South Eastern Gazette, 15 November 1853.

BEARSTED. Petty Sessions, Monday.— (Before J. Jacobson, Esq., chairman, Capt. Marsham, E. Burton, D. Scratton, and C. G. Whittaker, Esqrs.)

James Constable, beer-house keeper, of Lenham, was fined 10s. and 15s. costs for keeping his house open after ten o’clock at night, on Sunday, the 29th October.