From the Folkestone Chronicle 24 August, 1861. Transcribed by Jan Pedersen.

ANNUAL LICENSING DAY

Mr. Harrison said he appeared to support an application made by Mr. Thomas Golder, for a licence to be granted him for a house he had lately erected in Harbour Street. Mr Golder was no doubt well known to some of the bench, having lived in Folkestone all his life. He of course was determined to keep the house highly respectable; he might add that a house stood a short time ago near the spot where his new house was erected called the "Pilot Cutter," but which was removed when the improvements were carried out; and also another house called the "Folkestone Arms," which was in the vicinity, was removed. He trusted therefore to have shown sufficient to induce the bench to grant the application. Mr. Harrison also produced a petition numerously signed in favour of the application.

Mr. Boult said he was a publican in the immediate neighbourhood, and if this licence was granted there would be five licensed houses without a single house between them, three adjoining at one side of the street, and two at the other. There had been many houses pulled down in the immediate neighbourhood and very few rebuilt; some that had been were not let.

The Mayor in answer said that the bench had unanimously agreed to grant the licence.

Note: Boult was licensee at the "Victoria," South Street. Jan Pedersen.

From the Folkestone Chronicle 5 April, 1862. Transcribed by Jan Pedersen.

CORRONER'S INQUEST

An inquest was holden yesterday afternoon at the "Harbour Inn," Harbour Street, before the Recorder, J. Minter esq., on the body of a labouring man, named Henry Cheetham, who died very suddenly that morning, under the circumstances detailed in the evidence below.

The jury were detained upwards of an hour and a half while a post-mortem examination of the deceased was being made by Messrs Tyson and Bowles.

The jury, having been sworn, proceeded to view the body, which was lying in a back room in the above house. On their return the following witnesses were called.

Thomas Hall, mariner, Folkestone deposed that he knew deceased, who lived in Folkestone, and had been working on the harbour for some time. About ten minutes before six on Friday morning, the 4th instant, he met deceased by the "Royal George." He noticed that deceased was unsteady in his gait, and asked him whether anything was the matter. Deceased said he felt very giddy in the head, and he then reeled, and fell to the ground. Deceased then supported himself by his hands, and said “Do come and help me”. Witness then took hold of deceased, and sent for some brandy, and rubbed his temples with it, and poured some into his mouth, but deceased died in about ten minutes. Deceased was at work yesterday, and appeared in very good health.

William Taylor Tyson deposed that he was a surgeon, practicing in Folkestone; was sent for to see deceased, but he was dead before he arrived. He had since examined the body of deceased, and although he had not been able to satisfy himself as to the immediate cause of death, still he had no doubt that deceased died from natural causes.

The jury returned a verdict that deceased died from the Visitation of God.