Here, you’ll trip over the tales of Dover’s sneakiest, cheekiest, and sometimes clumsiest wrongdoers. These stories are a chaotic waltz through the misadventures and blunders that pepper Dover’s otherwise upstanding history.
Yesterday (Thursday) Walter (Hoppy) Martin who had been in trouble on several occasions was charged again at the Dover Police Court with begging in Dieu Stone Lane. P.C. Taylor deposed to seeing the prisoner stop three gentlemen in Dieu Stone Lane and asking for “a copper towards a night’s lodgings.” Witness spoke to Martin about…
At Dover Police Court on Friday before the Mayor (Mr Walter Emden) in the Chair, Mr J. L. Bradley and Mr F. W. Prescott, John David Beatty labourer, of Adrian Street was summoned for assault by George Winifrith of the “King Alfred” Portland Place. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Complainant said defendant came into his house…
At the Police Court on Monday Walter Martin labourer of 2 Mount Pleasant was charged with assaulting the police. P.C. Noel said on Sunday evening he saw the prisoner on the pavement in Snargate Street surrounded by a crowd of soldiers. He told Martin to move on but he refused to do so saying he…
Messrs P. W. J. Mackenzie (in the chair) and W. Bradley. George Jarrett a hawker of no fixed abode was charged with being drunk and disorderly and using obscene language in Adrian Street, there was a further charge against him assaulting the police. P.C. Richard’s deposed that on Friday morning he went with P.C. Smith…
Before the Mayor (Mr W. Emden) and other Magistrates at the Dover Police Court on Monday George Truman labourer was charged with being drunk and committing a nuisance in Maison Dieu Place on Saturday evening. P.C. Harman in proving the case said the prisoner was abusive and threatened him He was very rough. With the…
At the Dover Police Court on Friday before the Mayor (in the chair) Mr F. G. Wright Mr J. W. Bussey and Mr E. Chitty. William Edward Dobson, 4 Churchill Street a bath-chair attendant was charged with being drunk and disorderly in the High Street. P.C. Baker said that the previous night the defendant was…
James David Beatty was charged at the Police Court on Monday with stealing one bushel of onions value 4/7 from a cart in the Market Square. James Morris Laslett a market gardener living at Worth said that on Friday he came into Dover market and left his van in the centre of the square. The…
At Dover Police Court on Friday, Emily Jane Johnson was charged with indecent conduct in Slip Passage on Monday 3rd inst. P.C. Fagg proved the case. Defendant did not appear and the man she was with William Johnson stoker on H.M.S. Argyll was not present, as his ship had left. Defendant admitted a previous conviction…