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Rosemary Lane
Canterbury
The Canterbury Directory of 1878 identifies the "Plasterer's Arms," not
to be confused with the "Plasterer's Tavern" in Northgate Street.
Less that was an error of location.
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Kentish Gazette, 15 March, 1870.
Burglary at Dover.
Chas Gower, 16 labourer, was indicted for burglary and stealing £3
14s. 4d., the money of William Swain, at Canterbury on the 15th
January, and Damson Gower, his mother, for receiving a part of the
money with a felonious knowledge. George Fowler, licensed
victualler, at Canterbury, (Plasterer's
Arms) said on the morning of January 15, he
heard a noise in his back garden at twenty to three He called out
and the male prisoner answered. Witness went out and met him coming
out of a water closet. The boy had a cup of coffee in the house, and
paid for it with 6d, which he took from a bag.
This farther communicated to the police as soon as he heard of the
robbery. P.C. Holder said he went to prisoner’s house on the same
morning; looked through the window and heard the prisoners laughing
and rattling some money in a bag. he went in and asked for the money
when the boy said he had not brought any and his mother said the had
not received any. Witness saw a bag by the side of the female and
took it from her.
Prosecutor, a baker, said he fastened up his house safely on the
14th January, and was awakened by the police to find that his house
had been broken into. The bag produced was safe in a desk the night
before with another bag containing two sovereigns, which was also
missed.
The male prisoner said he had found the money in the street, and his
mother supported his statement.
“Guilty.” The boy received a bad character from the police, and was
sentenced to 15 months’ hard labour; his mother to 3 month’s hard
labour.
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Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers' Gazette, Saturday 16 September 1871.
Annual Licensing Meeting.
An application was made on behalf of George Fowler, who lately kept the
noted "Plasterers' Arms," Northgate, for a transfer to be made to
Charles Turmine. Mr. Sprague stated to the Bench that this had been a
very badly conducted house, and that only as recently as the previous
petty sessions a case had been brought forward where a married woman had
been convicted of robbing a man at the "Plasterers’ Arms," in broad
daylight. He questioned the applicant (Turmine) as to the propriety of
allowing this sort of conduct, and on Turrnine attempting to evade the
fact by stating that he was from home on the occasion referred to, the
deputy Clerk remarked that, as he had stated, his (Turmine’s) sister was
there; it was a most disgraceful thing on her part to tolerate such a
system. Mr. Drury (one of the magistrates) made some very strong
comments upon the conduct of Turmine and those related to him, in
allowing such disgraceful behaviour at his house. After much
deliberation, and a very severe caution from the Mayor, the licence was
transferred to Turmine.
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Due to their being a "Plasterer's
Tavern" also in Canterbury, the licensee list may be unfortunately
mixed.
LICENSEE LIST
FISHER Thomas to Mar/1866
 
FOWLER George Mar/1866-Sept/71
TURMINE Charles Sept/1871+
???? James 1878+
Maidstone
and Kentish Journal
Greens
Canterbury Directory 1878
Kentish
Chronicle
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