LICENSING COURT.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 32, 6 March 1878, Page 2

LICENSING COURT.

Tuesday, MAncn 4m, 1878. (Boforo E. Shaw, Esq., R.M\,and Unma Bronjjaa and Bull, Couiiniusiouors.). A?J?WCA,TtO.N. Patrick Mowahan, appliod for a publican's license for a new hotel to bo ercotod at tha corner of Sxnith^stroet an,d »ho BuHer lload, a,nd ptosontod a, pl«u of th© proposed building. liU Worship ft(\id th© Comrulss'ouera had, given, tho application vory careful consideration and had porno to the conclusion that jthoy cofff^not grant tho lioonso upon tho plan Kubmittod. Th° building ns shown by tho plan had sonio doloots, and tho Qoujtinissionors suggested cortain ftltQrationa whi(?h if carried, out llioy would grttut tho application, and they would do so for tho reason that; while they woro convinced that thoro woro plenty of licensed hou^os of a oortnin kind in Kocftoji, tlici'o w.us not a suburban hotol, and ihoroforo thoy thought that tho propped hotel iwh' ll ft convenience ta thoso living in tho neighbourhood,. They were willing, tlior,oforo fc to, Uy tho c^poi'irnont of such an hotel, mid nv>re pardo.ilarly ho hr it wna. to ho conducted by one who wus w.olUkuown and rcspuut« J, and who. moreover hud had loug experience in tho conduct of /hotels. The alterations suggested by tho Bcnoh would ho poiutod out, mid upon thoMO being agreed lo tho lioon.se would be gruutod, Mr, Monuhan exprcsHod his willingness ' to tn&ko the doiircd alterations, and was directed to hare v now plnn prepared in a week's time, when alter approval the orection oi the hotol might bo procuoilud with. Suinucl Gilraor and Jolvn Daw^on. — ThJH was au application for tho truusl'ur of hotol licence frou) Gilmcr Brothers to John, Dttwsou, for oreinises in Broadway, GrantedHis Worship snid boforo rising thoro wcro ono or two mutlorn which tho Bench desjrod to remark upon. Tlioy woro of opinion lh»t I'ioro h,tid boon a great doul of lnx\ty o,n iho part of pu.blienn'n iv tho obsoi'vatwu of tho law rolatiivs< to tho supply of drink to intoxicated pctt.ionsThere was a provision wherehy puldicana who Ruppliud drink to intoxicated porsons rotulorcd thonuolvos liable to a very hoavy ilno, and upon a ropitition of tho offonoo to tho actuul CoKfoitiii'O of Utoir lidensos. It soomod to bo thought that n man was not intoxicated ao long ns he could btnnd up and pay for his drink, but this was quite erroneous. Any nnm, who oven exhibited signs of drink, was intoxicated, and it was tho determination of tho Bcnoh (a in futui'o Hiriolly enforoo this provision of tho Licensing Lhw. In futuro, theroforc, nny publican, cither by himself, or his deputy,, or his bat-maid, who supplied drink to an intoxicated poreon, would be proceeded against 1 and fined, and upon a rcpitition of tho offonoe-nno maltor who it might bo—would Ixavo his lioonco oant colled. It camo to tho knowlod^o of tho Bcnoh Uin,fc many houses in town woro In tho habit of supplying drink to men who wcro not only intoxicated but absolutely in a bestial slate of drunken' nosa, which was n direct ofTonoc against tho law, and for tho futuro that praotica would bo suppressed to the utmost by tho polieo. Tho Bench wished, thoroforo, that all persons holding liconsos would tnko tlveso words o c warning, and thoroby protect themselves. Thoro was anothor mattor also whioh tho Bonoh desired (o mnko publio reforenco to, and that was »ho manner in which tho City Hotol had boon conducted of late, and tho Bench doflifed to state that unlofls tho hotel was propevly oonduotod the license would bo cancelled. Thoro was n further matter ; complaints had been mado to tho Bonoh as to tho practino of allowing billiards to bo played in hofcols after ]3 o'clock on Saturdny nights. Thero was a Provincial Ordinance in oxistonoo which mnilo huoli an ofljbnco punishablo by heavy fine. Thia, was tlio viow takon of tho mattor by tho Prorineial Logisloturo, and so long as that law was in f'orco it wan tho duty of tho Bonoh to sco it rospootod. Tho o,b- ! Jcotion to billiard playing aftor 12 o'olook at night was that it kopt p.ooplo in tho houso awako at a tirap when they dosircd to sloop.. A prosooution undor tho Ordinanoo had been instituted in ono cmso in llcofton,, but tho oaso broko down owing to tho inability of tho police to prodnoo a copy of tho Act. Tho Bench trusted, however,, that tho Aofc would be procured* nnd that hotelkeopors, would bear in mind that in futuro all billiard tablos are to bo covered by 12 o 'clock at night, not only on Saturday nights,, but also on eaoh night of tho week. Tho Oourt thon adjourned..