was called on the prisoner`s behalf, but did not put in an appearance.

Harry Stone, alias Lucas, stated that he saw prisoner in the Perseverance at half past twelve on Monday. He remained in his company until eleven at night. The next day he went into the Perseverance about the same time and saw the prisoner. In the afternoon they went to Cheriton to get a job for the prisoner. They went back to the Perseverance, and in the evening a man came in dressed in soldier`s clothes. It was the uniform of the 17<sup>th</sup> Lancers. They all went out at eleven o`clock. He went with Supt. Taylor, but was unable to identify the soldier.

Prisoner then read a long statement. He said he had work to go to at Cheriton at five o`clock on the Wednesday morning, and as he was the worse for drink on Tuesday night, and fearing that he might overlay of he went to the Oddfellows, he slept under a bathing machine on the beach. He got to the White Lion, Cheriton, at five in the morning. His employer did not turn up and whilst he was waiting a soldier came up with the bundle of goods. They talked for some time. He said he was Captain Owen`s servant, and that he was going abroad and had given him everything he did not want. He asked him (prisoner) if he knew where to sell them, and he said very likely Mrs. Carter would buy them. The soldier said he had another lot and if prisoner liked to take them to the Oddfellows he could have the middle man`s profits and he would follow with the other bundle. He (prisoner) did not know they had been stolen and carried the bundle through the open streets, passing a large number of people on the way. Since he was arrested he had given every assistance to the police.

The jury found prisoner Not Guilty of stealing the goods, but Guilty on the second count of receiving them knowing them to have been stolen, and he was sentenced to three calendar months` hard labour.

Folkestone Express 17-10-1891

Quarter Sessions

Monday, October 11^th: Before John Charles Lewis Coward Esq.

James McCarthy, 29, described as an engine fitter, was indicted for stealing two dimity curtains, three pairs of linen sheets, and other articles, the property of Mary Campbell, and which articles were left in an unoccupied house in Brockman Road.

Mr. Glyn, instructed by Mr. Minter, prosecuted.

P.C. Down said on the 15^th July he went to the Oddfellows Arms, in Radnor Street, and was there shown the bundle of things produced. He saw the prisoner come in and asked him if the bundle belonged to him. Prisoner said “Yes”, and added that he came by them honestly -  he bought them in Folkestone. Witness asked him to go with him to the place where he bought them, and he said “No”. He then told prisoner he should take him to the station on a charge of stealing them.

By the prisoner: You took the matter lightly and good-humouredly, as though there was nothing in it. You went into the Rendezvous and had a drink while I stood outside.

The Recorder: Do I understand you allowed him to go into a public house and have a drink while you had him in charge? – He was determined to go, sir.

Supt. Taylor said he had a conversation with the prisoner at the police station. He asked him to account for the possession of the goods. He said “I bought them. I am a dealer”. He asked who he bought them of, and he did not say – he said he came by them honestly.

Prisoner asked for the statement he made before the Magistrates, and a letter he wrote from Canterbury to the Superintendent to be produced and read to the jury.

Supt. Taylor put in a long statement made by the prisoner after his committal, and the Recorder read it. It`s purport was that he received the articles of a soldier belonging to the 17<sup>th</sup> Lancers, who, he said, was an officer`s servant, and wanted to find a purchaser for them, and on his (prisoner`s) suggestion he was allowed to carry the bundle to the Oddfellows. Next morning he sold some of the towels quite openly to get a drink. The Recorder also read a long letter written by the prisoner from Canterbury, in which he said he had been the landlord of a public house at Devonport. He married the landlady and they separated by mutual consent. His wife had allowed him upwards of a guinea a week. He had also received two small legacies, and had written stories for weekly journals, and had won money in newspaper prize competitions, so that he had no necessity to work.

In reply to the prisoner, Supt. Taylor said all the information he gave as to his antecedents was correct. The London police knew nothing. He found by enquiry that the prisoner was in company with a man in uniform two days previous to his arrest. There was no man in the 17^th Lancers of the description given by the prisoner. There was no Capt. Owen in the 17^th Lancers. Prisoner said a man named Stone or Lucas could identify the man, and he took Stone to the Hounslow Barracks, where the 17^th Lancers had just arrived, but he could not identify anyone. The statement made by the prisoner about his wife was not true. She had not made him an allowance.

Henry Rebus proved purchasing the articles at a sale of Mr. Owen`s goods in 1889, for Miss Mary Campbell. The articles were all marked “Owen”, and had lot tickets on them. He took them to a house belonging to Miss Campbell, 29, Brockman Road, and locked them up in a room. He saw the things safe as late at the 14^th or 15^th July of this year. He missed the things on the 19^th. The storm sash of the window had been broken open, and the things were gone.

Jane Davis, wife of John Davis, a lodger at the Oddfellows Arms, said on Wednesday morning, the 15^th July, she saw the prisoner, who asked her to go into the kitchen to see his night`s work. She went, and untied the bundle. He gave her thirteen towels to take up to Mrs. Carter to sell for 2s. to get him a drink. She took them to Mrs. Carter, and brought them back. Mrs. Carter said she would see about them when she got up. She had seen Mrs. Carter that morning. She had been ill for a week and was unable to attend.

Prisoner: What is the matter with Mrs. Carter? – I don`t know.

Prisoner: Perhaps she has got perjury the matter with her. I can prove she committed perjury before the Magistrates.

Witness said she had a doctor`s certificate.

In answer to prisoner, witness said she lent him an open basket to take the towels out in. There were about 20 people in the house.

Prisoner caused some amusement by reading a list of the people who were in the house.

Stephen Bailey, another lodger at the Oddfellows, said the prisoner asked him to feel the weight of a bundle of linen. He then asked him to lend him 2d., or to give him 1s. for a pair of sheets. When Mrs. Carter came down she sent for a policeman.

Mr. Glyn put in the deposition of Lucy Carter, and told prisoner the doctor had been sent for, and when he arrived he would be allowed to put questions to him. The deposition stated that the prisoner lodged in her house on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, but was absent on Tuesday night. He returned early on Wednesday.

Edith Ralph, wife of the landlord of the Duke Of Edinburgh Inn, Tontine Street, said the prisoner went to her house with some towels in an open basket. He asked her to buy some, and she bought 10 for 1s. 10d. In the afternoon she examined them, and finding a name on them, she took them to the police station. Prisoner told her he got the towels honestly.

In answer to the Recorder, witness said she had not heard of the robbery before she took the towels to the Superintendent.

Jemima Davidson said she bought two towels of the prisoner in the Duke Of Edinburgh for 3d.

Prisoner called Charles William Young, Master of the Elham Union Workhouse, who stated that the prisoner was admitted to the infirmary on the 24^th June and discharged on the 13^th July.

Prisoner said that proved the perjury of the witness Carter, who was so ill she could not come.

Henry Stone, who said “Lucas” was his nickname, said he was a plasterer, residing at Folkestone. He saw the prisoner in the Perseverance on Monday from twelve o`clock until five or ten minutes to eleven, and on Tuesday from 12.30 until eleven. There was a man there in soldier`s clothes on Tuesday night. His uniform was like that of the 17^th Lancers. Prisoner said he should like to get work in the town, and they went together about eight o`clock oto the Pavilion Fields to see if they could get work. When they returned the soldier was still there, and they left about eleven.

In reply to Mr. Glyn, witness said he went to Hounslow, and saw the regiment paraded, but did not recognise the soldier among them.

Prisoner made a long statement, in which he attempted to show that he was innocent in “thought, word, or deed”. Had he been guilty, it was not likely he would have stayed in the town to be arrested.

Mr. Glyn, in his closing remarks to the jury, said that on his own statement the prisoner was a thief, because he said he received goods from a soldier and agreed to find a customer for them, instead of which he sold a portion of them and spent the money on drink.

The Recorder, in summing up, said they must all regret to see a man possessing the ability the prisoner had displayed standing in such a position. He commented on the statements of the prisoner, and compared them with the evidence, pointing out that there was proof that the prisoner was dealing with the goods very shortly after they were stolen.

The jury, without leaving the box, found the prisoner Guilty of receiving the goods knowing them to be stolen.

Superintendent Taylor produced a copy of the prisoner`s discharge from the army and a letter he had received relating to that part of the prisoner`s statement as to his keeping a public house. Nothing was known about him by the London police. The address he gave was that of a court which had been pulled down for improvements.

The Recorder said the jury had taken a merciful view of the case. Prisoner had been in prison three months, and he would be sentenced therefore to only three months` hard labour.

Folkestone Herald 17-10-1891

Quarter Sessions

Monday, October 12^th:

James McCarthy, 29, engine fitter, was sentenced to three months` imprisonment for stealing two dimity curtains, three pairs of linen sheets, and other articles, the property of Mary Campbell, from an unoccupied house in Brockman Road.

Folkestone Chronicle 11-10-1895

Local News

William Leary was summoned, on Wednesday, to appear before the Magistrates to answer the charge of assaulting Ellen Harvey.

Previous to the hearing the defendant was sitting in the lobby, making a great deal of noise and shouting. To stop this the police had to remove him to the police station, and consequently he was was brought before the Bench in semi-custody. The charge was read over to him, calling on him to find sureties to keep the peace. This roused the prisoner`s indignation. “Sureties! Sureties! What do you mean?” he shouted. Some of the people in Court laughed, and he turned round and shook his fist, exclaiming “Don`t you laugh at me!” The Magistrates did not consider the defendant in a fit state to plead, and Sergeant Butcher stated that in his opinion he was drunk. They therefore remanded him until Thursday.

“Take him below” said Sergeant Butcher. This was the signal for a fearful outburst of rage on the defendant`s part, and he struck out right and left, nearly knocking over the witness box. Sergt. Swift and the Town Sergeant, and others, came to assist, but they had all they could do to get him to the cells, for he fought and kicked like a maniac. Ultimately he was put safely under lock and key.

It appears that the man was charged with a violent assault some two months ago, and on that occasion it took six or eight men to get him to the station. He then appeared in the dock covered with blood, and presenting a woeful appearance. His conduct at the station was so bad that the poice were compelled to handcuff him in the cells. On his liberation from prison Mr. Rowland Hill, the Police Court Missionary of the C.E.T.S., got him work and supplied him with tools, but he never went to it.

The man was brought up again on Thursday and presented a very different appearance, a night in the cells having evidently sobered him.

In reply to the Chairman, he stated he was very sorry for his conduct in Court the previous day. He had had something to drink. The Chairman said as he had shown contrition the Bench would look over his conduct this time.

Ellen Harvey, a single woman, said she lived at Castle Place. On Sunday last she was in the Duke Of Edinburgh beerhouse with an old lady. He came in and used bad language. He said that after shutting up time he was going to kill her, and the people she lived with. She asked what she had done to deserve such treatment. She then rushed out to the back of the house. He followed her, and continued to do so until she was onliged to obtain the protection of P.C. Bailey. He threatened her several times. She went in bodily fear of him. She had offered to leave the town herself if he would keep away from her. The witness here got very excited, and implored the Bench to grant her protection. Previously she had cohabited with him, but not since.

By the prisoner: I did not live with you since you came out of prison, neither did we drink together. You have never given me money.

The prisoner said he had used threats, but the witness knew he never intended to carry them out.

The prosecutrix said she had suffered greatly from the prisoner`s brutality.

The prisoner said if the Bench would look over the matter he would leave the town.

The prosecutrix again implored the Magistrates to give her protection.

The Chairman said the case was clearly proved, but as he had undertaken to leave the town, if he did so at once the Bench would give him the opportunity of doing so. The prisoner said he would do so, and not return at all.

The case was adjourned until Saturday. If he had left the town the case would be at an end. If he did not it would be proceeded with.

Folkestone Express 12-10-1895

Wednesday, October 9^th: Before Captain Carter, J. Fitness, W.G. Herbert, T.J. Vaughan, R.J. Fynmore and G. Spurgen Esqs., and Alderman Sherwood.

William Leary was summoned for using threats towards Ellen Harvey, who asked that he should be bound over to keep the peace.

Defendant behaved in an excited manner, and Sergeant Butcher gave evidence to the effect that he had the defendant under observation during the morning, and he was drunk. The case was therefore adjourned till the next morning.

The defendant was requested to go below, when he became extremely violent, and used disgusting language. He resisted with such force that it took the united efforts of three constables and a civilian to remove him from the Court.

Sergeant Butcher said the defendant had just come out of gaol after six weeks` imprisonment.

On Thursday Leary was brought up again, and his demeanour was very different. The lady, however, was in an excited state.

Captain Carter asked prisoner: What do you have to say to the Bench in reference to your very unseemly conduct yesterday?

Prisoner: I am very sorry. I had some drink, and got very excited. It shan`t occur again.

Captain carter: I am glad to hear you express contrition. I certainly never witnessed a scene of the kind in this court before. I don`t know whether my brother Magistrates will look over it. You were brought here on a summons, and ought to behave yourself. We will hear the evidence.

Ellen Harvey said she lived at 8, Castle`s Yard, and at half past nine on Sunday night she was in the Edinburgh Tavern. The prisoner went in an said “After shutting up time I am going to kill you and the people you live with”. She asked him what she had done to deserve such treatment from him, and rushed out at the back. Prisoner followed her about the streets until half past eleven, and she had to get protection from P.C. Bailey. Prisoner used very bad language, and threatened her so that she went in bodily fear of him. She had offered to provide him with food if he would go away from her. He had been in prison recently. Before that they lived together, but not since. (The complainant got very excited, and implored the Bench to give her protection).

Prisoner said he did use threats, but the complainant knew very well he did not intend to do such things.

Complainant replied that she had suffered enough from his brutality.

Prisoner promised to leave the town if the Bench would allow him to depart, and on the understanding that he would go away at once the case was adjourned till Saturday.

 

Folkestone Up To Date 8-10-1898

Wednesday, October 5^th: Before J. Hoad, J. Pledge, J. Fitness, and Salter Esqs.

John Smith was charged with stealing two ducks and one drake, the property of Mr. Gambrill, Broadmead Manor.

Thomas Davis said: I am a labourer. I met the prisoner in the Edinburgh beerhouse in Tontine Street. He had some ducks with him, and he asked me if I could plant two mudlarks. I said “Yes, anyone would have them if they were alive”. I untied the bag, and he took out two white ducks. I asked what he wanted for them, and he said 5s. He took 4s., and told me to keep the 1s. I did not ask him where he got the ducks from. I saw him later in the day.

Mr. Williams said: i am a fishdealer etc., on the Sandgate Road. Davis brought the ducks to me in a bag and asked if I would buy them. I bought them for 6s. I paid 5s. 6d. and promised the extra 6d.

George Higgins said: I am a labourer at Broadmead Manor, in the employ of Mr. Gambrill. On Monday evening the ducks were all safe locked up in a lodge in the yard. The next morning I found the wire netting of the woodwork cut away, and sufficient space for a man to get through. I missed two white ducks and a drake. On Tuesday evening I went to Mr. Williams`s shop with P.C. Johnson, and there found a drake and one of the ducks. The ducks were of my rearing. There were only six in the lodge. I value them at 4s. each.

P.C. William Johnson said: About 6.30 p.m. last evening, the 4^th, from information received, I saw the witness Davis, who pointed out the prisoner. Davis said in the prisoner`s presence “This is the man who gave me the ducks”. The pruisoner said “Alright. I found them on the road this morning. I shall have to explain matters”. I took him into custody.

The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and said that he found the ducks on Tuesday morning in a bag on the Lower Road.

The prisoner was sentenced to a month` hard labour.

The Chairman remarked that the prisoner should bear in mind when he found things to deliver them up to the police.

The prisoner: That is just where I was wrong.

Folkestone Herald 8-10-1898

Police Court Report

On Wednesday – before Messrs. Hoad, Fitness, Pledge, and Salter – John Smith was charged with stealing two live ducks, the property of Mr. Gambrill.

Thomas Davis, a labourer, living at 20, Queen Street, deposed that he knew the defendant. The previous morning, the 4^th, about half past 10 a.m., he saw him in the Edinburgh beerhouse, in Tontine Street. He had a bag containing something. He asked witness if he could “plant” two mudlarks. Witness replied in the affirmative, and took the bag to Mr. Baker. On the bag being untied, Mr. Baker took out two white ducks, for which he finally gave witness 5s. 6d., promising to give another 6d. on a subsequent occasion. Witness went back and found the defendant, who took 4s, from him. Witness did not ask him where he got the ducks from. A constable afterwards met witness.

Mr. William Baker, fishmonger, Sandgate Road, deposed that Davis, the last witness, came to him the previous day. He brought the ducks in a bag, and asked witness if he would buy them. Witness saw them in the yard. He bought them for 5s. 6d., promising another 6d.

George Higgings, labourer, deposed that he had charge of the ducks and poultry at Broadmead Manor. At 6 o`clock on Monday evening he saw them locked up in a lodge. The next morning on going there he found the wire netting pulled away. There was enough space for a man to get through. He missed two ducks and a drake. On Tuesday he went to Mr. Baker`s shop with P.C. Johnson. He there saw the drake and one of the ducks. He valued them at 4s. each. He fed them daily.

P.C. George W. Johnson deposed that about 6.30 p.m. the previous evening, the 4^th, from information received, he went to the Edinburgh public house, Tontine Street, and saw Davis, who afterwards pointed out the defendant. He said in the defendant`s presence “This is the man who gave me the ducks”. The defendant said “That`s right. I found them along the Lower Road about half past five in the morning”. Witness brought him to the police station, where he was charged. Defendant said “That`s right. I shall have to explain matters”.

The defendant elected to be dealt with summarily, and pleaded Not Guilty. He said he found the two ducks in a bag, tied up, in the Lower Road. He took them, but he did not steal them.

The Bench sentenced him to one month`s hard labour.