Folkestone Herald
17-10-1942
Local News
Folkestone Magistrates on Tuesday granted a protection order
to Frank Frederick Lester, of Faversham, in respect of the Raglan Hotel, Dover
Road, the licence of which has been held by Mr. W. Martin, representing the
brewers.
Folkestone Herald
25-8-1945
Local News
Charged with the theft of a handbag alleged to have
been stolen from a Folkestone public house, Emily Maud Munton, of Browning
Place, Folkestone, was remanded by the Folkestone Magistrates on Monday.
Munton, who appeared before the Magistrates in a dazed condition
and was stated to be subject to epileptic fits, was charged with stealing a
handbag and its contents, including a leather wallet containing £9 and
personal papers, the property of Mrs. C.E. Lesser.
Mrs. Charlotte E. Lesser, wife of the licensee of
the Raglan Hotel, said on Friday she placed her handbag in a club room adjoining
the saloon bar. The bag was partially covered with a hat. The bag was there at
9.05 p.m., but it had gone at 10.30 p.m. Defendant had come into the public bar
with a soldier just before 9 o`clock, and later Munton went to the saloon bar.
When she saw defendant again she had taken off her coat and was carrying it
over her arm. Defendant left shortly after with a soldier. In the wallet, as well as £9, were her
identity card, a pair of spectacles and a bank book. Defendant had no reason to
go to the club room.
D.C. Bremer said at 3.15 p.m. on Saturday he was
patrolling Sandgate Road when he saw Munton. He stopped her and told her that he
was making enquiries respecting a handbag containing £9 in money which had been
stolen from the Raglan Hotel. He
cautioned Munton, who said “Yes, I had the bag, took the money out and hid it
in a lavatory
in Dover Road”. He
told defendant that she would be detained. On arrival at the police station he
found Munton was in possession of three £1 notes, 6/4 loose change, a black leather
wallet and an identity card in the name of Charlotte E. Lesser. He cautioned Munton, who said “They
came from the bag; that’s the only money left”. Defendant later informed
witness that the blue frock she was wearing she had purchased that day out of
the money she had stolen from the bag. Witness said he later recovered the
handbag and contents from a public lavatory in Dover Road.
The acting Woman Probation Officer told the Court
that Munton had been placed on probation for two years on May 22nd
at Hythe for larceny. Munton was known to be an epileptic and under medical
care.
The Magistrates remanded Munton until yesterday.
Alderman J.W. Stainer presided, with Mr. P.V. Gurr
and Mr. C.A. Wilde.
Folkestone Herald
1-9-1945
Local News
A young Folkestone woman who appeared on remand
before the Folkestone Magistrates last Friday on a charge of stealing a handbag
and its contents was sent to prison for four months. Defendant was Emily Maude Munton, of
Browning Place; she had appeared before the court on the previous Monday
charged with the theft of a handbag and its contents, including £9, the
property of Mrs. C.A. Lesser, of the Raglan Hotel, Folkestone.
At the adjourned hearing, before Alderman J.W. Stainer,
Mr. P.V. Gurr and Mr. C.A. Wilde, Munton pleaded Guilty.
There was a further charge of on August 18th,
with intent to defraud, obtaining from the Postmaster General £3 by means of a
forged Post Office Savings receipt. Munton also admitted this charge.
Miss Elsie Bennett, postal clerk at Cheriton Avenue
sub-post office, said on August 18th Munton came to the Post Office
and asked for a withdrawal form. Defendant filled the form in for the
withdrawal of £3. Munton produced an identity card in the name of Charlotte A.
Lesser and was paid £3.
D. Const. Bremer said in defendant`s possession was
a Post Office savings book and an identity card in the name of Mrs. Lesser.
Witness found £3 had been withdrawn from the savings bank book, and Munton said
“I drew it this morning”.
Munton also admitted stealing on March 9th
a clothing supply cheque valued at £3 14/11½ and on the same day obtaining from
Henry Playfair Ltd. a pair of shoes with the cheque.
There were further charges of obtaining on June 15th
three pairs of silk stockings from William Reid; of stealing a £1 note at East
Grinstead; also at East Grinstead stealing other amounts.
Chief Insp. W.H. Hollands said on January 20th,
1942, defendant was before the Court for theft and was bound over for 12 months.
On May 22nd this year, at Hythe, for stealing jewellery, Munton was
placed on probation for two years. The clothing cheque mentioned, added Chief
Insp. Hollands, was found by defendant in March and she obtained shoes and silk
stockings with it. Before the police could take proceedings, however, defendant
was taken ill and admitted to East Grinstead Hospital, where she stole from
five persons who were patients there.
After adjourning the case until the afternoon, the
Chairman announced that defendant would be sent to prison for four months.
Folkestone Gazette
22-10-1958
Local News
The story of an “after closing time” fracas was described
at Folkestone Magistrates` Court on Friday, when an allegation that one man
kicked an older man, while the latter was on the ground, was denied. Before the
Court was Dennis Patrick McNeice, of 109, Hill Road, Folkestone, who pleaded
Not Guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Joseph Knox Ridley, of Dallas Brett Crescent, said that
on September 12th he left the Raglan Hotel at 10.30 p.m. and walked up
to the Junction Station, where McNeice was arguing with a couple of fellows. He
(witness) turned into Hill Road, where McNeice challenged him to fight. Witness
accepted the challenge. McNeice grabbed him by the throat, knocked him down and
kicked him on the bridge of his nose. He had no idea that he received another
kick to his face, because later he found that it was swollen. He did not see
McNeice again, but found that his dentures were missing.
D.C. Ellis said he saw McNeice on September 20th
and told him of a complaint he had received. McNeice denied that he kicked
Ridley while he was on the ground, but admitted punching him. McNeice told him
that after there was a fight he walked away from Ridley, but the latter got up
and “wanted some more”. Witness, continuing, said he told McNeice that Ridley,
at the hospital, was found to have cuts and scratches on his face and a
fractured nose. McNeice replied that he hit Ridley on the nose, and his false
teeth came out. In a statement, witness said McNeice alleged that Ridley made
two blows at him. McNeice said “You are too old for me”, and Ridley replied “I
am not too old for you”. Ridley then said “Let us have it now and done with
it”. Ridley put his hat and coat on a fence and started to fight. Witness added
that McNeice gave a long story, going back to some hours before the fight, but
witness told him that he was only concerned with the matter of how Ridley got
his injuries.
McNeice, giving evidence on oath, said that near the
Junction Station two teenagers had insulted him and his wife. A little later
Ridley struck at him, and another man named Beasley did the same. He said to
Ridley “Come and see me in the morning at 7.15”. Ridley replied “That won`t
allow us much time to get to work; let us have it out now”. Ridley wanted to
fight in the roadway, but he (McNeice) suggested that it should take place on
the grass verge. “After Ridley struck me several times on the chest I thought
it was time for me to get at him”, McNeice continued. “We were on the ground, rolling
on top of each other, and I punched him several times. He got up and started to
come at me again, and I said to a person coming up the road “Take him away, or
I will kill him””. McNeice said neither of them was drunk. They were both about
the same and had been in the same pub at the same time. If he had kicked Ridley
in the face he would have torn the flesh off.
D.C. Ellis said that McNeice, who was 28, was at
Folkestone, in October, 1953, fined £5, or a month`s imprisonment, for
attempting to steal petrol from a motor vehicle. After his period of National
Service his Army character was described as “good”, and he had been described
as a good workman by former employers. He had been unemployed since June 16th.
McNeice was fined 20/-, and was ordered to pay £3 towards
costs totalling £6 4/6. The Chairman (Ald. N.O. Baker) advised him to try to
get a job, and said he had not done his best to do so.
Both Ridley and McNeice were bound over in the sum of £5
to keep the peace for 12 months.
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