Sheerness Guardian 24 September 1859.

Licenses.

The following persons applied for spirit licenses at Sittingbourne on Monday last:—

Mr. Huges of the "Good Intent," Eastchurch.

Mr. Sellen of the "Hero of the Crimena," Sheerness,

Mr. Bromley of the "British Queen," Sheerness,

and Mr. Cook of the "Army and Navy," Sheerness.

The Magistrates after listening to the arguments in favour of the applications, and also against, retired for a short time, and on their return announced that they had come to the conclusion not to grant a license to any of the applicants.

Sheerness Guardian, 11 August, 1860.

Gilbe Bromley of the "British Queen" beer-house, Hope-street, Mile Town, wan charged on information laid by the police, with having his house open for the sale of beer on Sunday, 15th July, at a quarter-past 11 in the morning.

Sergeant Ovenden, deposed, that as he was going to the back door of the defendant’s house at the time named, he saw a woman run hastily up a passage which leads to the door, and on arriving there himself, he saw several men run from a workshop in defendant's back yard into the house. Witness followed them and found nine men in a bed room, but he saw no beer James Harris (who had been summoned to give evidence), stated that he was one of the men in the work-shop referred to, and on the call of "police" being raised, they went into the house and concealed themselves where found. Witness most positively declared that they had no beer, but had gone to see Mr. Bromley on business.

The magistrates said it was a case of strong suspicion, but not sufficiently so as to warrant a conviction.

The case was therefore dismissed.