Folkestone
Herald 19-4-1930
Tuesday, April 15th: Before Colonel G.P.
Owen. Mr. W. Griffin, and Miss A.M. Hunt.
Lena Lee was charged with being drunk and begging. She
pleaded Guilty.
P.C. Finn said at 9.30 p.m. the previous day he was in
Tontine Street, near the Brewery Tap, when he saw the prisoner. Noticing that
she was drunk he advised her to go home. She then went away and started going into
the Brewery Tap. He again advised her to go home as she had had enough to
drink. Prisoner then went off up Tontine Street and accosted two pedestrians.
He saw her receive something from two different people and not give anything in
return. She was carrying a tin containing packets of lavender. She became very
violent and with assistance he brought her to the police station. In her
possession she had two sixpences and tenpence in coppers.
Prisoner said she was very sorry. There were other
people much worse than she was. She worked hard in the fields during the summer
months, and she had held a pedlar`s licence for many years, although she had
not got one now.
Inspector Cradduck said she was before that Court in
June, 1926, charged with begging and using obscene language. On that occasion
she was discharged on condition she left the town. Apart from that very little
was known about her. She was a street hawker and was employed on the land at
times.
The Chairman: Once before when you were in trouble you were
allowed to go on undertaking to leave the town. Here you are back again.
Lee: I shan`t come back again.
The Chairman: We don`t want to send you to prison. We
will let you go on promising to leave the town and not to come back.
Lee: I have only been here twice in 24 years.
The Chairman: If you come back you will have to take
the consequences.
Lee: I will take your advice straight away.
The Chairman: Very well, you are discharged.
Folkestone
Herald 24-12-1932
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The saloon bar, with its cosy and blazing fire, is in
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he has been assisted by Mr. Prince, the bar attendant. He had used the colours
of amber and brown to emphasise the fact that Whitbread`s double brown ale,
besides other beverages associated with the firm`s name, are dispensed in this
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beautifully grained British oak, is a picture, and young Mr. Taylor has here
again woven in the colours with a deftness and skill which is remarkable.
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In the adjoining public bar, owing to its construction,
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Taylor, the elder son of the proprietor, has proved once again that in
decorative art, of which he has given several notable instances, he is worthy
of wide recognition. On entering the room the sight is again delighted with the
blending of colours, orange, red, brown and amber. The cabinet itself is also
rendered very attractive.
A wonderful picture is the model of an aeroplane
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Whitbread`s stout or ale. The machine is at full speed, whilst the exhaust
smoke from the tail end is spouting out and curling in irregular letters the
words “Whitbread`s stout”. At night time, when illuminated with regulation
lights, this aeroplane is wonderfully attractive. A delightful little picture
is a scene on the Hythe canal. The
artist has depicted a stretch of water in which a graceful swan is gliding by.
Folded in the wings of the bird is to be seen a bottle of Whitbread`s stout.
In a small compass it is impossible to detail all that
can be seen at the Brewery Tap, Tontine Street, but enough has been said to
prove that it is something out of the common.
In order to gain a closer acquaintance the public is
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Folkestone
Express 25-3-1933
Friday, March 17th: Before Mr. L.G.A.
Collins and Eng. Rear Admiral L.J. Stephens.
Hilday May Barton (23) was charged that on the 16th
March she feloniously stole from the person of William Nix a pocket wallet
containing a 10s. note, a fountain pen, and some letters, to the value of £1.
Defendant said she was Guilty of taking the wallet, but she took nothing out of
it. She could not tell them a thing that was in it.
William Nix, of 18 Chapel Place, Dover, said he was in
Folkestone the previous day on business. In Tontine Street, about midday, he
was going into the Brewery Tap, when he saw the defendant, who asked him if he
was going to treat her. He took her into the public house.
The Magistrates` Clerk (Mr. C. Rootes): To more than
one, I think?
Witness: Yes, sir.
Proceeding, witness said they went to a cinema in the
afternoon about 3.45 p.m. They occupied seats together and defendant sat on his
right hand side. Defendant said “Take off your overcoat. It must be wet”. He
hung it over a seat in front. During the performance she put her head on his
right shoulder. Subsequently she intimated to him that she wanted to go out.
She did not return, and after a time – about a quarter of an hour – he wondered
what had happened. He felt in his jacket pocket, where he had had the wallet
(produced), and missed it. It had contained a 10s. note, which he had seen in
it just before he went in. There were also some letters and cards and a
fountain pen in the wallet. He rushed out and looked for the defendant. He saw
her going down the High Street, and asked her for his wallet. She said she had
not got it, and added “It must be on the seat”. He said he would give her in charge
if she did not hand the wallet over. She said she had not got it, and she went
up every by-street where he could not see a policeman. She ran away and dodged
him in some little narrow turning. He found her creeping behind some trees, and
he said he was going to follow her until he met a policeman. She took him all
over the Leas and everywhere, and eventually he saw a constable and shouted
out. He then gave her in charge. He valued the wallet and contents at £1, not
including the 10s. note. Defendant gave him the wallet some time after he kept
following her about. He said “I am going to give you in charge”, and she then
handed him the wallet, saying “Here you are”. The 10s. note was gone, and so he
kept following her. He asked her about the 10s. note and she said she had not
got it.
Defendant said that witness returned with her to the
Playhouse, where she gave him back the wallet.
Witness: I never went near the Playhouse, because the
attendants know.
Defendant: After I had said I had not got the 10s. note,
he followed me a good way.
The Clerk: He said that.
Defendant: We went for a bus ride before this. He has
not told you about that.
By the Clerk, witness said he did not go over to the
Royal Oak, on the Dover Road. Defendant said she would like to go for a ride
and he took her.
Defendant: I did not ask for his company.
The Clerk: How many public houses did you go to?
Witness: Three, sir.
How many drinks did you have? – One, two, three, sir.
P.C. Brittain said at about 4.50 p.m. he was on a
motorcycle patrol in Cheriton Place, where he saw the defendant and the last
witness running. Nix called out “Will you stop this girl? I want to give this
girl in charge. She has stolen my wallet and a 10s. note”. The girl then said
“I took the wallet, but did not have the money”. He cautioned her, and told her
she would have to proceed to the police station for enquiries. They proceeded
to the Police Office and he was present when defendant was charged and
cautioned. She replied “I admit taking the wallet, but I did not take the
money”.
The Chief Constable (Mr. A.S. Beesley) said he
suggested that the defendant should be remanded to Holloway for a week in
custody. He was not quite sure of her mental condition, and it would give an
opportunity to examine that.
The Bench agreed to remand defendant for a week.
Folkestone
Express 1-4-1933
Friday, March 24th: Before Mr. L.G.A.
Collins and Eng. Rear Admiral L.J. Stephens.
Hilda May Barton (23), a Folkestone woman, appeared on
remand, charged that on the 16th March she feloniously stole from
the person of William Nix a pocket wallet containing a 10s. note, a fountain
pen, and some letters, to the value of £1. Defendant denied that she took the
money, but she admitted taking the wallet, although she said she did not open
it.
The Chief Constable (Mr. A.S. Beesley) said in
September, 1931, defendant was charged with vagrancy, and bound over for twelve
months on condition that she went to a home at Maidstone. “Since January,
1932”, he added, “she has been wandering about sleeping out. She has been found
on at least one occasion sleeping in a shed not far away from the Fishmarket,
and has been taken to St. Agnes` Hostel. She is a bit of a problem and a
nuisance to us. I do not know what we shall do with her”.
The Probation Officer (Mr. A.D.Z. Holmes) said that
girl was ordered by that Court to enter Hope House, Maidstone, for six months,
and for the greater portion of that time she did very well, but towards the end
her conduct was not quite so satisfactory, and as a result of a report he had
from the matron of that institution, he had the girl medically examined. The
doctors, however, would not give the certificate for the purpose for which he
wanted. Defendant remained in the institution for some considerable time and
then begged him to get her out. A situation was found for her and she remained
in that situation for something like five months. The employer`s report was
that she was a good worker, but inclined to stay out late at night. “She is
more unmoral than immoral”, he went on. “She is a girl that apparently cannot
take care of herself. She cannot stay on her feet very long without aid, and if
I might suggest that she should remain in a home for two years, nominated by
me, it would be better in her interests, perhaps, and in ours”.
In reply to the Bench, Mr. Holmes said the defendant`s
parents were very poor people, and if she went home she would not stay there
very long.
The Chairman asked defendant if she was prepared to
enter a home as the Probation Officer had suggested.
Defendant: Yes, sir.
The Chairman: Then you will be bound over for two years
to enter a home according to Mr. Holmes.
The Probation Officer: Meanwhile she enters St. Agnes`
Hostel.
The Chairman: Yes.
The Magistrates` Clerk (Mr. C. Rootes) then asked if
the prosecutor, Mr. Nix, was present, and the man was called forward.
The Chairman: We don`t think very much of the part you
took in this, to take a young girl round to public houses like you did.
Mr. Nix: Well, I don`t know, sir. She asked me.
The Chairman: Well, you ought to know better.
The Clerk: I am not sure if the excuse he gives is
sufficient.
Eng. Rear Admiral Stephens: Perfectly disgraceful, I
call it, for a man of your age.
Folkestone
Herald 1-4-1933
Local News
Hilda May Barton, a young woman, who had been remanded
on a charge of stealing a wallet from William Nicks, an elderly man, was
brought before the Court again on Friday of last week, when she was sent to a
home. It was alleged that Barton stole the wallets from Nicks whilest they were
at a cinema.
The Clerk (Mr. C. Rootes) said at the previous hearing
prisoner had pleaded Not Guilty.
Barton said she did not take the money, although she
admitted taking the wallet, which she could not open.
The Chief Constable (Mr. A.S. Beesley) said Barton was
born at Ashford in 1910, and later went to Mersham and Smeeth. She stayed at
home until she was 17, and then she went to Brighton, where she was a waitress
for two years. Since then she had been employed at various places in
Folkestone. On September 23rd, 1931, she had been charged at that
Court with vagrancy, and bound over for 12 months on condition she went to a
home at Maidstone. She remained there until March 9th, 1932. Since
January of this year she had been wandering about and sleeping out. She was
found on one occasion sleeping in an old shed. She was a bit of a nuisance to
the police.
The Probation Officer (Mr. A.D.Z. Holmes) said during
the greater part of the time Barton was at the home she did very well, although
towards the end of the period her conduct was not so satisfactory. She was in
an institution for a time, and begged him to get her out. He did so, a
situation being found for her. She remained in the job for some five months.
Her employer stated that she was a good worker but inclined to stay out late at
nights. He (Mr. Holmes) thought Barton was more unmoral than immoral. She was a
girl who could not take care of herself. He thought it would be to her best
interests for her to enter a home for a period of two years.
The Chairman (Mr. L.G.A. Collins): Are you prepared to
enter a home? – Yes.
The Chairman (continuing): Then you will be bound over
for two years on condition you enter a home chosen for you by Mr. Holmes.
The Clerk then asked if the prosecutor was in Court,
and when Mr. Nicks, a Dover man, came forward the Chairman said the Magistrates
did not think much of the part he took in taking this young girl round to a
number of public houses.
Mr. Nicks: I did not know.
The Chairman: You ought to have known better.
Admiral L.J. Stephens (sitting with Mr. Collins): It is
perfectly disgraceful for a man of your age.
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