Mackins, John Thomas
Address: The Stag Inn, 7 The Strand, Walmer
Occupation: Boatman and publican, The Stag Inn
Called on: Day 6
Witness Type: Briber, No Indemnity, Publican, Beerhouse Keeper
Party: Conservative
Amount Received: £30 15s.
Received From:
Paid To:
- Baker, James Thomas
- Bullen, William (Conservative)
- Cave, John
- Coleman, Edward
- Cross, Thomas
- Goss, Francis (Conservative)
- Jenner, George (Conservative)
- Moss, William Thomas (Conservative)
- Newton, Benjamin Wallace (Conservative)
- Parker, Edward Stephen (Conservative)
- Parker, Harry (Conservative)
- Philps, Thomas (Conservative)
- Poil, John (Conservative)
Received £21 to distribute amongst 7 voters plus £6 for canvassing. Remaining £3 15s came from either Mr Hughes or Mr Thomas and was paid to George Jenner for putting up poles.
Found guilty of bribery and sentenced to 3 months in prison.
Mackins was first coxswain of the Walmer Lifeboat Civil Service, No. 4 which came into service in 1884. During his years of service volunteering at Walmer lifeboat station he is credited with saving no less than 120 lives at sea.
He died at the age of sixty-six years, on January 11, 1907 and his gravestone can be seen in Hamilton Road Cemetery, Deal.
You can read more about him on the Goodwin Sands website. The Deal Maritime Museum also has a lot of information about him.
