| Description | 'Stepney woman - "kingpin of hemp distribution centre"', re France Hemming (age 33) of Hemming Street, Stepney (East London Advertiser 9 Dec 1955)
'Raid on a basement club' [in Batty Street] (East End news, 2 Sep 1960) to which are pinned 'Fined £100 (re Joseph gatt re managing a brothel), 'Girl was of a precocious type' [re unlawful intercourse] (East End News, 12 Jan 1961) and 'Maltese is jailed for six months [re living on the earnings of a prostitute] (East End News, 13 Jan 1961)
'5,500 grains of Indian Hemp in car, court told (East London Advertiser 3 Mar 1961) to which is attached 'Car search revealed Indian Hemp (no source; undated)
'Bail of £500 in hemp case' (no source; 19 Oct 1962)
'Hemp-carrier gets off lightly' (no source, 23 Nov 1962)
'Hemp raid: seven get another week in custody' (re raid on property in Old Montague Street and arrest of West Indians) and 'West Indian battled police at closing time' re George Samuel of Bancroft Road, Stepney (East End News 25 Nov 1962)
'Customs and Yard men find £3,750 - the hemp hu[--] hit hard (?East End News, 7 Dec 1962) to which is pinned 'Seven West Indians held in Old Montague Street swoop - Stepney drug ring is smashed claim police' (no source, undated)
'"Bible-reading wife sat on hemp store" - Court told of raid on Stepney house' 2 copies (?East End News, 21 Dec 1962)
'Woman in plot to smuggle hemp' (?East End News?, 18 Jan 1963)
"Five coloured men jailed on Indian hemp charges" (East End News 1 Feb 1963
'Mystery of drug queen' re death of Mrs Frances Tucker (no source; undated)
'Callaghan hard line likely on "soft" drugs' (Times, 7 Sep 1970) |