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From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer, 21
May, 1859.
A WOMAN'S QUARREL
Catherine Macfarlane was summoned for an assault upon Sarah Pope, the
landlady of the "Globe" public-house, Commercial Quay.
The complainant said - I am the landlady of the "Globe." On Tuesday
evening, about half-past ten o'clock, the defendant came into my house
and called for a glass of beer. I told her that my beer was "out," which
was the case. She then began to abuse me, and struck me across the arm
with her hand. She also threatened to "do" for me. The defendant had
insulted me on the preceding evening. She was on the step at the time,
and I closed the door against her.
Jane Parrot, a lodger at the "Globe," said she witnessed the assault
on the complainant by defendant on Tuesday night.
The defendant denies touching the complainant with any intention of
assaulting her, and the Bench ultimately dismissed the case as too
trivial for their interference.
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South Eastern Gazette, 12 March, 1860.
Another Robbery from the Person.
On Thursday last, William Pettigrew, a private in the 2nd brigade
of Royal Artillery, stationed at the "Castle," was charged before
the borough magistrates with stealing the sum of £1 14s. 4d., from
the person of Thomas Patton, a bombardier of the same corps, on the
2nd inst.
It appeared that Patton had been to the "Globe" public-house, on
the Commercial-quay, on the afternoon in question, and while there
the prisoner went in and sat down beside him. Patton afterwards fell
asleep, while prisoner was in the room, and on waking found that his
purse and money had been taken from his pocket. Corporal James
Marshall, of the Wiltshire Militia, who was also in the place at the
time, had seen Pettigrew put his hand into Patton’s pocket, while
the latter was asleep, take out 9s. 6d. and a port-monnaie, and put
them in his own pocket, saying that as Patton was a comrade of his
he would take care of them for him.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
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