Southeastern Gazette, 23 August 1853.

Death.

On Wednesday last, at the "Fountain Inn," Seabrook, Cheriton, Mr. John Norwood, formerly of the paper mills, and for many years the respected landlord of the above inn, in his 77th year; the deceased attended to his business till within a few days of his death.

South Eastern Gazette, 27 March, 1860.

HYTHE. Stealing a Watch.

At the County Magistrates’ clerk’s office on Monday, James Glass, drummer in the 47th regiment, stationed at Shornciiffe, was charged with stealing a silver watch and chain, the property of Sergeant Keams, of the Antrim Artillery.

From the evidence it appeared that prosecutor went to the "Fountain Inn," at Seabrook, on Friday week, where he saw the prisoner and some other soldiers, whom he treated with some ale, and went to sleep. On waking up he missed his watch. On the morning of the 17th, the prisoner gave a watch to Patrick McGee, a private of the 47th regiment, telling him he had taken it from prosecutor on the previous night for safety, and he wished Gee to restore it to him. Prisoner now repeated this statement, but was committed for trial.

South Eastern Gazette, Tuesday 26 April 1864.

Coroner's inquest.

On Friday an inquest was held at the "Fountain Inn," Seabrook, before T. T. Delasaux, Esq., coroner, on the body of an infant which had been found in the clothes box of a servant of Lord Radstock, No. 1, Marine Villas. The cook, who has been in Lord Radstock's service about 5 months, had been taken into custody on a charge of concealment of birth. The child, it appears, was born on Monday, and found on Wednesday. The unfortunate mother's statement is that the child was born while she was in a fainting fit, and that when she recovered consciousness the child was dead. Mr. William Howard, surgeon, of Sandgate, who was called in to attend the female and age the child, stated that he could not positively assert that the infant was born alive, although he believed such to have been the case.

A verdict of "Found dead" was returned.

From the Kentish Gazette, 1 August 1865.

A Dangerous Fellow.

At the Magistrates’ Clerk’s Office, Hythe, on Friday, (before G. Gidley, Esq., M.D.), John Davis, who said he was a stableman, living at Drury Lane, London, was brought up in custody charged with being drunk and riotous at Seabrook, on the 27th ult., and using threatening language. It appears that on Thursday last the prisoner was the complainant in a charge of highway robbery with violence, alleged by him to have been committed by two soldiers and other persons who were at the time of the offence at a house on the top of Folkestone Hill. The charge was dismissed by the Bench, and it would seem that the prisoner thought that he had not received justice at the hands of the Magistrates, and therefore meditated revenge. About half-past nine o’clock on the evening of the 27th ult., the prisoner went into the "Fountain Inn," at Seabrook. He was then drunk and began to swear and use filthy language, in consequence of which the landlord ordered him out of the house. He refused to go and laid down on the floor, but the police were sent for and the prisoner was conveyed to the station. When there he still kept on swearing and wanted to fight the Superintendent and other members of the force. He was ordered to be searched, and then took out of his pocket a piece of iron, which he brandished in the air, at the same time saying "I'll be at the top of the hill to-night when they are asleep, and I’ll murder every one there is in the house." He also said that he had got the iron made for the purpose of having his revenge on them at the top of the hill, and that as the Magistrates wouldn't do it, he must, if he was hung for it, and he could then die happy. Prisoner used several other threats of the like nature, and conducted himself in a very violent manner for some time. He was confined in the cells all night, and the next morning about six o’clock, the lock-up keeper went to him and asked him how he was getting on. He replied "All right, I’m in the same mind as I was last night, and if I get six months for this, I’ll have my revenge on that house when I come out."

The prisoner now said he was very sorry for his conduct, that he was not in his senses, and he begged the Magistrate not to send him to gaol.

The Magistrate, however, told him that the public must be protected from such a violent man as he appeared to be, and he must therefore require him to be bound in his own recognizance of £20, and two sureties in £10 each, to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for two calendar months. The prisoner stated that he could not find sureties, and was therefore committed to St. Augustine’s gaol.

From the Southeastern Gazette, 20 February 1866.

A Soldier blown down an Embankment.

An in­quest was held at the “Fountain Inn,” at Seabrook, on Tues­day afternoon, before T. T. Delasaux, Esq., coroner, on the body of Thomas Flanagan, a private in the 89th Regt., who was found dead at the foot of a bank on Sunday night. It appeared that deceased left the “Unity” public-house on his way to his quarters just before eight o’clock, and soon afterwards was found at the foot of a steep embankment. He was taken to the camp and medical aid procured, but he was dead. There is every reason to suppose that the poor fellow was blown over the bank by the force of the wind, and the jury returned a verdict that deceased came to his death “by accident and misadventure.”

Kentish Gazette 15 June 1869.

HYTHE. Inquest.

An inquest was held at the "Fountain Inn," Seabrook, on Friday last, before T. T. Delasaux, Esq., coroner, on view of the body of a child named Elizabeth Young two years and a half old, whose parents reside at Sea-brook Terrace. From the evidence adduced at the inquest it appeared that on the previous Wednesday, the child’s mother was at home washing. About 4 o’clock in the afternoon, she missed the child, and, on looking where she had got to, found the body of the child in a small iron water tank at the side of the house with only six inches of water in it. Its legs were hanging out of the tank, and the child’s head was underneath the water. The poor child had evidently been amusing herself by playing with the water, and had so overbalanced herself, that she was suffocated. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidentally Drowned.”