From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer, 30 September, 1865. Price 1d.

LICENSE OF THE LONDON PACKET INN

The only case of any interest concerned the transfer of the license of the "London Packet Inn." This house had been kept by a man named Stephen Stanley, who had lately died, and his widow now applied to the Bench to have the license transferred to a person named Wilson. It appeared, however, that prior to this application Thomas Stanley, brother of the deceased, wished to take over the house and carry on the business, preliminaries had been so far arranged that he had obtained from the magistrates the promise of the license. In consequence of a family feud, Thomas Stanley afterwards refused to give anything to the widow for the goodwill of the house; and it further appeared that he had not only abandoned all intention of carrying on the business, but the landlord of the house, Mr. Norwood was unfavourable to his tenancy. Stanley, however, was not disposed to give up the license, which, he appeared to consider the Bench had granted to him. - Mr. Fox attended to watch the case in the interest of Stanley, who was at sea, and argued that the promise of the Bench amounted in point of law to the granting of the license, although his client had not got the bit of paper which was evidence of the fact; and he submitted that therefore no transfer could take place without his client's consent. On the part of the applicants for the transfer, a witness, Mr. Hadlow, painter, was called upon to prove that Stanley had in conversation with him expressed his intention not to take the house. - After a long argument the Court was cleared for deliberation; and on the readmission of the public, Sir Luke Smithett, who sat as chairman, said the Bench had come to the decision that the first license was granted under a false impression and was therefore void; and they therefore granted the license to Mr. George Wilson, one of the present applicants.

From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer, 10 March, 1882. Price 1d.

J. TORR v. JENKINS

This was a case in which some glass had been broken by “larking” in a public-house, (“London Packet”) and the evidence not being conclusive, it was adjourned for further witnesses. The claim was for 7s. 6d. The defendant said that no one could say how the glass was broken, but he had offered to pat three shilling’s towards it.

From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday 9 May, 1884. 1d.

PUBLIC-HOUSE TRANSFER

Mr. Coleman applied for the license of the “London Packet” to J. H. Osmond, who has kept the “Noah’s Ark,” Peter Street, Deal, but as his wife was still in charge of the house at Deal, the application was allowed to stand over.