From the Maidstone and Kentish Journal, 6 Sept, 1869.

Ann Thompson, who keeps a beer house at St Paul's Cray, was complained of by Sergeant Higgins, who stated the house was so peculiarly situated that it was a difficult thing to catch parties there, though it was well known that numbers of men were served in the house on Sunday mornings. When the police approached the house men would get out the back way and run across the fields, and that was of frequent occurrence. This case was adjourned until next Monday for the attendance of witnesses to prove the above facts.