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.

Kentish Gazette, 28 September 1852.

Publican Fined.

George Crow, of the "Rose and Crown," St. Dunstan's, and Joseph Pentecost, "Royal George," Wincheap, were charged with having company in their houses tippling during divine services. The former pleaded guilty, but alleged that it was a traveller who came in with two railway porters; and the latter that two of his company were travellers, two lodgers, and two had come to pay him some money.

Drinking had been going on in each case, and the Bench fined each of the defendant's 5s and 10s. costs.

From the Kentish Gazette, 18 August 1857.

Yesterday. (Before the Mayor, Alderman Plummer, Wm. Mount, Esq. D. Matthews, Esq., and Captain Love.)

James Warden was charged with stealing a watch, value 30s.

Henry Linkins, of Chartham Hatch:— The prisoner, who lives at Chartham, was with me at the "Duke’s Head," Canterbury, between twelve and one o’clock yesterday week. I had my watch about me when I went there. We left there a little before three, and went together to the "Royal George;" I had my watch still with me when we arrived there. I there fell asleep and when I awoke Warden was gone. I walked as far as the turnpike, when I missed my watch and went back to the "Royal George," and "Duke’s Head," but could not hear anything of it. The same night I went to Warden’s lodgings. He was not at home, and I went again on Monday night and saw him. He said he had not got the watch and had never seen it. I then left him, and did not see him again till last night, when he came to my house about nine o’clock, when I was in bed. Prisoner then said to me, "I was in Sun-street on Saturday, and a man came up to me and asked if I was a Chartham man; I said yes, and he asked me if I knew any one there who had lost a watch? I told him I did, and he then asked me to take the watch to the owner. I said I would, and he gave me 2s." (The witness continued):— Prisoner offered me the 2s. for damage which had been done to the watch, but I would not take it. He then gave me the watch produced, which is the one I lost and is my property. The prisoner then left, and I next saw him between twelve and one o’clock this morning, when he was brought to my house by Mr. Fox, constable of Chartham, and Police-constable Barton. I told Fox that the prisoner had brought me the watch, and at Fox’s request I gave it up to him. I did not charge the prisoner with stealing it. I could not swear he took it.

By the Bench:- I was not sober when I left the "Duke’s Head."

Sarah Church, wife of James Church, deposed that Warden lodged with her. Between 11 and 12 o’clock yesterday she was sweeping his room and took some of his clothes from the wall, when the watch produced fell out of his pocket. She had never before seen him with a watch and as she had heard that Linkins had lost one she accused the prisoner of taking it. He replied that he did not know whether it was the man’s watch or not, as a man gave it to him on Saturday week. He denied having taken it. She advised him to go the man who had lost a watch to return it to him if it really was his. He soon after went away and when he returned he told her that he had returned the watch to the owner. She, however, thought it her duty to give information to the police of what had taken place and she did so about half an hour afterwards.

The Bench complimented this witness on her conduct in the matter.

The complainant on being recalled, said he had 2 watch keys and a half farthing attached to the watch when it was lost by a ring and a piece of leather.

Margaret Cronen, a lodger at Mrs. Church’s, deposed to having seen two watch keys and a half farthing in the prisoner’s waistcoat pocket this day fortnight. She put them back in the pocket.

P. C. Barton, K.C.C., 17, deposed that he saw the prisoner on the 10th August, and spoke to him about having been with Linkins at the "Duke’s Head," but nothing of importance then took place. Last night from information he had received witness went to Church’s and there saw Warden. On asking him what he knew about the watch prisoner related the story he had told to the prisoner (as given above), and added that he had taken the watch to the man and had thrown the keys into the river for fear he should get into a hobble about them.

The prisoner having been cautioned made a long statement to the Bench, in which the story of the man in Sun-street, was repeated to substantially the same effect as before. He said he had received the watch from the man whom he did not know, on Saturday night last. He had left it in his pocket to be safe while he went out on Sunday morning. When he came back he thought he would take it back to the man who had lost one, and then the conversation with Mrs. Church took place. He did not know whether the watch was Linton’s or not.

The Bench committed the prisoner for trial, expressing their willingness to take bail.