The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24 00:00:00

IM2OrtI'ANT TO TiIIERIIOt7SE

Iletiering thnt the infornrition (totalled below
will lie of u to beerlvinse-kf erers and ahem
we publish the following extract bow the Beer.
boo Act, 1869 :

Ev ,ry person intending to apply to the Justices
for a eertiticAte notice this Act shall twenty-
one days at least before he applies, give notice
in writing of his intention to one of the over-
seers of the tallish, township, br place, in which
the house or shop in respect of which his ap-
plication is to be made is situate, and to some
constable or peace-ollicer Haling within such
paridi, township. or place, and shall in such
notice set forth his name and address and a
description of the license or licenses for which
be intends to apply, and of the situation of
the house or shop in respect of which the op-
nlication is to he made. 1111.1 111 the ease of a
house or shop not theretofore licensed for the
sale by r,: tail of her, cider, or wine, mach
person shall also within the space of Di days
before such application is made cause it like
milieu to be affixed and maintained between
the hours of ten in the morning and five iii
the afternoon of two cooseeative Sundays no
the door of such house or shop, and on the
principal door or one of the doors of the
church or chapel of the parish or place in
which such house or shop issituate, or it there
be no such church or chapel, on some other

pudic and conspicuous place within such par-
iah or place.
All the protiiions of the fluid Act of the ninth
year of the rvign of King George the Fourth
as to the terois upon a hilt, ituil the 1111.111111.
hi w hkil, HMI the rsons by whout grant; of
licenses are to be made by the Justices at the
sail General AIIII UM neellSillg Meeting, and
as to lipp,ul front any Act of any Justice AMU
SO Ur as niay be, hare effect with regard to
grants of certificates under this Act, subject
to this ipialitivAtion, that no applieAtion for a
certitioate under this Act in relied of a ii-
to all by retail beer, viler, or who not
to he Coll,lllllvit on the premises, shall be re-
fused exci pt upou one or niece of the follow-

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in gra:lnds, viz
That the appleatit has failed to produce
satisfietory evidenee (4 good character.
That the bailee or shop in respect of %AAA
sonAt, or any Imlj:went Ilona,: or
shop owned or neeopicd hy the person apply•
tag for n lhoisu is of a disordPrli character,

or freqr..o.te,l by it via, prustittliet, or pr.
suns of Lid eharueter.
(3) That the :tpolleant having prieviously held
a lieense for the wile a wine, spirits. beer, or
cider, the ildtilo has heel; ferfeitod for hi,s tuie•
rowitict, or that he has Ihrenvh taineondeet
been at no)tiose pre vioas'y adja.iged
fle I from reeeivitig any ,meli ticenso cr from
telling ;my ef the mid articles.
;4 That the apr&e,.re, or the huase la respect
E of whteh he a, 14 hut LW!), qualitioil ad
hr low et evirtoed,
Vi Ire an nerd &lon for any each lust nen•
thmed certificate is ref tied oa the ground
that the Itote is; r, sped t of which he applies
is not they ptalified as by law is required, the
Jastices sbsil sine fy in writing to the appli- •
pant the grounds of their decision.
W on the Ist i f Mac, 1563., a license under
soy of the seid recited Acts is in force with
respect to tiny house or shop for the sale by
retail therein of beer, cider, or wine, to be con-
sumed on the rends: s, it shall not be lawful
fur the Justices to refase an application for a
certificate for the sale of beer, cider, Of wine,
to be consumed on toe premises iu respect of
such house or shop, except upon ens or more
of the grounds upon which application for
certificate wader this Act in respect of it
cense for the sale of beer, eider, or wine, not
to be C1)11811111ell on the premises, may be Ye-
fused in accordance with this Act, provided
that where a person licensed in respect of
Snell house or shop to sell therein by retail
beer, eider, or wine, to be consumed on the
premises is convicted after the passing of this
Act of more than one offence against the ten-
or of his license, or of more than one offence
for which any penalty is imposed by any of
the said recited Acts, the Justices by whom
such person is eon vieted may, if they think
tit, order that the house or shop shall for the
purpose of this section be thenceforth deemed
to be a house or shop in respect of which no li-
cense for the sale by retail of beer, eider, or
wine, was in force at the time of the passing
of this Act.