From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer, 19 May, 1860.

INFRINGING LICENSE

Joseph Birch, landlord of the “Princess Alice” Snargate Street, was charged on the information of Sergeant Geddes with infringing his license on Sunday the 13th inst. by unlawfully opening his house for the sale of beer at ten minutes to midnight. To pay the costs.

From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer, 27 January, 1866.

MALICIOUS DAMAGE

John Foord, a labouring man having the appearance of a bricklayer, out of employ, was charged with maliciously breaking a square of plate glass, value £3, at the "Princess Alice Inn," Snargate Street, on the previous Saturday night.

Elily Gilles said she was servant to Mr. William Henry Styles, landlord of the "Princess Alice" public-house, in Snargate Street. The prisoner came down Snargate Street about eleven o'clock on Saturday night, and. deliberately picking up a stone, shied it through the window. She asked him why he had broken the window, and he replied, "To get a night's lodging; I have been begging for two hours, and have not been able to get anything." It was a plate glass window, and worth £3.

The defendant had no questions to ask the witness and all he had t say in his defence was that he was in drink, being "well on," in his own phrase, at the time he did it.

The Magistrates said they supposed he could not pay the damage he had committed?

Defendant said he could not.

Sir Luke Smithett: Then you must suffer in another way. You are fined 1s., the amount of the damage (£3), and the costs 6s. In default, you will go to prison for a month, with hard labour.

From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer, 15 September, 1871. Price 1d.

ROBBING A WORKMAN OF HIS TOOLS

Alfred Moat, a seaman, was charged with stealing from the premises of the “Princess Alice” public-house, Snargate Street, on the previous day, a plane, a chisel, a square, and a pair of pincers, value 5s., the property of William Caister.

Sarah Palmer, residing in Snargate Street, said: My husband, Henry Palmer, is the landlord of the “Princess Alice” public-house. Yesterday afternoon, between twelve and one, the prisoner was at my house. I had a carpenter work on the premises, and he had been using the tools produced, which he had with him in a bag. I heard the prisoner doing something, and on going to see I found him at the carpenter’s basket. I went away fro a few minutes, and, as I found him there on returning, I called my husband. My husband came and met the prisoner in the passage, when he stopped him. He asked him what he had been doing at the workman’s basket. I did not hear the prisoner’s answer. My husband endeavoured to detain him, whereupon the prisoner attempted to strike him, and broke three glasses, which were standing on the bar. He then ran away from the house, and my husband followed him.

Henry Palmer, the landlord of the “Princess Alice,” said: A carpenter named Henry Caister, was at work in my house yesterday. In consequence of something my wife said to me I went to look after the prisoner, and I met him in the passage. I asked him what he had been doing with the carpenter’s tools, and he said, “Nothing.” I then asked him if he had any of the tools, and he said. “No.” I thought that he might have some in his pockets, so I felt them, and they seemed to me to have something in them. The prisoner thereupon tried to strike me, and he knocked three glasses off the bar, breaking them. He then ran out of the house, down the street, and I followed him until I saw a constable , when I gave him into custody.
By the prisoner: You did not offer to give me any of the tools.

Police-sergeant James Johnstone said: Yesterday morning, about half-past twelve, I was on duty in Snargate Street and I met the prisoner. He was running down the street and Mr. Palmer was running after him, crying, “Stop thief.” I stopped him, and Mr. palmer gave him into my charge for stealing some carpenter’s tools. The prisoner said he had no tools about him; but on his being searched tat the police-station the plane, the square, the pair of pincers, and the chisel produced were found in the shirt pocket of his coat. The charge was read over him by the Superintendent, and he made no reply to it. The prisoner offered a great deal of resistance on the way to the Police-station, and in order to handcuff him I was obliged to obtain the assistance of another man, whom the prisoner kicked, causing him to fall down.

William Caister, the prosecutor, said: I am a carpenter. I was at work at Mr. Palmer’s house in Snargate Street yesterday. I had a basket of tools with me. The tools produced are the same, and they are my property. They were in the basket which I left behind me when I went to dinner. The value of them is 5s.

The prisoner desired to have the case dealt with summarily, and, in answer to the charge, pleaded “guilty.”

Superintendent Coram said that the prisoner had been before the Magistrates on one previous occasion, for an assault on the police; but never before for felony.

The Magistrates told the prisoner that he had pleaded guilty to a very aggravated offence, rendering him liable to three months’ imprisonment, with hard labour. To rob a man of his tools with which he earned his daily living was a cruel offence, and could not be passed over lightly. He would have two months’ imprisonment, with hard labour.

The prisoner pleaded that he was drunk when he stole the tools.

The Magistrates considered that circumstance, supposing it to be true, no excuse, and refused to mitigate their sentence.

From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer, 9 February, 1872. Price 1d.

TRANSFER

Mr. Coleman applied for the "Princess Alice" public-house to be transferred from the present licensee, Henry Palmer, who was going to leave the town, to Henry Thomas Allen.

There being nothing against the house, the application was granted.

From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday 14 November, 1873.

LICENSING BUSINESS

Mr. Thomas Fox appeared to apply on behalf of Mr. Alfred Pope, that the license of the “Princess Alice” might be transferred to him. Mr. Pope had kept a licensed house at Folkestone for some time, and could produce excellent testimonials.

Mr. Stillwell said his attention had been drawn to a police report in a Folkestone paper, from which it appeared that the wife and a woman staying at applicant’s house had been convicted of drunkenness and misconduct by the Folkestone Bench, on the 8th of July last.

Pope said it was merely a family quarrel about some flowers.

Superintendent Sanders said he had been informed that defendant had conducted his house well of late.

Mr. Fox said he did no think that any venial offence on the part of defendant’s wife would deter the Bench from granting the application.

The application was granted.

From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer, 18 December, 1874. Price 1d.

TRANSFER

John Berac, who produced a discharge-paper from the Army, date a considerable time since, applied for the license of the "Princess Alice" to be transferred to him.

The Bench declined to act without a more recent testimonial.

From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer, 17 March, 1882. Price 1d.

INFRINGING THE LICENSING ACT

Theodore Henry Nave, landlord of the “Princess Alice,” Snargate Street, was charged with allowing drunkenness on his premises.

Superintendent Sanders said: On Sunday evening at eight o’clock I was in Snargate Street, when I saw two seamen drunk refused admittance to the “Duke of York,” and were afterwards refused at two other public-houses. They then went to the “Princess Alice,” kept by the defendant and were admitted. Ten minutes later I went with Police-sergeant Harman to the house. The two sailors were in front of the bar, very drunk, with two pints of beer before them. The bar was full of soldiers and civilians. The landlady was behind the bar. I went in the back room and sent for her to some to me. I asked her why she had served the two sailors, and called her attention to their drunken condition. I received no reply, but while talking to her I found that she was quite as drunk as the sailors, as she fell down in the corner of the room. The sergeant picked her up, and we found that she could not stand. I asked her where the landlord was, and she said that he had gone for a walk. I then asked one of the customers where the defendant was, and he said that he had gone to bed. Five minutes later the landlord came down, and he was also drunk. It was the time of leaving church. I cleared the house, put out the gas, and shut the door up, and sent for a relation of the defendant, who came and took charge of the house.

The bench fined the defendant the full penalty of £10 and costs 8s. 6d. which amount was not then forthcoming. The license was ordered to be endorsed.

From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer, 8 September, 1882. Price 1d.

THE LANDLORD WHO LOVED HIS OWN LIQUOR

The Superintendent of Police said he had a complaint to make against H. T. Nave, the landlord of the “Princess Alice,” Snargate Street, first on the ground that he had been fined £10 and costs on the 17th of March last for permitting drunkenness in his house, and secondly that he was not a fit person to keep a public-house. In support of the charge Superintendent Sanders said that on the 17th of March, being Sunday night, he went into the house, and found drunken persons in front of the bar, and the landlord’s wife was serving them. He went into the back room, and called the landlady, but she was so drunk that before she could get to him she fell down. He asked for the landlord and learned that he was in bed, drunk. There was so much drunkenness in the house that he cleared it, and kept possession of the house until a relative of the man came in to take charge of it. He had previously seen the man drunk, and when the licence was granted to him it was ascertained that owing to drinking he had determined to commit suicide, but he for some time after that led a sober life it was thought that they might trust him. It appeared now, however, that he was not a fit man to keep a public house.

Mr. Worsfold Mowll pleaded that the magistrates would not inflict on the man the great pecuniary line of refusing the licence, which was worth £200 or £300. The man would undertake not to open the house himself, and let the licence be taken out in the name of the property agent, Mr. Hayward, and the house would be closed until a suitable tenant was found.

The magistrates agreed to that.