Folkestone Express 1 February 1873.

Wednesday, January 29th: Before The Mayor and J. Tolputt Esq.

The license of the Bouverie Arms was transferred from Sarah Tidmarsh to Richard Hogben.

Note: More Bastions lists him as George Hogben.

Folkestone Express 31 January 1874.

Wednesday, January 28th: Before Col. De Crespigny, J. Tolputt and R.W. Boarer Esqs.

Transfer:

The following transfer of public house was granted:

Bouverie Arms – to Thomas Simmonds.

Folkestone Express 17 October 1874.

Thursday, October 15th: Before The Mayor, J. Tolputt, J. Hoad, and R.W. Boarer Esqs.

Thomas Simmons, the landlord of the Bouverie Arms, applied for permission to open his house at five o'clock every morning because it “paid him to do so”.

The Mayor said the Bench felt they could not grant the application as other publicans would ask for the same privilege. Applicant must show that it was for the public convenience.

The Clerk said it appeared to be a question of putting a few extra shillings into applicant's pocket.

Folkestone Express 4 May 1878.

Tuesday, April 30th: Before The Mayor, Alderman Caister, and R.W. Boarer Esq.

Henry Care, of Folkestone, was charged with being a deserter from the East Kent Militia. P.C. Knowles apprehended the prisoner at the Bouverie Arms on Sunday night.

The Bench ordered the prisoner to be sent to the headquarters of the regiment at Dover, to be dealt with by the authorities there.

Folkestone Express 11 January 1879.

Saturday, January 4th: Before The Mayor, Alderman Caister, General Armstrong, R.W. Boarer and W.J. Jeffreason Esqs.

Charles Austen, a painter, was charged with refusing to quit the Bouverie Arms on the 26th December.

Thomas Simmons, the landlord, said the defendant went to his house. He was the worse for drink, and was refused any more. He declined to go when requested, and witness sent for the police and he was ejected.

He was fined 1s. and 9s. costs, or seven days' hard labour.

Folkestone Express 9 April 1881.

Monday, April 4th: Before The Mayor, General Cannon, W.J. Jeffreason, W. Bateman and J. Holden Esqs, Aldermen Caister and Sherwood.

George Hawkins, a labourer, of 3, Saffron's Row, Dover Street, was charged with maliciously wounding James Laws, a bricklayer, on Saturday evening, April 2nd.

Prosecutor said he was a bricklayer, residing at 21, Darlington Street. On Saturday the 2nd of April he was in the Bouverie Arms, Cheriton Road, about two o'clock. The prisoner was also there and they remained playing cards and raffling until about five o'clock. Witness then went to sit down in front of the fire. Prisoner asked whose legs he was sitting on. Prosecutor replied “Not yours”. Prisoner got up and wanted to fight, but prosecutor said he did not want to have anything to do with a row. Prisoner kept shaking his fists in prosecutor's face whilst they remained in the taproom. Prosecutor got up and went out, and prisoner followed. They had a scuffle and fell, and while they were down prisoner bit him twice on the thigh. When they got up, prosecutor went into the Bouverie Arms again, and prisoner still wanted to fight. Prosecutor then got up and hit him two or three times on the head, and he then ran out of the house. About seven o'clock he returned. Prosecutor was then standing in the bar. Prisoner looked at him, and then they both rushed at one another. They had a scuffle and both fell. A man standing there called out “Look out, Jim, he's got a knife”. Whilst they were on the ground he felt a prick in his right side. Prisoner held up his hands and said he had not got a knife. Prosecutor, finding he was stabbed, went to Dr. Bateman. He was bleeding. The clothes produced, with the flannel stained with blood, he was wearing at the time. Prisoner seemed alright when he returned about seven o'clock.

In cross-examination by prisoner, prosecutor said they had three raffles and played cards, but they did not quarrel about the cards.

George Austin, a carman, residing at 2, Coolinge Cottages, said he was at the Bouverie Arms on Saturday between seven and eight o'clock in the evening. Prisoner and prosecutor were there. They had a word or two, but witness could not tell what was said. They had a scuffle, and he saw that the prisoner had something in his hand, which he believed to be a knife. He called out to prosecutor “Look out, Jim, he's got a knife in his hand”. They were then on the ground. Witness saw the knife picked up by some man present, but he could not say by whom, and he did not see what became of it. He believed the landlord took it. He heard prosecutor, after he got up, say he was stabbed. The men did not appear to be drunk.

Cross-examined by prisoner: I do not know what Simmons said when he received the knife. Some woman came in with you. She asked for some money. You were by the side of the bar when Simmons came round to you.

By the Bench: When the knife was found, prisoner said it was his. I did not touch it myself, and could not say whether there was blood on the blade or not.

Thomas Simmons, landlord of the Bouverie Arms, said he knew both prosecutor and prisoner. They were at his house on Saturday. He first saw them about two o'clock in the afternoon. They were there the whole of the afternoon. He left the bar about half past four and went to lie down. He came down about a quarter to seven. The two were sitting in the smoking room, side by side before the fire. They were having an argument. Whilst he was in the room, prisoner said to Laws “I am as good a man as you”. Laws said “Undoubtedly you are”. Prisoner said, with an oath “Yes; I am as good a man as you are at anything”. At the same time he got up and took off his coat and hung it on the back of the chair. Witness tapped him on the shoulder and said “My friend, put your coat on again. That won't do here, and if you don't leave my house at once, I shall fetch a policeman to eject you”.

Prisoner: Why don't you use the words you used then?

Witness: Laws said it should not occur in my house, and neither did he require anything of the sort, but if the prisoner did he must put up with the consequences. Prisoner said they had better go outside. Laws went out first, leaving his coat on the chair. Prisoner followed him, putting his coat on as he went out. The door was closed, and witness did not see what took place outside. The two returned in a few minutes, Laws going in first and the prisoner following him. Witness ordered prisoner to leave the house. After they returned they closed and fell, while they were in the taproom, and prisoner but Laws, who fell over a chair, on the thigh. Witness put prisoner out of the door and he went away. He was away about ten minutes and then came back to the private door. About twenty minutes after witness put prisoner out, he heard a row in the bar, and his son called for him to come. Witness returned immediately. Laws said he was stabbed. Both men were in the floor, and witness told those in the bar to hold prisoner down. Prisoner said “I have not got a knife”. At the same moment Alfred Goodchild picked the knife up off the floor and handed it to witness, who subsequently gave it to the police. The knife produced was the same one. Witness sent his son for the police and P.C. Reed returned with him. The men were sober.

Cross-examined by the prisoner: You were standing in the bar before I went upstairs. You did not ask me for the dice. There were none in the bar. I never handed you the dice at all. I did not know you had the cards in the room playing.

Mr. Bradley told prisoner that had nothing to do with the case. If he wished to get witness convicted for allowing gambling in his house he must proceed in a proper manner.

Cross-examination continued: I have no animosity against you.

P.C. Reed said he went to the Bouverie Arms on Saturday evening and received the knife produced from Mr. Simmons. Prisoner and prosecutor were both there. They were both excited, and each accused the other of an assault. Prisoner seemed to have been the most assaulted of the two.

Cross-examined by prisoner: You had blood on your face and looked as though you had been knocked about. I saw no marks of blood on the prosecutor.

Mr. William Bateman said prosecutor went to him on Saturday evening and said he had been stabbed. Before he took off his clothes, witness saw a hole in his waistcoat, and immediately under it there was a hole in the shirt and flannel. On the right side of prosecutor's chest, at the junction of the ribs with the lower part of the sternum, there was a small incised wound about an eighth of an inch in depth, and about a size that the point of the knife produced would make. There had been a small flow of blood from the wound, but not much, as it was only through the skin into the fatty matter below. The wound was just over the bone, and the bone was not laid bare. It was not a dangerous wound, but it was in a dangerous place if it had been deeper.

Prisoner: If the blow had been struck intentionally, would not a knife like that have gone in much deeper?

Witness: It happened to be in a place where it would not go through easily.

Wasn't it such a wound as might have been done in a scuffle?

Witness: It seems it was done in a scuffle. I can't say how it was done.

Superintendent Rutter said on Saturday evening, ten minutes after the prisoner was charged, he sent for the prisoner and asked if he understood the serious nature of the charge. Witness had the knife produced in his hand. Prisoner said “I'll swear that is my knife. I had it in my hand at the time, but I have no recollection of having used it. If they say so I suppose I shall have to put up with the consequences”. The prisoner was then the worse for drink.

Prisoner: Didn't I say “I'll swear I didn't use it”? – No

Prisoner wished to make a statement, and although advised by the magistrates' clerk that he had better reserve anything he had to say, he persisted. He said: When I left off work at one o'clock I went into the Bouverie Arms with another man. We had some beer. It was a public house quarrel from beginning to end. It commenced at five o'clock. We were sitting there playing cards. Prosecutor, me, and two more sat down to play. As we were playing we found some of one pack and some of another. One word brought up another. Prosecutor, being the strongest man, knocked me down. As soon as I could get clear of the house I ran away. I got down as far as the Rev. Hussey's school, and there I met my wife, who asked me where I had been and what I had been doing. I told her. We went back to get my bag and bottle, which I had left. As soon as I got inside I saw Laws in his shirt sleeves at the other end of the bar. He said “I'll give it to you, you ----, if you want anything”. He then rushed at me and knocked me down. When I was down he got my head between his legs. I said “for God's sake don't strangle me”. After a time, Laws let me get up. There was a man standing at the door, and he said “Here's a knife”. I said “That's my knife”. I can't account how it came out of my pocket. Laws said he was stabbed. I replied “I have not stabbed you. If there has been anything done in the struggle that should not have been done, I am sorry for it and I apologise”. If it had not been for Simmons, we should have made it all up between ourselves, but Simmons urged him to give me the law.

Prisoner was then committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions.

Folkestone Express 16 April 1881.

Quarter Sessions.

Wednesday, April 13th: Before J.J. Lonsdale Esq.

he grand jury returned a true bill against George Hawkins, 36, a labourer, charged with unlawfully assaulting James Laws by biting him, and also unlawfully wounding the same James Laws.

Prisoner pleaded Not Guilty to the charge of stabbing. Mr. G.L. Denman prosecuted.

The facts of the case were fully reported in our last week's issue. The prosecutor and the prisoner were together in the Bouverie Arms, Cheriton Road, on Saturday, and had been playing cards during the afternoon. A quarrel arose, which resulted in a scuffle between the two men, the prisoner biting prosecutor whilst they were both upon the ground. Prisoner was ejected from the house, but returned shortly before seven. A second encounter between the two ensued, and while they were on the floor in the bar the prosecutor received a slight wound in the side from the point of a knife which prisoner acknowledged belonged to him. Prosecutor went to Dr. Bateman, who found a small incised wound about an eighth of an inch in depth in the man's side.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the foreman added that they considered the prisoner received provocation.

Prisoner asserted that the knife was in his bag, and that the wound was inflicted accidentally during the struggle.

The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour.

Folkestone Express 10 December 1887.

Saturday, December 3rd: Before The Mayor, Alderman Banks, Capt. Carter, Surgeon General Gilbourne, H.W. Poole, S. Penfold, E. Ward and W. Wightwick Esqs.

Charles Austin was charged with assaulting John Austin, his brother, on the 25th November. Mr. Minter appeared for the defendant.

Complainant said: I live at No. 8, Arlington, and am a labourer. Defendant is my brother. On the 25th November I was at the Bouverie Arms between ten and eleven at night. Defendant came in while I was sitting in the taproom. He called me a b----. I said “What do you mean?” He replied “I'll show you what I mean”, and knocked me backwards out of the seat. He hit me on the head and in the eye, and then pulled me off the floor. It is the third time he has assaulted me. I did not speak a word to him. I did not like bringing the matter forward, but I cannot put up with it. When he went out he said “I'll wait for you, and when you get outside I'll finish you off”.

By Mr. Minter: The landlord is not here. I have a witness, named Henry Marsh, who was in the room all the time. After he dragged me off the floor, I took a chair and threatened to knock him down. He complained that I had struck his child without a cause. I have never given him any cause to assault me.

Henry Marsh said defendant struck complainant twice whilst in the taproom. He said nothing to complainant before he struck him about the child. Complainant did not give any provocation.

The Magistrates' Clerk said defendant had been many times before them, and he had been bound over to keep the peace towards John Jones.

Mr. Minter: What, Mr. Jones the fruiterer? – I suppose so.

Mr. Minter: Two excitable beings together. (Laughter)

Supt. Taylor said there had been many summonses for assault served on defendant, but they hed been generally settled out of court.

The Mayor said the Magistrates could not dismiss from their minds that a gross and unprovoked assault had been committed, and defendant would be fined 20s. and 10s. costs, or 14 days' with hard labour.

Folkestone Express 11 November 1899.

Saturday, November 4th: Before The Mayor, Col. Westropp, J. Holden, J. Fitness, J. Pledge, W. Medhurst, T.J. Vaughan, J. Stainer, and W.G. Herbert Esqs.

Mr. Hart, of the Bouverie Arms, Folkestone, applied for an occasional licence to sell at the Fancy Dress Ball to be held on November 7th at the Town Hall.

The Bench granted the licence from nine till two.

Folkestone Express 24 February 1900.

Wednesday, February 21st: Before J. Hoad Esq., Lieut. Col. Keily Westropp, and J. Stainer Esq.

Mr. Albert Hart was granted an occasional licence to sell at the Town Hall from 7.30 till 10 on the occasion of the Football Smoking Concert on February 27th.

Folkestone Express 26 May 1900.

Saturday, May 19th: Before C.J. Pursey, J. Stainer, T.J. Vaughan and J. Pledge Esqs.

Mr. A. Hart, of the Bouverie Arms, was granted a temporary licence to sell beer on the Football Field at the Yeomanry Sports on the 23rd inst.

Folkestone Express 2 June 1900.

Wednesday, May 30th: Before J. Banks, W. Wightwick, J. Fitness, W.G. Herbert and W. Salter Esqs., and Lieut. Col. Hamilton.

Mr. Hart, of the Bouverie Arms, was granted an occasional licence to sell on the Football Field on Whit Monday and Tuesday, when fetes will be held.

Folkestone Express 25 May 1901.

Wednesday, May 22nd: Before J. Hoad, G. Peden, J. Pledge, and T.J. Vaughan Esqs., and Colonel Keily Westropp.

Mr. A. Hart, of the Bouverie Arms, applied for a temporary licence to sell liquor on the Football ground on the occasion of the Bank Holiday fete on Whit Monday. Granted.

Folkestone Express 4 July 1903.

Wednesday, July 1st: Before Alderman Spurgen and W. Wightwick Esq.

The licence of the Bouverie Arms Hotel was temporarily transferred from Albert Hart to Frederick George Lester.

Folkestone Express 11 July 1903.

Wednesday, July 8th: Before Lieut. Col. Fynmore, W. Wightwick, W.G. Herbert, and J. Stainer Esqs., and Alderman Vaughan.

The licence of the Bouverie Arms Hotel was transferred from Albert James Hart to Frederick George Lister.

Folkestone Express 15 April 1905.

Wednesday, April 12th: Before Lieut. Col. Fynmore, and W.C. Carpenter Esq.

The Bench approved of plans for alterations at the Bouverie Tavern (sic).

Folkestone Express 29 April 1905.

Saturday, April 22nd: Before The Mayor, Aldermen Vaughan and Penfold, G. Spurgen and E.T. Ward Esqs.

Frederick George Lester, of the Bouverie Arms, was granted an occasional licence to sell refreshments in the Town Hall from 7.30 p.m. till 10 p.m. on Thursday, the 27th.

Thursday, April 27th: Before The Mayor, W.G. Herbert, J. Stainer, and C.J. Pursey Esqs.

George Marsh and John Tappenden, labourers, were severally charged with being drunk on licensed premises, the Bouverie Arms, Cheriton Road, on the 24th April. They pleaded Not Guilty.

P.C. Prebble said at 4.20 p.m. on the 24th inst., he was on duty near the Town Hall when he saw the two defendants in company with a third man. They were all drunk. The omnibus conductor refused to take them to Cheriton because of this. They then went into the Guildhall Vaults and witness, having fetched them out, cautioned them. About ten minutes later prisoners again entered the same public house, and witness had to fetch them out again. After that prisoners went to the Bouverie Arms, Cheriton Road, the third man having left them. Witness went into the public bar and heard both prisoners call for beer. The landlord, however, refused to serve them, and witness heard him say “No; you go out”. Tappenden then used obscene language, and witness asked him to leave the house. Tappenden went outside, but Marsh refused to do so. Witness then ejected him and told him he would be reported for being drunk on licensed premises. As Marsh refused to give his name and address, witness took him to the police station. When released he went straight back to the Bouverie Arms, and was turned out by the landlord. He also went into the Gun Tavern, Cheriton Road, and was ejected from there.

Frederick George Lester, landlord of the Bouverie Arms, said he knew Tappenden was drunk, but he did not notice the other man. He did not serve them with any beer.

Inspector Swift said that was Marsh's first appearance, but Tappenden had been convicted four times for similar offences, the last being in January.

Tappenden was fined 10s. and costs, or 14 days' hard labour, and Marsh 5s. and costs, or seven days' hard labour.

Folkestone Express 17 November 1906.

Local News.

Early on Sunday morning a burglar paid a visit to the premises of the Bouverie Arms, Cheriton Road. To have gained access to the house he had evidently got upon a wall by the side of the building, and then climbed on to the flat roof of the bar. He then appears to have entered the house through a window, which had been left unfastened. In his wanderings he entered a bedroom occupied by the landlord's daughter, who gave the alarm. The burglar, however, escaped, but his haul was not a very large one – only a watch, a small clock, and a pair of girl's stockings being missed. A pair of grey socks was left behind, and no doubt the unknown visitor mistook the stockings for his own property, which he had probably taken off so that he could move more quietly about the house.

Folkestone Express 1 December 1906.

Monday, November 26th: Before The Mayor, Alderman Vaughan, Colonel Fynmore, E.T. Ward, W.C. Carpenter, and T. Ames Esqs.

Charles William Flinders, a private in the Leicestershire Regiment, was brought up on remand, charged with burglary at No. 1, Harvey Street. He was also charged with larceny.

The Chief Constable said the evidence in the charge of burglary was complete, and after it had been read over, if the Bench were satisfied that a prima facie case was made out, he should ask them to commit the prisoner to the Quarter Sessions. He would then proceed to call evidence in connection with the second charge.

Prisoner had no witnesses to call, and did not wish to say anything.

The Magistrates committed him to the Quarter Sessions, bail being offered to him, himself in £20, and two sureties of £10 each.

The Chief Constable said the second charge was of stealing a watch and chain, a clock, and a pair of stockings from the Bouverie Arms during the night of Saturday, November 10th.

Frederick George Lester, the licensee of the Bouverie Arms public house, Cheriton Road, said on Saturday, November 10th he went to bed at ten minutes to twelve. He was awakened by his daughter at about twenty to two. She was sleeping in a room at the back of the house and on the same floor as the room in which he was sleeping. She made a statement to him which induced him to get up. He went into her room and examined the landing window, which looked out on the flat roof of the bar. The window was wide open, the bottom sash being pushed right up. He got out of the window, and on examining the roof he found some vases, which had been inside the window, standing outside on the roof. He thought access was gained by the window. He searched the house from top to bottom, and during the time P.C. Lemar came in. On the floor of his daughter's bedroom he found a pair of dirty socks (produced). He then missed a clock from the top of a chest of drawers, and also a watch and chain from off the bedstead. The drawers and the wardrobe were wide open, and the contents of each had been disturbed. From the top drawer he missed a pair of his daughter's stockings. The landing window was partially open at the top when he went to bed. The stockings produced by P.C. Butcher belonged to him, and the watch and chain produced by Detective Sergeant Burniston were the property of his daughter. He valued the articles at about £1.

The last witness's daughter said on Saturday night, November 10th, she went to bed at half past nine. Her bedroom was on the first floor. Before getting into bed she hung the watch and chain on the top rail at the head of the bed. She went to sleep, and she was woke up later by the “squeaking” of the bedroom door. When she went to bed she left a small jet of gas burning. When she looked up she saw a man in a grey shirt by the side of the wardrobe. She looked for her watch and chain and she then noticed it was gone. She then ran into her father's room. She noticed that the bottom sash of the landing window was open. She missed the pair of stockings produced from the wardrobe, and the last time she saw them was on the Saturday morning. The watch and chain were her property.

Horace Wood, a general salesman, of 34, Military Avenue, Cheriton, said on Wednesday, November 14th, he was in “Tin Town”, Shorncliffe, where the Leicestershire Regiment was stationed, when the prisoner came to him and asked him to buy the lady's watch and chain produced. He asked 8s. for it, and witness told him it was no use to him as it was out of order. Witness asked him if it was his own property, and prisoner replied “Yes”. He then said “Can't you give me something for it? I am short of cash and want to sell it until Saturday”. Witness told him he would give him 3s. for it if he would give him 4s. for it again on Saturday. Prisoner agreed to that. He then took the watch and chain and handed him 3s. On November 22nd he gave the watch and chain to Detective Sergeant Burniston.

P.C. Butcher said he arrested the prisoner on another charge on November 18th. He took him to the police station, and on searching him he found the prisoner wearing the stockings produced, which were identified by Mr. Lester and his daughter.

Detective Sergeant Burniston said on Sunday, November 10th, from information received, he went to the Bouverie Arms public house and examined the premises. He found access had been made to the house from the side of the premises in Millfield. The wall adjoining the premises was 4 ft. 6 in. high, and any person of the prisoner's height, standing on the wall, could gain access by climbing up the other portion of the bar, which was 6 ft. high, and so get on to the flat roof. There were several marks on the wall as if they had been made by a pair of boots. On Thursday, November 22nd, he went to the Camp and made enquiries. He saw Wood, who handed him the watch and chain produced. That morning at the police station he said to the prisoner, showing him the watch and chain and stockings, “You will be further charged with stealing, during the night of November 10th, from inside the Bouverie Arms, Cheriton Road, this watch and chain, a pair of stockings, and a metal clock, not recovered”. He cautioned him, and prisoner made no reply.

The Chief Constable asked for the prisoner to be committed to the Quarter Sessions on this charge also.

Prisoner had no statement to make, and he was committed to the Quarter Sessions, bail being offered in similar amounts as in the first charge.

Folkestone Express 5 January 1907.

Quarter Sessions.

Monday, December 31st: Before J.C. Lewis Coward Esq.

Charles William Flinders, a private in the Leicestershire Regiment, was charged with burglariously breaking and entering the Bouverie Arms public house, Cheriton Road, and stealing a silver watch and chain, a metal clock, and a pair of stockings, the property of Frederick George Lester. He was also charged with burglariously breaking and entering No. 1, Harvey Street, with intent to steal the goods of Edwin Miller. The prisoner pleaded Guilty to both charges.

Mr. Weigall, in detailing the evidence on behalf of the prosecution, said the two offences were of a similar nature. In neither case was the property taken of any great value, but it was on each occasion a very determined case of burglary.

Det. Sergt. Burniston said on Thursday, November 2nd, he went to Shorncliffe Camp to make inquiries about the charge.

The Recorder: You apparently alighted on a man named Wallace Wood? How did you do that?

Det. Sergt. Burniston said he first of all made inquiries at the guard room, and he found that the prisoner had answered his name at 9.30 p.m. on December 10th, the night of the burglary at the Bouverie Arms, and again at reveille the next morning. On December 18th, the date of the second burglary, the prisoner again answered his name at 9.30 p.m., but the following morning he was marked absent. Wallace Wood was a hawker, and he obtained his livelihood in the Camp, where he had authority to hawk goods.

The Recorder said he would see Mr. Wood had nothing on the watch, and he gave it back to its owner, Miss Mabel Lester.

In reply to the Recorder, the man Wood said he had dealings with the Leicesters in underclothing and hosiery. He did not buy things very often, but he bought the watch from the prisoner as a great favour. Flinders had previously bought things from him.

The Recorder, addressing Wood, said if a man found a ready market in the lines without going into a shop it was rather a temptation to him. He advised him not to have any more transactions like that. He had a good mind not to allow him his expenses, but he believed he bought the watch in ignorance. However, he had the gratification of knowing that he could not get anything out of the watch.

An officer from the regiment stepped into the witness box, but when questioned by the Recorder, he said he knew nothing about the man's service and character.

A statement by the prisoner was read, and in it he stated that he had been in the regiment for two years and four months. He had been a teetotaller all his life until he mixed with some comrades from India and started to drink. It was on those occasions, after the public houses were closed, that he committed the offences. He was very sorry for what he had done, and he appealed for mercy, as he would afterwards be charged by the regiment and discharged for it, and thereby lose nine years' reserve pay.

The Recorder read a letter from the prisoner's mother, who pleaded for mercy.

Chief Constable Reeve said in 1899 the Leicester Magistrates sent the prisoner to an industrial school until he was 16 years of age for stealing. Since then he had worked at the tram stables. The tunic which the prisoner was wearing had two good conduct badges upon it, but it did not belong to him.

The prisoner explained that he had lent his tunic to a man who had gone on furlough, and the tunic he (the prisoner) was wearing belonged to that man.

The Recorder said if it had been an isolated case he might have felt inclined to do something for the prisoner, but he could not overlook the succession of burglaries. The sentence he should pass upon him was that he be imprisoned on each indictment to three months' hard labour, the sentences to run concurrently.

Quarter Sessions.

Monday, December 31st: Before J.C. Lewis Coward Esq.

Charles William Flinders was indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling house of the Bouverie Arms, and stealing therefrom a watch; and further with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of No. 1, Harvey Street with intent to steal. He pleaded Guilty to both charges. Mr. Weigall appeared for the prosecution, and contended that it was a determined case of burglary.

Detective Sergeant Burniston said he went to Shorncliffe Camp to make inquiries about the charge.

The Recorder: How did you manage to drop upon the man named Wood? Is he a receiver?

Witness: I don't know. He is a hawker who sells goods on the Camp.

Mr. Wood (the man who bought the watch from accused), said he was a general salesman, and sold clothing, etc. He was in partnership with a man who supplied goods to the soldiers on the Camp. He did not buy things.

The Recorder: How did you come to buy these?

Witness: By favour; a great favour.

The Recorder: How many other things did you buy?

Witness: That is the only article.

The Recorder: Why did you want to do this man a favour?

Witness: Because it was only for a short time.

The Recorder told Wood that he had a great mind to disallow his expenses.

Witness: I bought it in ignorance.

The Recorder (sarcastically): Yes, I know you bought it in ignorance, but those people who refrain from asking questions in case they might know something very often find themselves in different places from witness boxes. It is a great gratification to me to know that you won't have the 3s.

His Honour read a letter from prisoner's mother at Leicester, in which she said she hoped he (the Recorder) would excuse her taking the liberty of writing to her. His father and herself grieved to hear about their son. They had always wished him well, and wished him to be honest. He had a good character from the tramway station when he enlisted in the Army, and she thought he had been in bad company. She had never had a night's sleep since she heard that.

The Chief Constable said in November, 1899, accused was charged before the Leicester Magistrates for stealing, and sent to an industrial school. After then he was working in the tramway stables.

Mr. William Forbes Panton, an officer in the Leicestershire Regiment, said prisoner had been in the regiment a month or two; he was taken over from the details. He could not speak as to prisoner's character, as his defaulter sheet had been sent abroad with the regiment.

Prisoner handed in a written statement to the Recorder, in which he stated that he had been a teetotaller all his life until he mixed with some comrades who had come home from India and started drinking. It was on two or three of these occasions, after the public houses were shut, that he committed the crimes he was charged with. He was very sorry for what he had done, and would promise never to touch the drink again. On returning to the regiment he would be tried again, and would probably be discharged from the Army in disgrace, thereby losing nine years of reserve pay.

The Recorder told accused he could not overlook that succession of burglaries within a period of eight or ten days. He understood that when prisoner was before the Magistrates the character he received from an officer who did know something about him was a bad one. However, as he had been in prison since the 26th November, the sentence he passed upon him was that he be imprisoned upon each indictment for three months with hard labour, the sentences to run concurrently.

Folkestone Express 30 November 1907.

Local News.

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before E.T. Ward Esq., Alderman Vaughan, and Lieut. Col. Fynmore, the licence of the Bouverie Arms was temporarily transferred from Mr. S. Lester to Mr. Attwood, and the Castle Inn, Foord, was also temporarily transferred from the latter to his son, Mr. P.A. Attwood.

Folkestone Express 7 December 1907.

Wednesday, December 4th: Before E.T. Ward Esq., Lieut. Col. Fynmore, W.C. Carpenter, W.G. Herbert, R.J. Linton, and G. Boyd Esqs.

The following transfer of alehouse licence, for which temporary authority had been granted, was confirmed: Bouverie Arms, from F.O. Lester to Mr. W. Attwood.

Folkestone Express 28 May 1910.

Wednesday, May 25th: Before Messrs. E.T. Ward, W.G. Herbert, and R.J. Linton, and Major Leggett.

The licence of the Bouverie Arms was temporarily transferred from Mr. Attwood to Mr. A. Hart, a former tenant.

Folkestone Express 9 July 1910.

Wednesday, July 6th: Before Mr. R.J. Linton and Major Leggett.

The licence of the Bouverie Arms, Cheriton Road, was transferred from Mr. Attwood to Mr. A. Hart.

Folkestone Express 24 May 1913.

Local News.

At a special licensing sessions on Wednesday an occasional licence was granted to Mr. A. Hart to sell at the Football Club smoker at the Town Hall on Monday evening from 7.30 to 10 o'clock.

Folkestone Express 18 September 1915.

Tuesday, September 14th: Before Alderman Spurgen, Col. Fynmore, Col. Owen, Aldermen Jenner and Pepper, and J.J. Giles Esq.

Albert James Hart, the landlord of the Bouverie Arms, Cheriton Road, was summoned for an offence under the lighting regulations on September 7th at 7.55 p.m. He pleaded Guilty.

P.C. Thorne said the electric lights shone through the open doors and windows of the house, throwing a ray of light across the road.

Mr. Hart said he would like to point out some of the difficulties the licensed victuallers had to contend with in connection with the lighting regulations. They were responsible for the sobriety of their customers, and that necessitated a good light inside their premises in order that those serving behind the bar might see the condition in which they were. That was a difficult matter in those times, because there were so many customers coming into their premises, not by ones and twos, but by tens and twenties. It was practically an impossibility to prevent the light shining outside through the doors, which were being continually opened and shut by a crowd of people. That state of things was made worse through the operation of the Children's Act, as if a man and his wife were out with their children, the man came into the house and took out a drink to his wife, who remained outside, thus causing the door to be opened when it might not be. They must have the windows open, as the heat and smoke inside would make the atmosphere unbearable. He asked the Bench to take those matters into consideration. Licensed victuallers did not wish to go against the order, for they were some of the most loyal people in carrying out the regulations. No sooner did the constable draw his attention to the lights than he immediately put them down. The lighting-up time on that particular night was 7.35. He believed the constable was brought to see the light by a Rev. gentleman. The street lamp, which had now been lighted opposite his premises, shed as much light on the road as his light did on that particular night.

Fined 10/-.

Folkestone Express 30 October 1915.

Tuesday, October 26th: Before J. Stainer, G.I. Swoffer, R.J. Linton, E.T. Morrison, and C.E. Mumford Esqs.

The licence of the Bouverie Arms was temporarily transferred from Mrs. A.J. Hart to Mr. F.E. Hedges (sic).

Folkestone Express 27 November 1915.

Local News.

At a sitting of the Folkestone Bench on Wednesday, before E.T. Ward Esq., and other Magistrates, the licence of the Bouverie Arms was transferred from Mr. A. Hart to Mr. F.E. Hedges.

Folkestone Express 24 June 1916.

Monday, June 19th: Before E.T. Ward Esq., and other Magistrates.

Walter Evans, described as a night porter at an hotel, was charged with giving three bottles of beer to a soldier.

Sergt. Major May, Military Foot Police, attached to the Town Commandant's staff, said about 2.35 the previous afternoon he was on duty in Bouverie Road West when he saw the prisoner, who was carrying a crate containing four bottles of beer, come from the Bouverie Arms. He proceeded up the road, so witness followed him. When near Castle Hill Avenue he stopped, placed the crate on the ground, took the bottles out, and threw the crate over the hoarding near Messrs. Muddle. He placed two bottles in his coat pockets, and picked the other two bottles up and carried them in his hands. He then proceeded in the direction of Trinity Gardens, and there turned into an opening. Witness passed him, but kept observation on him. Shortly after two soldiers came across, and the prisoner beckoned to one of them, who went over to him. He saw the soldier receive one of the four bottles from the prisoner and place it in his greatcoat pocket. Witness stopped the soldier and took possession of the greatcoat, and in it he found three bottles of beer in the pockets. Prisoner was eight to ten yards away, and he proceeded to walk off in another direction. He called to him, and prisoner stopped. He obtained his name and address and handed him over to a Corporal, who brought him to the police station. Prisoner at that time had only one of the four bottles in his possession.

In reply to the prisoner: He asked the soldier if he had paid anything to the prisoner for the bottles of beer, and he said that the man asked him 3s. or 4s. for them, but eventually said “Never mind, Scottie. I will treat you to them”.

Corporal J. Fairman, Military Foot Police, gave evidence of bringing the prisoner to the police station, and also as to Evans taking a bottle of beer from his pocket and throwing it into a garden in Bouverie Road West.

P.C. Pittock said the prisoner was brought to the police station, and in consequence of what the other witnesses said he charged him with the offence, and he replied “That's quite right”.

Prisoner said the soldier had been on leave for four days, and he was practically a free man. He understood from him that he had got his discharge, and he had no money in his pocket. He took compassion on him, and he was going to drink with him at the bottom of the allotment in Bouverie Road West. He (Evans) had been drinking.

Private Andrew Durwood, caretaker at the building occupied by the D. of R. and O., said he told the prisoner that he had no money. He had previously seen Evans at half past twelve in the Bouverie Arms. He did not make any arrangement to meet the prisoner. When he saw Evans with the crate of beer on his shoulder he made for him, as the man had promised him a drink about a week or two before.

Prisoner said he was a night porter, and he bought the drink so that he could have it at night when on duty.

The Chief Constable said the man had been in Folkestone for some months, and had been employed at an hotel.

Sir H.H. Raphael, Provost Marshal, said the military authorities that was a case in which there should be exemplary punishment. There was a great deal of that sort of thing going on, and they had great difficulty in maintaining order and discipline in consequence. Unless there was severe punishment there would be a recrudescence of it.

The Chairman, after the Magistrates had conferred together in private, said there was apparently too much of that sort of thing going on. He thought that the prisoner was being let off lightly in being sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour.

Folkestone Express 23 November 1918.

Thursday, November 21st: Before Mr. G.I. Swoffer and other Magistrates.

Vincent Michael Griffin and Jules La Brosse, two soldier patients at Etchinghill Hospital, were charged with burglariously entering the Bouverie Arms on Tuesday evening.

Mr. F.E. Hdges, the landlord of the Bouverie Arms, Cheriton Road, said on Tuesday evening he closed the house at eight o'clock, and went to bed at 10.05 after securing the doors and windows, with the exception of a small cant, 18 inches wide. At 12.25 he was called up by P.C. Fox and came downstairs. He missed three bottles of whisky and a bottle of Kummel, valued at 43/-, from the bar. Later he was shown the practically full bottle of Kummel and an empty Black and White bottle.

Sergt. F.W. Budd, of the Military Police, stationed at Etchinghill Hospital, said about 2.50 on Wednesday morning, from information received, he searched the wards. In E Ward he found the two bottles produced under the bed of Pte. La Brosse, who was in bed. He placed the prisoner under arrest. Later he made a search of the ward. Griffin was standing at his bedside with an unopened bottle of whisky in his possession. He placed him under arrest, and asked him why he was in possession of the bottle, and he replied he had bought it. The men had been drinking.

P.S. Prebble said from information received at one a.m. on the 20th inst., he proceeded in company with P.C. Fox to the Military Hospital, Etchinghill, where he made inquiries. Later the two bottles produced were handed to him by Sergt. Budd. That morning he saw the two prisoners detained at the Guard Room, Etchinghill, and told them he was making inquiries as to the Bouverie Arms Hotel having been broken into. He cautioned them, and charged them with being concerned together in breaking and entering the Bouverie Arms and stealing the whisky and Kummel. Griffin said “We don't know anything about it”. La Brosse said nothing. At the Folkestone police station, when formally charged, they made no reply.

Sergt. Budd, re-called, said he could not say whether the men were absent the previous night or not.

The Chief Constable (Mr. Reeve) said the men had only been arrested that morning, and the police had not been able to complete all their inquiries.

The men were remanded until today (Friday).

Folkestone Express 14 March 1931.

Adjourned Licensing Sessions.

On Wednesday, at the Folkestone Adjourned Licensing Sessions, the music and dancing licences were again granted, after the question had been adjourned for a month, it being explained by Alderman Wood that the conditions of the licences allowed vocal and instrumental music to be given during certain hours on Sunday.

The Magistrates on the Bench were Alderman R.G. Wood, The Mayor, Col. G.P. Owen, Mr. J.H. Blamey, Mr. F. Seager, Alderman A.E. Pepper, Mr. W. Griffin, Eng. Rear Admiral L.J. Stephens, Alderman A. Castle, and Miss A.M. Hunt.

The licences of the Bouverie Arms and Alexandra Hotel were transferred to new tenants.

Folkestone Express 22 September 1934.

Local News.

The Folkestone Magistrates on Tuesday had before them applications in connection with the temporary transfer of licences until the next Transfer Sessions. On the Bench were Mr. J.H. Blamey, Dr. F. Wolverson, Alderman J.W. Stainer, and Judge H. Terrell.

The second proposed transfer was at the Bouverie Arms, Cheriton Road, from the present licensee, Mr. F.J. Hedges to Mr. H.F. Funnell, of the “Bristol”, Folkestone, who is well known in the town as a hairdresser.

The Bench granted the protection order in each case.

Folkestone Express 13 October 1934.

Local News.

The Folkestone Magistrates had before them on Wednesday an application for the transfer of licences. This was in respect of the Bouverie Arms, 33, Cheriton Road, from Mr. F.G. Hedges to Mr. H.F. Funnell, a well-known local hairdresser. The Magistrates granted the application.

Folkestone Express 14 December 1935.

Obituary.

It is with great regret that we have to announce the death of Mr. A.J. Hart at his residence, 5, Wear Bay Crescent, early on Wednesday morning, after an illness extending over several months. He was 72 years of age.

Mr. Hart was one of the best-known Folkestone men to the real Folkestonians, for he was a member of an old Folkestone fishing family, whose connections with the town went back for numerous generations. He had, during his life, a varied career, and saw quite a good deal of the world.

On leaving school he was apprenticed with the late Mr. George Prebble (Messrs. Prebble and Spain) as a carpenter and joiner, and while in their employ he assisted in making the coffins for the German sailors who were lost in the disaster to the German battleship, Grosser Kurfurst, which sank in the English Channel after a collision in 1878. Later on, after being employed in various parts of Kent in his trade, he became the proprietor of the Bouverie Arms in Cheriton Road. He devoted a good deal of time to the affairs of the Folkestone Football Club, and he filled the offices of Secretary and Treasurer. He was always a very keen sportsman and practically ever since the Club's formation he was one of its most ardent supporters. He was also prominently associated with football throughout the County, and was always heartily welcomed whenever he visited grounds or football gatherings in the whole of Kent.

After the Boer War was over he decided to go to South Africa to try his fortune in that country, his son having already received an appointment there. In South Africa he was employed in the building department of the South African railways. However, the climate was not altogether suitable to his health, so he returned with most of his family to his native home. He once again took over the proprietorship of the Bouverie Arms and then he began to take a big interest in local affairs. In 1910 he was elected as a representative of the North Ward on the Elham Board of Guardians.

In 1915, shortly after the commencement of the Great War, he relinquished his connection with the Bouverie Arms and took control of the Black Horse Inn at Swingfield. Shortly after his arrival there he was elected as the representative for Acrise on the Elham Rural Council, and therefore he again became a member of the Elham Board of Guardians. On both those bodies he did splendid work. No-one was more sympathetic or more concerned than he with regard to the poor people who had to seek the assistance of the Board of Guardians. He also did much good work on the Elham Council in connection with the roads and buildings, his practical experience being of great service to that body. He remained a member of the Elham Rural Council until last April, when he was compelled through illness to retire.

For four years he was an exceedingly useful member of the Folkestone Town Council, his practical experience here also resulting in great benefit to his fellow members and ratepayers. He was very keen in the development of the East Cliff and was one of the most prominent supporters of the East Cliff Pavilion and the provision of a licence there, although he held a licence in close proximity to the building there. He was the holder of the off licence at 31, Warren Road. He entered the Council as a representative of the East Ward when Councillor King-Turner was elevated to the Aldermanic Bench in 1931. At the election following the extension of the Borough boundaries in March last year he was returned to the Council by one vote over Councillor Gadd, who on that occasion lost his seat, and although he was successful he expressed his opinion that Mr. Gadd would have been the more suitable man to have been returned. Unfortunately his health became very poor and for several months of this year he had been unable to attend to his Council duties, and in November, when his period of office ended, he did not seek re-election.

Mr. Hart married in 1885 Miss Emily Jane Bull, the daughter of the late Mr. Bull, who had a bootmaker's business in Cheriton. With her, their son, a Revenue officer in Durban, and two daughters, one of whom lives with her husband and family at Detroit, U.S.A., and the other who resides in Narrabeen Road, Folkestone, the deepest sympathy will be felt in their great bereavement.

The funeral will take place at noon tomorrow (Saturday) at the Folkestone Cemetery at Hawkinge.

Folkestone Express 3 September 1938.

Obituary.

Many Folkestone people will regret to hear of the death of Mr. William Attwood, one of Folkestone’s best-known figures, after an illness of about a week's duration at the residence of Mrs. A.E. Godden, his daughter, Enbrook Manor House, Cheriton.

The late Mr. Attwood played a big part in making Radnor Park the very delightful and attractive open space it is in the centre of the town, for he was for a number of years the Park-keeper in the employ of the Corporation. He was 78 years of age, and up to his last illness he was remarkably vigorous, and certainly appeared to be considerably younger than he was. A native of Rhodes Minnis, he came to Folkestone when quite a young man in order to work at the Manor Office under the late Mr. W.B. Radford, Lord Radnor’s agent. He subsequently entered the employ of the Corporation, and was Park-keeper for 20 years. Then be became the licence holder of the Castle Inn at Foord, and later took over the Bouverie Arms Hotel. He retired from that house previous to the war. On one occasion he sought election for the Town Council, but was not successful. He, however, always took a great interest in the town’s affairs. He was a well-known local sportsman, and was for many years a member of the Folkestone Club. He was one of the promoters of the Central Picture Theatre, and had quite a large financial interest in it until the local company sold it His wife predeceased him many years ago.

He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Godden, and one son, Mr. Pat Attwood, of the Shakespeare Hotel. One of his grandsons is the captain of the Folkestone Cricket Club.

The funeral will take place tomorrow (Saturday) at the Folkestone Cemetery, Cheriton Road.