From the Southeastern Gazette, 10 July 1866 Sevenoaks Bench.bmp"

Money Stealing.

On Tuesday, at the clerk’s office, before M. Lambarde, Esq., Frederick Humphries was charged with stealing 30s., belonging to Arthur Sheen, on the 2nd inst. The parties were lodging at the “Grasshopper” at Westerham, and slept in the same room. The money was taken from the prosecutor’s pocket during the night, and when the loss was discovered in the morning the prisoner bad left the house, but was shortly afterwards apprehended by Shepperd, 82, K.C.C., at the “General Wolfe.”

Joseph Spring, a labourer, was also charged with a similar offence, having stolen £8 10s. in gold and silver, the property of Edward Jones. The prosecutor lodged at the “Greyhound” public-house, St-John’s-hill, and slept in a room at the back of the house to which access was easy; other persons also slept in the same room. About one o’clock in the morning one of the other persons awoke, and seeing the prisoner, whom he knew, called out to him and asked what he wanted, and he replied that he had been locked out, and was going to turn in there, which he did not do. In the morning the prosecutor missed the money which he had placed the night before in his waistcoat pocket, and put it under his pillow. He was apprehended by Sergeant Tye, K.C.C., to whom he said he was at his lodgings at eleven o’clock at night, but it appeared that he did not reach his lodgings until three o’clock. Both prisoners were remanded for a week.