From the Southeastern Gazette, 20 March 1866 Sevenoaks PS.bmp"

Petty sessions, Friday. (Before Earl Amherst in the chair, and M. Lambarde, Esq.)

William and Jane Brown, man and wife, George Jackson, and William Quansby were charged with having passed bad money at two places in the previous week.

It appeared that the four prisoners went into a beerhouse at Riverhead, kept by Mrs. Bowles. Gransby called for a quart of beer, and tendered a two-shilling piece in payment, but she at once saw it was a bad one, and it was exchanged at once for good money. Her suspicions were aroused, and she communicated with Gibson, 78 K.C.C., who found that all four prisoners were safely in bed at the “Amherst Arms Inn,” Riverhead, and it appeared that the Browns and Jackson had lodged there the previous night, and that Gransby had only joined them that day. Mr. Newing, the landlord, at once looked into his till, and he found three florin's, one of which he remembered taking from one of the prisoners, and one of those coins in the till was bad. In the prisoner Brown’s trousers pocket the constable found seven counterfeit two-shilling pieces, and three shillings of a like character, but good money only was found upon the other prisoners. The prisoners were safely placed in the Sevenoaks police station the same night, and from further inquiries it turned out that the Browns and Jackson on the Thursday evening were at a beerhouse at Sundridge, kept by Thomas Harvey, ("Victory.") and Jackson tendered a two-shilling piece in payment of beer, receiving the change. Mrs. Harvey remarked how light it was, but she was assured it was a good one, and another was offered, but she retained the first and marked it. The coin taken by Mrs. Harvey, and that found in Mr. Newing’s till were produced by Supt. Colman, and they were of the same mould as the counterfeit 2s. pieces found on Brown.

Gransby was discharged, and the other prisoners were committed for trial.