Thanet Advertiser 23rd February 1889

AN ELEVATED DRIVER

Frederick Emptage of Margate, was charged with being drunk whilst in charge of a horse and carriage in Harbour Street on the previous evening.

P.C. Williams proved the case, and the defendant explained in defence, that a mixture of beer and whisky had affected his head.

Fined 5 shillings and 8 shillings costs.

Note:

Frederick Daniel Emptage, a single man age 26, and son of Daniel Emptage and Mary Ann Matilda (Dixon).