He states in his evidence, "I keep the Half-moon, at Dulwich. On Sunday, seventh Nov., between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, I was in my bar; the prisoner got here in and asked me if I could change a 10/. notice for Mrs. Goulding-I told him I could-he had a glass of ale and a cigar, after which left-I paid the be aware into the Excise-office subsequent day (Monday), and on the following Saturday it was returned to me stamped "Solid"-I had not recognized the prisoner earlier than-this was on a Sunday-folks costume differently on a Sunday in my neighbourhood." The prisoner was discovered guilty and "Transported for Ten Years".

John Webb of the Half Moon Public Home, Dulwich is also shown in Outdated Bailey data from 1833, offering a reference of excellent character for a prisoner named William Patten, aged 22, who was found responsible of stealing 2 dwell pigs and sentenced to be "Transported for Seven Years". In 1853, William John Webb, is shown as giving proof in the Old Bailey in the case of Daniel Allen, aged 32, feloniously uttering a solid ten shilling Bank of England observe, with intent to defraud. Between 1894 and 1896, the previous Half Moon was rebuilt as a hotel by architect James William Brooker in Jacobethan Revival style.

The scale of the new hotel and richness of its fittings is partly defined by its location close to the terminus of one of the horse-drawn omnibus companies into London. The Society of London Theatre and The National Theatre. 10 Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill, London. Nineteenth century English author, poet and artist John Ruskin refers to walking "between the hostelry of the Half-moon at the bottom of Herne Hill, and the secluded college of Dulwich". Before https://cityofroundrock.net/ was covered over on this space in 19th century, John Ruskin describes this tributary as a "tadpole-haunted ditch". Chief Stoker John George Griffiths, C/Okay.65611.