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Dover Telegraph 12 February 1853.
Dover Petty Sessions, Monday: Before E. Sibbitt and C.B. Wilkins
Esqs.
Francis William Fone, a gunner in the Royal Artillery, was charged
with stealing a watch, value 5s.
Jabez Vinall, eating house keeper, Market Place:- The prisoner slept
at my house on Thursday night, and left about ten minutes after six
on Friday morning, after having a cup of coffee. The watch produced
was in a stand on drawers in the bedroom. Prisoner slept alone, and
no-one but myself entered the room while he was there. I missed the
watch about two hours after he went away; it is a silver one, and I
bought it with another of a Jew at Hartlepool.
Superintendent Coram:- Yesterday the prisoner came to the station
house, and confessed that he had stolen a watch from the house of
the last witness on Friday morning. I took the charge and detained
the prisoner, who also told me that he had sold the watch at
Folkestone, to a fisherman, whose name he thought was Tom. I went to
Folkestone, and found the watch now produced in the possession of
the landlord of the "Mariners Home," who stated that he obtained it of
an artilleryman, and advanced money and refreshments to the amount
of 9s.
Thomas Hall, fisherman and landlord of the "Mariners Home," Radnor
Street:- The prisoner came to my house on Friday, and offered the
duplicate of a watch for sale. The watch was pledged for 4s., and he
wanted 6s. for the ticket. I advanced 4s. 1d. to take the watch out
of pledge, and prisoner had refreshments to the amount of 5s. He
wanted another shilling. He left the watch with me before he went
away.
Richard Abbott, fisherman, deposed to receiving 4s. 1d. from the
witness Hall, and the duplicate of a watch from the prisoner, and
redeemed therewith the watch now produced.
The prisoner made no defence, and was committed for trial.
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Dover Chronicle 12 February 1853.
Dover Police, Monday: Before R. Sibbitt & C.B. Wilkins Esqs.
Francis Wm. Fame, a young man belonging to the Royal Artillery,
Dover, was charged with stealing a watch. Prisoner had delivered
himself up, and confessed the offence to Mr. Superintendent Coram.
It appeared that on the night of the Thursday previous, Fame had
slept at the "Princess Royal," a public house and eating house, in the
Market Place, kept by the prosecutor, Jabez Vinall, and that the
watch was in a stand in his bedroom. After having stolen it, the
prisoner took it to Folkestone, where he pawned it. It was
subsequently taken out of pawn by a fisherman named Richard Abbott,
at the request of the prisoner, the money required for the
redemption (4s. 1d.) being advanced by the proprietor of the
Mariners Home (Thomas Hall), where the prisoner was staying. Hall
afterwards advanced to the prisoner 5s. more, the watch being left
in his possession with a view to its being sold. On the information
of the prisoner Superintendent Coram proceeded to Folkestone, where
he found the watch in the possession of Hall, as above described.
Committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions.
I have Jabez Vinall at the "Garricks
Head" in Market Place in 1853. Perhaps he moved on.
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