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.

From the Southeastern Gazette, 12 June 1866.

PETTY SESSIONS, JUNE 4. (Before the Earl of Romney, in the chair, Viscount Marsham, Sir George Hampson, Bart., C. G. Whittaker, R. Fowler, D. Scratton, and J. and C. Whitehead, Esqrs.

Thomas Paine, innkeeper, Lenham, for a deficient quart measure. The measure in question was broken.

Fined 2s. 6d., costs 9s.