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Drunk and disorderly events in Crockham Hill
Newspaper reports provided by Phillip Young
Reports are reproduced verbatim.
8Under the Influence of Drink: At the Sevenoaks Police Court on Friday morning, A
Jones, a stranger, was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Crockham Hill on
Thursday evening. P.C. Harling stated that he was called to eject prisoner from the
Royal Oak. Prisoner was drunk and made use of very objectionable language; and also
stripped 8to fight the police or any man in Crockham Hill9. Having pleaded guilty,
Jones was sentenced to 14 days9.
Westerham Herald 20 October 1900
8Drunk and Disorderly. Assaulting a Publican: James Bird, a hop-picker, was
charged with being drunk and disorderly at Crockham Hill, on the 20th of September.
Prisoner was further charged with unlawfully assaulting and beating John Cooper on
the same day. P.C. Bennett said about one o9clock that morning he found the prisoner
very drunk in the highway at Crockham Hill. He tried to get the prisoner up when he
swore at him. There had been a disturbance at the Royal Oak and the prisoner was
one of those who were there. John Cooper, landlord at the Royal Oak, Crockham
Hill, said on the previous evening he asked the prisoner to leave his house, and when
they got into the passage the prisoner threw him down. He also walked in the bar and
struck his (witness9s) wife in the face. Prisoner sentenced to 14 days with hard labour
for each offence.9
Sevenoaks Chronicle 5 October 1888
8Horsman v Baker: Plaintiff is one of the constables of Westerham, and the alleged
assault took place in the Royal Oak, Crockham Hill, Westerham, on the 21st July, but
as nothing more was proved against the defendant than daring the plaintiff to lay hands
on him, and shaking his fist in his face, the Bench, after admonishing the defendant,
and warning him as to his future conduct, dismissed the case.9
South Eastern Gazette 2 October 1855
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