Maidstone Telegraph 29 September 1866.

PETTY SESSIONS. APPLICATIONS JOB SPIRIT LICENCES.

There were no less than six applications from beer sellers for spirit licenses.

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Mr John Caleb Clarke applied for a license for the "Spread Eagle," beer house, Wheeler-street and Brewer-Street. Mr. T. Goodwin appeared for Mr Clarke, and Mr J. Monckton opposed the application on the part of the "Ancient Druids Inn."

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The magistrates then retired to consult in private upon the implications, and upon their return the Mayor said that they had decided upon granting the license to the "Greyhound," Scrubs-lane, only.