From the Maidstone Telegraph, Rochester and Chatham Gazette, Saturday 28 January,1860. Price 1d.

SEVENOAKS. BURGLARY.

On Tuesday, at the magistrates' clerk's office, before W. Lambarde, Esq., an impeccable-looking young fellow, who gave his name as William Potter, was charged with burglariously breaking into the house of John Meekham, at Sevenoaks, and stealing a quantity of sweetmeats, oranges and walnuts, to the value of 10s. It appeared that the prosecutor keeps a small shop opposite to the office where the examination took place. He went to bed at half-past eleven on the previous night, when the door was made secure, but there were no shutters to the window (which did not open) in which the articles were exposed for sale. On coming down the next morning, shortly after six o'clock, he saw that two panes had been broken in the window and a quantity of things were gone. His wife, who stated that sis bottles and two glasses containing sweets had been abstracted, gave information to Supt. Colman, who went immediately in pursuit of the delinquent. Seeing the prisoner standing near the “Bricklayer's Arms” public-house, he asked him what were the contents of a handkerchief had had in his hand, when he was informed that it was bread. On searching it, however, he found that it contained a large quantity of sweetmeats, &c., which the wife of the prosecutor identified as being similar to those taken during the night. As they passed Meekham's house the superintendent told the prisoner the charge; when he said he knew that he had done it. There was a second charge against the prisoner stealing a silk handkerchief and a boy's worsted net, the property of Alfred Blackman, of Sevenoaks. It appeared that Mrs. Blackman saw the articles, with several others, on the line in the garden at about nine o'clock on the previous night, and the next morning they were gone. She gave information to the superintendent, and it turned out that the handkerchief in which the prisoner had the proceeds of the previous robbery was the missing one; the net was also found on him. The prisoner, who had nothing to say, was committed on both charges to the assizes.

From the Maidstone Telegraph, Rochester and Chatham Gazette, Saturday 17 March, 1860. Price 1d.

BURGLARY

William Potter, for having, on the 16th January, broke into a shop in Sevenoaks, and stole therefrom a quantity of walnuts and other articles.

Mr. Ribton prosecuted.

On the morning of the robbery prisoner was seen by Superintendent Coleman near the “Bricklayer's Arms”. He had with him a bundle and in it was found part of the missing property, and on being charged with the offence, he said he knew he had done it. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to twelve months' hard labour.

Maidstone Telegraph, Rochester and Chatham Gazette, Saturday 8th September 1860.

Sevenoaks Petty sessions, Friday.

This be in the annual licensing day, there was a large attendance of licensed victuallers, and the whole of the licences, with a few exceptions, were renewed without comment. With reference to the "Bricklayers Arms," Sevenoaks, Superintendent Colman stated that the landlord was consistently in the habit of getting drunk, and the magistrates consequently refused to renew the licence.

Maidstone Telegraph, Rochester and Chatham Gazette, Saturday 6th October 1860.

Sevenoaks. Petty Sessions.

Anthony Harris, late of the "Bricklayers Arms" public house, Sevenoaks, was charged with assaulting Byford, K.C.C.

Find £2, and the expenses, or in default a fortnight.

Maidstone Telegraph, Rochester and Chatham Gazette, Saturday 6th October 1860.

The licence of the "Bricklayers Arms," Sevenoaks, which was refused at the last licensing day to Mr. Anthony Harris, was granted to Mr. Henry Smith.