Kentish Gazette 4 May 1852.

On Thursday Edward Godden, keeper of the "Pine Apple" beer shop, in the New Road, appeared before the city magistrates and pleaded guilty to a charge of having company in his house at the unseasonable hour of one in the morning; for which he was fined 5s. and costs.

Kentish Gazette, 21 September 1852.

Thursday. Licensing.

This being the adjourned licensing day, those parties, whose licences had been suspended, again attended, and after receiving animadversion for their irregularity of conduct, had their licences granted, but with a decided caution that if again complaints were made against them they would not have their licences in future.

These parties were:- John Stairs, of the "Eight Bells," King Street;

John Noble, "Kentish Arms;"

George Kilner, "City of London;"

John Jordan, "White Heart;"

John Gillis, "Bricklayers' Arms;"

Elizabeth Forbes, "Oddfellows Arms;"

John Murphy, "Carpenter's Arms;"

Richard Wellard, "George and Dragon," Westgate;

Joseph Pentecost, "Royal George;"

and George Crow, "Rose and Crown."

Applications for New Licences.

Thomas Rodgers, of the "Sir Robert Peel" beer shop;

David Tuthwell, "True Britain;"

and Edward Gordon, "Pine Apple,"

applied for spirit licences, but which were refused.

Southeastern Gazette, 25 January 1853.

At the Mayor’s court on Thursday, Edward Goulden, the keeper of the "Pine Apple" beer-shop, was charged with having kept his house open till half-past eleven o'clock, on Saturday evening, the 16th inst.

Convicted in the penalty of 40s., costs 15s.

From Kentish Gazette 25 January 1853.

CANTERBURY POLICE COURT. THURSDAY.

CONVICTION OF A BEER SHOP KEEPER.

Edward Godden, landlord of the "Pine Apple" beershop, St. George's, was summoned to answer an information of having company in his house drinking at past eleven o'clock on Saturday night. He did not deny that such was the fact, but pleaded in extenuation that the company consisted of parties, strangers to him, who had been waiting for friends coming from the Circus. This being his second offence he had rendered himself liable to a heavy penalty, but the bench fined him only £5, which, under all the circumstances, they mitigated to 40s. with 15s. costs. Defendant declared himself unable to pay at this period of the year when not much was doing and he had eight children to maintain.

From the Kentish Gazette, 8 September 1857.

This was the annual licensing day. There were 129 applications for renewal of licences all of which were granted.

Six beer-house keepers applied for licenses. They were — Edward Godden, "Pineapple," St. George’s;

John Ratcliffe, "Laurel-tree," Northgate;

J. Stevens, "Dolphin", St. Radigund’s;

T. Rogers, "Sir Robert Peel," High-street;

W. O. Carter, "True Briton," Northgate;

W. Friend, "Eagle Tavern," Ivy-lane.

Mr. Eaden opposed the granting a licence to the "Laurel Tree," Northgate, on behalf of the landlord and tenant of the "Providence," and read a memorial — signed by a number of the neighbours, in which it was stated that there were already five licensed houses within a hundred yards of the applicant’s house.

A counter memorial was presented by Mr. Ratclitffe - signed by about 150 of the neighbours in support of his application, on the ground that the defendant had kept his beer house in an orderly manner for the last five years. This, Mr. Eaden declared, was no ground whatever for granting the application.

The Court was then cleared. Upon the re-admission of the public it was announced that the license would be granted to the "Laurel Tree," as also to the "Sir Robert Peel," to the "Eagle Tavern," and to the "Pine Apple." The applications of the "True Briton" and of the "Dolphin" were refused.