3 St. Peter's Street
Canterbury
Above image taken from Google, July 2009, shows the premises of 3 St.
Peter's Street as now being the Little Italy restaurant. |
Traced as early as 1882, but by 1889 the premises was apparently being
used by H Z Davey who operated a dairy business.
From the Kentish Chronicle and General Advertiser, 22 February, 1862. Price 1 1/2d.
ST AUGUSTINE’S PETTY SESSIONS. SATURDAY.
Clarence Sutton Charlton, a native of America, about 30 yours of age,
was brought up in custody on a charge of exciting charitable
contributions by false pretences. The prisoner was liberated from
Sandwich gaol on the 23rd January, having served twenty-one days’
imprisonment for creating a disturbance and using threatening language
to the police, he is of very light complexion, has thick lips and deeply
sunken eyes. His mode of operation appears to be to sham fits, which he
can manage to perfection. On Thursday he was seen on the road to
Harbledown, by Mr. Edward Stringer. A carriage containing a gentleman
was approaching at the time, and the prisoner fell down in the road
apparently in a fit. The gentleman pulled up, and was so moved by the
man's seemingly pitiable condition that he gave him two half-crowns. On
Thursday night the prisoner was seen drinking and treating the company
at the
“Golden Lion” public-house, King’s Bridge, Canterbury. On Friday he went
to try his fortunes again in the direction of Harbledown. He fell down
in a fit beside the houses on Harbledown Hill, and Mr. Neame, among
other gentlemen, was attracted to the spot He appeared to be in a
pitiable condition, his face being besmeared with gravel. A boy, who
happened to be passing at the time, said the man was an impostor, for he
had been doing the same near Mr. Flints, at St. Dunstan’s. Mr. Neame, in
order to test the man's conduct called out for some one to go for a
policeman. The prisoner, however, took no notice of this, and a man who
was present said he could soon find out whether he was shamming or not.
The man accordingly pinched the prisoner’s ear and his hand, but this
appeared to have no effect. They then lifted him up, but he was quite
stiff and rigid. After some time be began to come round, and Mr. Neame,
Mr Saddleton, and another gentleman gave him a shilling each. Mr. Neame
also ordered him to be supplied with some warm coffee at the “Coach and
Horses,” and afterwards gave him a handsome light coloured woollen cloth
coat. It appears that prior to this adventure, the prisoner had tried
what he could do at St. Dunstan’s, where he had two or three fits; but
on Mr. Flint threatening to send for a policeman he walked off. He told
Mr. Neame that he landed at Ramsgate on Thursday, and that be was going
to Loudon. He said he had been to the railway station, but they would
not take him as he had not sufficient money to pay his fare. From
Harbledown he returned to Canterbury, and, having made himself look as
smart as possible in Mr. Neame’s coat, he stuck a cigar in his mouth and
went about giving orders to several tradesmen. He represented himself as
the son of a cotton planter in the state of Ohio, and tried to bargain
with Mr. Trimnell for some jewellery, and with Mr. Nash for some
clothes. On Friday he was again plying the profitable calling of falling
into fits in the neighbourhood of Sturry. On Saturday morning about ten
o’clock he was apprehended, being then going about in a state of
intoxication.
The bench sentenced him to two months' imprisonment with hard labour, in
St. Augustine's.
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From the Kentish Chronicle, 14 February, 1863.
CANTERBURY POLICE COURT.
THE BURGLARY AT DANE COURT ACADEMY.
Oh the discovery of the robbery information was given to Supt. Davies,
and he communicated with the other police throughout the county, and
elsewhere. The result was that on Friday three men were apprehended at
Sittingbourne, while attempting to sell eleven of the stolen forks. They
were subsequently brought to Canterbury, and lodged in the
station-house. It is believed that the actual thief has not yet been
captured—that he is either at Woolwich or Chatham. On the night previous
to the robbery all four men lodged together at the “Golden Lion,” St.
Peter’s Street. On Monday morning, the three prisoners, Alexander Hood, George Bruce,
and Charles Henderson, carpenter, were placed at the bar on the charge
of being concerned in the robbery. Mr. Smith, the principal of the
academy, said his house was entered on Monday night, but it was not
discovered until eight o’clock the next morning, when a portion of the
plate required for the breakfast table were missed, and upon searching
the premises it was ascertained that they had been entered, and the
articles in question abstracted. Sarah Blackman, housemaid at Mr Smith's, deposed to fastening the
kitchen up on Monday night, before eleven unlock, when the stolen
articles were in the plate basket in the dresser drawer. The next
morning the scullery window was found open, and the Articles of plate
gone. There were marks of muddy feet on the window cell. Eleven forks
produced, the witness identified as a portion of the property stolen. Mr. Elwick (pawnbroker, of Milton next Sittingbourne), deposed that on
Friday last Bruce and Henderson went to his shop and offered to pledge
the six silver forks produced. Bruce said they were their properly—that
they were bought at an officer's sale. Having had information of this
robbery, witness asked Bruce what he was, and he said a discharged
soldier, and handed witness a discharge paper. Upon looking at it, he
found it did not correspond, whereupon the prisoner said it was not his
discharge, but his son’s, who was outside. Hood was then called in, at
the suggestion of Bruce. He said he was not Bruce’s son, and that that
he knew nothing of the forks offered in pledge. Witness then detained
the pioneers, and sent for the police. After some further evidence the
magistrates remanded the prisoners for a week, on the application of the
superintendent of police. |
From the Kentish Chronicle, 11 June, 1864.
DRUNK AND INCAPABLE.
Clara Scott wits charged with being drunk and incapable, in All
Saint’s-lane, at a quarter before 1 o’clock at noon, on Sunday.
P.C. Holloway deposed that, in consequence of information received, he
went into All Saints'-lane, where he found the prisoner lying on her
hands and knees in a state of helpless intoxication. She was naked from
the waist upwards. He took her to the police-station. He was informed
that just before he saw her the prisoner was thrown out of the back door
of the “Golden Lion.”
In reply to the charge the prisoner said she went into the “Golden Lion”
quite sober, at 10 o'clock in the morning.
The magistrates discharged the prisoner, the Mayor remarking that
probably, if she had been sensible, she would not have exposed herself
in the way she did.
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Kentish Gazette 30 July 1867.
GOLDEN LION, CANTERBURY.
To be Let with immediate possession, coming in about £40.
Apply to Mr. Marsh, Brewery Agent, Whitstable.
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Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, 22 January 1870.
CANTERBURY POLICE COURT.
Monday. (Before the Mayor, Alderman Brock, and W. J. Cooper Esq.)
THE VIOLENT ASSAULT CASE.
James Johnson was charged on remand with a violent assault on a man
named Watson, landlord of the "Golden Lion."
Complainant, who was unable to appear in Court on Tuesday, now attended
with his nose bandaged, and gave evidence to the effect that defendant,
who had with his wife been lodging at his house some weeks went in late
on Wednesday evening and as he behaved in a disorderly manner,
complainant said he must find fresh lodgings, whereupon defendant
rushed at him, forced him down on the ground, stunned him, and smashed
his nose by stamping on it with his foot. Defendant was sober, as he
afterwards told a person in the house that he had stamped his
(complainants) nose in, and he would do the same to his eye. Defendants
general conduct towards him was quiet. He had never interfered with him
before.
Defendant denied that he was sober; if he had been, it was clear he
would have made his escape from the house when he saw what he had done.
The Magistrates found the defendant guilty of a violent and brutal
assault, and convicted him in the penalty of £3; or in default of
payment two months' hard labour in St. Augustine's Gaol.
Prisoner was removed in custody.
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LICENSEE LIST
KING John 1828+
BIGG Edward 1832-61+ (also wheelwright age 71 in 1861)
(lodging house)
GOULDEN G 1862+
WATSON William 1868-Oct/73
http://pubshistory.com/GoldenLion.shtml
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Pigot's Directory 1840
From Melville's Directory 1858
From the Post Office Directory 1862
Greens
Canterbury Directory 1868
From the Post Office Directory 1938
From the Dover Express
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