Kentish Gazette, 18 May, 1804.

Saturday evening last, a man drinking in company at the "White Lion" public house, in Maidstone, had an artery burst in his leg, (that had been a long time ulcerated), which bled so profusely that although he was carried immediately to Messrs Day's surgery, and the bleeding instantly stopped there, he died a few minutes after from the quantify of blood lost in the street.

Kentish Gazette, 5 September, 1806.

Fatal Instance of Somnambulism.

A soldier, belonging to the 21st Highland regiment, on his furlough, slept at the "White Lion," Maidstone, on the night of Tuesday se'nnight, and rested quietly till two o'clock the next morning, at which hour he rose in his sleep, deliberately opened the window and got out, from whence he fell into the street, a distance of 30 feet, broke one of his thighs in three places, dislocated his shoulder, broken arm and two ribs, and was otherwise dreadfully bruised; he was taken up without any signs of life, but afterwards recovered so far as to be able to inform his attendants at the Depot hospital, that he had been in the habit of walking in his sleep, and that previous to, and at the same time he arose, he had been dreaming that he was on his journey home. The unfortunate man lingered for some hours, and died in extreme agony.

From the Kentish Gazette, 27 October 1846.

DEATH.

Reader:— Oct. 16. at Maidstone, Mary, widow of Mr. William, Reader, of the "White Lion."

Southeastern Gazette, 13 September 1853. Maidstone

MAIDSTONE PETTY SESSIONS.

Friday. (Before E. Stacey, Esq., chairman, and H. Argles, Esq.)

Anne Hall, a young woman about 18 years of age, was charged with stealing a sheet and a blanket from a bed in the house of Mr. William Misson, of the "Union Flag" public-house.

Prosecutor said the prisoner slept at his house on Wednesday night. She left about a quarter past ten, when the articles were found to be stolen from a room near the one the prisoner had slept in. He saw her leave the house in the morning, when Mrs, Misson remarked to him that the young woman looked very stout. Soon afterwards the articles were missed, and he then went to the pawnbrokers to enquire about them.

Police-constable Russell said he received information of the robbery, and went in search of the prisoner. He found her in the taproom of the "White Lion," in Stone-street. He told her he should take her on suspicion of stealing a sheet and a blanket from Mr. Misson’s. She said she had taken nothing away. He told her to stand up, when he saw that something was wrapped round her under her gown, and he saw the corner of the blanket protruding. She produced it, and said she hoped Mr. Misson would forgive her. It was the first time she had done anything of the kind. He took her to Mr. Flinn’s, when she was recognised as the young woman who had pawned the sheet. She had two more pawn tickets, one of a scarf, pawned in July, in Long Acre, London, and another of a sheet pawned at Mr. Flinn’s, in August.

George Henry Allway said the sheet was pawned at Mr. Flinn’s, on Thursday morning, by the prisoner. She said it was her own property, and gave her the name of Ann Hall.

Prisoner asked to be forgiven, as it was her first offence. It was done in a moment — something had tempted her.

Committed for trial.