From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer, 16 September, 1870. Price 1d.

THE ANNUAL LICENSING DAY

George Dennis, W. T. Bond, and W. Langridge, who had been convicted for some infringement of their license, were severely cautioned.

From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday 25 August, 1893. 1d.

DOVER BREWSTER SESSIONS

Mr. Beecham, of the “Carriers Arms,” was said to have died on Sunday, therefore the issue of the license was adjourned to Broadstairs.

From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday, 2 September, 1910.

TOWER HAMLETS BUTCHER IN TROUBLE

PUBLIC HOUSE SCENE

At the Dover Police Court on Monday, before the Mayor (W. Emden, Esq.) and J. L. Bradley, Esq.

Richard Beecham, 12, Douglass Road, a butcher, was charged with being drunk and refusing to quit the "Carrier's Arms" beer house, Tower Hamlets, when requested to do so, and further with breaking the glass panel in an automatic machine in the bar by striking it with a stick, doing damage to the amount of 6s., the property of George William Woodruff Waterhouse, the licensee.

Mr. L. B. Watson, who appeared to prosecute on behalf of Mr. Woodhouse, said for some time past it had been necessary to refuse to serve the defendant at the "Carriers Arms," but on Saturday last he went in there. Mrs. Waterhouse told him he could not get served, and he was not, in her opinion, in a fit condition to be served. She advised him to go away from the house, but he refused, and said he was waiting for some friends there. To occupy his time the defendant put a halfpenny in an automatic machine, but no ticket came out, and Mrs. Waterhouse offered to give him one in the place of the one he should have received. That, however, did not satisfy him, and he proceeded to knock the machine about with his stick, and eventually broke the glass. If the facts were proved to their satisfaction it was not desired to the prosecution that the defendant should be sent to prison or fined, but rather that he should reimburse the expense the prosecutor had been put to, and that the Bench should bind him over.

Mrs. Edith Whitehouse, wife of George William Woodruff Whitehouse, licensee of the "Carrier's Arms," Tower Hamlets, said: "The defendant came into the house on Saturday afternoon last. He was not served, and he has not been served for six months. He came back in the evening about 7.30, and at that time there was nobody in the bar. I went upstairs, thinking he would go, but when I came down again he was still there, tapping on the floor with his stick. I told him it was no use his waiting as he would not be served. I considered he was under the influence of drink. He said he was waiting for a friend, and he then put a halfpenny into an automatic machine in the room. The check did not come out, the machine failing to act properly. He started hitting it with his stick (produced), and I told him to desist, and that I would give him the value of the check. He refused, and said he meant to have the check from the machine. He then smashed his stick into the glass. I sent for my husband, and he sent P.C. Bond, who came in to the defendant. About five minutes afterwards my husband arrived and another police constable, and the defendant was given into custody. The amount of damage was 6s.

The Mayor: Has the defendant been coming constantly for the last six months? - Yes.

You have always refused to serve hi,? - Always.

The Clerk: We have no evidence that you told him to quit on this occasion? - I told him it was no use waiting; he would not get served. I did not tell him definitely to quit.

George William Woodruff Waterhouse, the licensee of the "Carriers' Arms," Tower Hamlets, said: I was sent for on Saturday evening, and I sent P.C. Bond over to the house to see what was the matter. I followed soon afterwards, and saw the defendant in the bar parlour, sitting down. I noticed that the glass front of the automatic machine was smashed, and I asked my wife how it happened. She replied that Beecham had broken it with his stick. The defendant was present in the room, but made no reply. I fetched another policeman, who took charge of the defendant, as P.C. Bond was off duty.

The witness produced a piece of the broken glass which was ¼in plate, and splinters from the defendant's damaged stick.

The Mayor: Was Beecham drunk when you saw him? - He was under the influence of drink.

Mr. Watson: Have you had to refuse to serve him with drink? - Yes; I have refused to have him come into the house at all, drunk or sober. He is a continual annoyance to us.

Defendant, in reply to the Clerk, said he admitted doing the damage.

P.C. Bond said: I was at home, off duty, at 8.15 on Saturday evening, when I was called to the "Carrier's Arms," West Street. I saw Mrs. Waterhouse there, and she showed me into the room adjoining the bar. The defendant was there on the floor, on his knees, as if he were looking for something. I saw the glass of the automatic machine was smashed, and Mrs. Waterhouse complained that the defendant had broken it by striking it with his stick. I asked him what he was doing on the floor, and he said he was looking for the top of his stick, and that when he had got it he would clear out. He was under the influence of drink. I detained him till the arrival of Mr. Waterhouse, who gave him into custody. Defendant admitted breaking the glass, and said he did it because the machine was empty. I was only partly dressed at the time, so .C. Roberts took him in charge, and afterwards we both brought him to the police station. He was later released on bail.

Defendant: I must contradict one statement you made. You don't suppose I should be crawling about when there was broken glass on the floor. I was stooping down with a box of matches.

The witness said the defendant was under the table  when he saw him.

Beecham denied this; but had nothing further to say.

The Mayor reminded the defendant he had been before the Bench on several previous occasions. It was a pity a man in his position could not keep himself free from drink. He should recommend him - as he did every man who could not take drink without losing control of himself - to take the pledge, or do something to prevent him from drinking to excess, because it only brought disgrace on himself and trouble on everybody else who had to deal with him. In this case it had been in a kindly spirited suggestion that the defendant should only be bound over, but the Magistrates were of opinion that he must also pay the amount of the damage and the cost of the summons. Defendant would therefore be bound over for twelve months, and pay the damage, amounting to 6s., and the costs, 8s.

Defendant, who was allowed a week to pay, or in default 14 days, was then formally bound over for twelve months in the sum of £10.

Incidentally, the Richard Beecham mentioned above is not the same one as once landlord of the "Carrier's Arms," as the landlord died in 1893. I do not know yet know whether they were related. P Skelton.

Dover Express 14 February 1913.

DEATH. WATERHOUSE.

On February 13th, at the "Carrier's Arms," Tower Hamlets, Dover, suddenly, of double pneumonia, after a few days' illness, Frank, youngest son of the late George Waterhouse and Louisa Waterhouse, of Ticehurst, Surrey.

The George Waterhouse mentioned above was licensee George William Woodruff Waterhouse's father, so Frank was his younger brother aged 24.
 

From the Dover Express, 3 June, 1939.

The Magistrates approved plans for alterations to the bar and carvery and sanitary accommodation at the "Carriers Arms," Dover.

From the Dover Express, 13 September, 1940.

MORE PUBLIC HOUSES CLOSING

At the Dover Licensing Sessions on Friday last, the licensees of the following public houses were granted permission to close for the duration of the war:- "Carriers Arms," West Street; the "Royal Standard," London Road; and the "Granville Bars," Marine Parade. On Monday similar permission was given in respect of the "Admiral Harvey," Bridge Street.

Dover Express 07 May 1943.

MARRIAGE. BEER-AMOS.

On Sunday, 25th April, at St. Bartholomew's Church, Dover, by the Rev. J. Embry. Raymond William Beer, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Beer, of the "Carriers' Arms," Dover, to Eileen Joan Amos, youngest daughter of Mrs. Amos, of 46, Widred Rd., Dover.