Folkestone
Express 21-8-1915
Wednesday, August 18th: Before Lieut. Col.
Fynmore, Alderman Jenner, G.I. Swoffer, R.J. Linton, G. Boyd and H.C. Kirke
Esqs.
Mr. Haines appeared in the matter of the application
for the temporary transfer of the Eagle Inn, Guildhall Street, from Mr.
Wooderson to Mr. Toomer, the steward of the Masonic Club. He mentioned that he
wished for an adjournment of the application, as the valuer had not been able
to complete the valuation.
The Magistrates agreed to an adjournment until Friday
in next week.
Folkestone
Herald 21-8-1915
Wednesday, August 18th: Before Lieut. Col.
R.J. Fynmore, Mr. G.I. Swoffer, Mr. R.J. Linton, Councillor G. Boyd, Alderman
C. Jenner, and Mr. H. Kirke.
On the application of Mr. G.W. Haines, the matter of
the transfer of the licence of the Eagle Tavern, Guildhall Street, was
adjourned until Friday week.
Folkestone
Herald 28-8-1915
Friday, August 27th: Before Mr. E.T. Ward,
Lieut. Col. R.J. Fynmore, Mr. G.I. Swoffer, Councillor G. Boyd, Mr. J.J. Giles,
Col. G.P. Owen, Mr. H. Kirke, and the Rev. H. Epworth Thompson.
An application was made by Mr. G.W. Haines for the
temporary transfer of the licence of the Eagle Tavern, Guildhall Street, from
Mr. Wooderson to Mr. Harry Toomer.
The application was granted.
Inquest
The Borough Coroner (Mr. G.W. Haines) held an inquest at the Town Hall, Folkestone, on Monday afternoon, concerning the death of Edward Barnabas Wooderson,
the late licensee of the
Eagle Tavern, Guildhall Street.
George Hands, of Albion Road, Sandhurst, Berks., identified the body as that of Edward Barnabas Wooderson, late of the Eagle Tavern, Guildhall Street, Folkestone. He said deceased was 42 years of age. He had only left the Eagle Tavern on
Friday last. At the time of his death he was residing at 25, Victoria Road.
Dr. C.A.P. Stranaghan said he saw deceased for the last time on
Saturday morning about nine o'clock, when he was sent for. On arrival he found
deceased lying in bed. He was
very restless, and although he was not unconscious his mind was not dear. There
was no sign of haemorrhage in the brain, or any concussion sustained from the
fall earlier in the day. Witness was informed deceased had got up that morning
and gone downstairs, and had come back to bed. He went down again, and got as
far as the first landing when he was seized with a fit and fell into the
lavatory. If he had fallen to the right he would have fallen downstairs. He bad
previously been instructing some men
in the house how they were to put down some linoleum on the floor. His wife
found him unconscious in the lavatory, and he was carried out and put into bed.
That was the second fit deceased had had. He had one slight fit previously in
the morning. Before witness arrived, however, deceased got out of bed again.
When witness saw him in bed deceased
had a cut over his right eye, which was beginning to go black at the time. He had an abrasion on the right arm, and another on the right shoulder blade. On the left side
of the head there was a bump about the size of the top of an egg. He had received that a week previously from a slight
fall. There was no cut at all. Witness was sent for again at one o’clock, and
upon arriving about three o'clock he found deceased was dying. He was blue in
the face. Witness made a post mortem examination, and noticed on turning back
the scalp there was a good deal of bruising, but there was no injury to the
skull, there not even being a depression. Inside the skull there was no
depression and it was perfectly smooth under the bruise. On opening the cover
of the hrain he found a clot of blood, about a dessert-spoonful. This was
rather below the bruise. The membrane was very congested with blood and looked
very soft, instead of being shiny and smooth. The arteries of the brain were
congested. There were no signs
of haemorrhage inside the brain,
or of laceration of the brain surface. The chest showed signs of old pleurisy. The heart was very soft and fatty. The liver was very much
enlarged, and the kidneys were
large and soft. In his opinion death arose from cerebral haemorrhage, set up by
the congested condition of the brain, accelerated by the blood. He thought the
blow on the head might have weakened the vessels.
Frederick William Andrews, of 21, Darlington
Street, said he had assisted deceased in the bar of the Eagle Tavern. The night
after deceased knocked his head in the cellar witness noticed that he had a
bump on his left forehead and also a bruise on his face. The bump was about the
size of a pigeon's egg. Deceased said it was very sore, and made his head feel
very bad. He said he had gone down to the cellar the evening before, and had
knocked his head
on a wooden strut. Witness saw deceased nearly every day, and he complained a
good deal about his head. The strut had been up there for about twelve months.
Deceased was in the habit of going into the cellar. When witness left deceased
the previous night he thought he was in a fit condition to go down there.
The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the
medical evidence.
Folkestone
Express 4-9-1915
Friday, August 27th: Before E.T. Ward Esq.,
Lieut. Col. Fynmore, G.I. Swoffer and G. Boyd Esqs., Col. Owen, J.J. Giles and
H.C. Kirke Esqs., and the Rev. Epworth Thompson.
The licence of the Eagle Tavern was temporarily
transferred from Mr. E. Wooderson to Mr. H. Toomer, who for some years has been
steward at the Masonic Club.
Inquest
The death occurred on Saturday afternoon of Mr. E.B.
Wooderson, who is a well-known licensed victualler in the town, at his
residence, 25, Victoria Road. The deceased was until the previous day the
licensee of the Eagle Tavern, Guildhall Street, and on that day the licence was
temporarily transferred. The circumstances surrounding his demise were such
that Mr. G.W. Haines, the Borough Coroner, deemed an inquest necessary, and he
conducted the inquiry at the Town Hall on Monday afternoon.
George Hands, Albion Road, Sandhurst, Berks., said he
identified the body viewed by the jury as that of Edward Barnabus Wooderson,
licensed victualler, late of the Eagle Tavern, Guildhall Street, Folkestone,
who was 42 years of age. He had only left the Eagle Tavern on Friday last, and
at the time of his death was residing at 25, Victoria Road.
Dr. Cyril Patrick Stranaghan said he saw the deceased
for the first time on Saturday morning at nine o`clock, when he was sent for to
25, Victoria Road. On arrival he found the patient in bed. He was not
conscious, but was very restless, and his mind was not very clear. There were
no signs of haemorrhage in the brain as the result of a fall he had had earlier
in the morning. He was informed that the deceased got up and went downstairs,
and came back to bed. He went down again, and got as far as the first landing,
when he was seized with a fit and fell into a lavatory on the left. If he had
fallen on the right he would have gone down the stairs. Just previously he had
been talking to some men who were laying some oilcloth in the hall. Deceased`s
wife told him that her husband was helped out of the lavatory, and that that
was the second fit he had had that morning, the first being slight. Deceased
was put to bed, but he got out again before he (witness) arrived. When he saw
the deceased he had a cut over the right eye, which was beginning to go black,
and he had an abrasion on the right arm, and another on the right shoulder
blade. On the left forepart of the head there was a lump about the size of the
top of an egg, he having sustained that a week previously in the cellar of the
house in which he resided at that time. He (witness) left him, and at three
o`clock when he called again deceased was just dying. He subsequently made a
post mortem examination, and on turning back the scalp there was a good deal of
bruising, but there was no injury to the skull, not even a depression. In the
inside of the skull there was no depression. On opening the covering of the
brain there was a clot of blood, about a dessertspoon full, pressing on the
brain rather below the mark on the scalp. The membrane covering the brain was
very congested and very soft. The arteries of the brain were congested. There
was no sign of haemorrhage inside the brain, and no trace of laceration of the
brain surface. There were very marked signs of old pleurisy in the lungs, and
the heart was very soft and fatty. The liver was very much enlarged. The
kidneys were large and soft and there was also degeneration. The stomach was
empty. In his opinion death arose from cerebral haemorrhage set up by a
congested condition of the brain accelerated by a blow.
Barton Andrews, of 21, Darlington Street, said he had
assisted the deceased in the bar at the Eagle in the evening. On Wednesday,
August 18th, he noticed the deceased had a bump the size of a
pigeon`s egg on the left side of the head. Deceased complained about it and
said it was very sore, making his head very bad. He told him that he had gone
down the cellar the night before. There was no light in the cellar, and he
knocked his head on a wooden strut. On every day following deceased also
complained very much about his head. The strut had been in the cellar twelve
months, and the deceased was in the habit of going into the cellar. On the
previous night when he left the house he thought the deceased was in a fit
condition to go down the cellar.
The jury returned a verdict of “Death from cerebral
haemorrhage, accelerated by the accidental blow”.
Folkestone
Express 9-10-1915
Local News
At the Police Court on Wednesday licence was transferred
as follows: The Eagle Tavern, from the late Mr. Wooderson to Mr. Toomer.
Folkestone
Express 26-10-1918
Local News
At the Folkestone Police Court yesterday (Thursday)
Harry Toomer, the landlord of the Eagle Tavern, Guildhall Street, was summoned
for supplying drink during prohibited hours, and Edward Wadham was summoned for
consuming drink during such hours. Mr. G.W. Haines, who defended, pleaded
Guilty.
Inspector Swift said he found Wadham in the public bar
with a glass of beer in front of him, and Toomer said he had given it to him.
The landlord was fined £3, and Wadham £1.
Folkestone
Herald 26-10-1918
Thursday, October 24th: Before Councillor G.
Boyd, Councillor E.T. Morrison, the Rev. H. Epworth Thompson, and Mr. W.R.
Boughton.
Edward Toomer, landlord of the Eagle Tavern, Guildhall
Street, was summoned under the Defence of the Realm Act for supplying
intoxicating liquors during prohibited hours on licensed premises, and Edward
Wadham was summoned for consuming the same. Mr. G.W. Haines pleaded Guilty on
behalf of both.
Inspector Swift said on Saturday last, between eleven
and noon, in company with Constable Whittaker, he entered the Eagle Tavern at
the rear and found Wadham standing at the bar with a glass of ale before him.
Toomer was behind the bar. Witness asked Toomer if he had supplied the liquor
to the defendant, and he replied “Yes, Wadham has just brought me up a few
vegetables and I offered him a glass of ale”. Witness then asked Wadham if he
had consumed part of the beer standing on the counter, and he replied “Yes”.
Both defendants said “We`re very sorry”.
Mr. Haines said no doubt an offence had been committed.
In pre-War days there would have been no case in such an instance as this. No
doubt Mr. Toomer, with the many restrictions in force, had overlooked this one
in offering his friend (a gardener) a little hospitality for bringing up a
little vegetable produce, and also a walking stick Mr. Toomer had left behind
on his holding, which adjoined that of his other client. Both regretted the
offence.
The Bench fined Toomer £3 and Wadham £1.
Folkestone
Express 8-2-1919
Annual Licensing Meeting
Wednesday, February 5th: Before Mr. E.T.
Ward and other Magistrates.
Mr. H. Reeve presented his annual report as follows: I
have the honour to report that there are within your jurisdiction 113 places
licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor by retail, viz.: Full licences 70,
beer on 7, beer off 6, beer and spirit dealers 15, grocers, etc. off 6,
confectioners wine on 3, chemists wine off 6, a total of 113. This gives an
average according to the Census of 1911 of one licence to every 296 persons, or
one on licence to every 435 persons. During the last year 14 of the licences
have been transferred. Only one licence holder had been proceeded against
during the year, viz.: the licensee of the Eagle Tavern, for supplying
intoxicating liquor during the period prohibited by order of the Liquor Control
Board, for which he was fined £3. During the year ended 31st
December last, 26 persons (17 males and 9 females) were proceeded against for
drunkenness, 14 of whom were convicted and 12 cautioned and discharged. In the
preceding year 30 persons (19 males and 11 females) were proceeded against, of
whom 20 were convicted and 10 discharged. The number of persons proceeded
against for drunkenness last year is, I find, the lowest number recorded in any
one year for the past 26 years. The order of the Liquor Control Board restricting
the hours for the sale and supply of intoxicating liquor in licensed premises
and clubs remains in force. From the frequent visits paid by the police to the
licensed houses and places of entertainment, I have no complaint to make as to
the manner in which such premises have been generally conducted, and offer no
objection to the renewal of any of the present licences on the ground of
misconduct. Owing to the shortage of supplies (principally beer), some of the
licensees have at times kept their premises closed until their stocks have been
replenished. Ten clubs where intoxicating liquor is sold are registered under
the Act. There are 20 premises licensed for music and dancing, 2 for music
only, and 1 for public billiard playing.
The Chairman said the report was very satisfactory. The
number of cases of drunkenness was 26, and he hoped that low figure would be
kept up. Unfortunately, there had been four cases before the Court so far this
year. The Magistrates thought under present circumstances they should not refer
any houses this year to the Compensation Authority, therefore all the licences
would be renewed, with the exception of the Eagle Tavern, which would be
considered at the adjourned licensing sessions. The date of the adjourned
sessions was fixed for March 5th.
Folkestone
Herald 8-2-1919
Annual Licensing Meeting
Wednesday, February 5th: Before Mr. E.T.
Ward, Lieut. Col. R.J. Fynmore, Mr. G.I. Swoffer, Councillor G. Boyd, Col. G.P.
Owen, Councillor A. Stace, the Rev. H. Epworth Thompson, Mr. T.H. Blamey, and
Mr. W.R. Boughton.
The Chief Constable read his annual report (for details
see Folkestone Express).
The Chairman said the Bench regarded the report as the
most satisfactory presented to the Committee for upwards of 26 years, and on
behalf of himself and the Committee he trusted the record would be maintained.
The Justices, under the circumstances, did not intend this year to refer any of
the licences back to Canterbury for consideration, and all licences would be
renewed that day, with the exception of the Eagle Tavern, which would come up
for consideration at the adjourned sessions.
Folkestone
Express 8-3-1919
Local News
On Wednesday the adjourned licensing meeting was held,
when Mr. G.W. Haines appeared on behalf of Mr. Toomer, the licensee of the
Eagle Tavern, whose licence had been put back owing to a conviction under the
Defence of the Realm Regulations, and asked for the licence to be granted. Mr.
Reeve raised no objection, and the licence was renewed.
Folkestone
Herald 8-3-1919
Adjourned Licensing Sessions
Wednesday, March 5th: Before Lt. Col. R.J.
Fynmore, Councillor G. Boyd, Col. G.P. Owen, and Councillor A. Stace.
Mr. G.W. Haines applied for the renewal to Mr. H.
Toomer of the licence of the Eagle, Guildhall Street. He said the renewal had
been adjourned because of proceedings which had been taken against the
licensee, not for any breach of the Licensing Act, but for a slight breach of
the Defence of the Realm Order. It was a simple case. The applicant and a man
named Warren were allotment holders, and after working together one day Mr.
Toomer treated his friend to a glass of ale, which, of course, was contrary to
the Order.
Mr. Reeve (Chief Constable) said he had no objection
whatever to the renewal. With the exception of the default referred to by Mr.
Haines, the premises were well conducted.
Renewal granted.
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