The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-23 00:00:00

ANNUAL LICEN-ING DAY.

giievance. If the weather was favourable It the Police Cutirt yes.terday, befere Colonel
For a good hay crop it was bad for the wheat; Fleteher, Major Coehr-me, W. J. Turnev, H. 0
aad F. .E. ers, s., Sel
if it was gool for the cereals it was bad for
mase an apple aticn in v Eqrs Mr. hephd -eferetice to the Refresh.
the root crops. But here we have had a mint Itooms at Ve t'tourbrielee Junoi n z:tut:on.
genuine old-fashioned English summer, with In July last year, he (Mr..11-plierd) made an ap-
unclouded skies, a temperature occasionally plication for a license for the afore rooms, which
was granted, to take effect when the place was
of over 90 in the shade; a summer of one or
two intermittent tropical storms, but on the fini:Ated. He cow made an application for an ab-
t-o ute pnfiriteition of tles license. The a:)plication
whole fine and dry • one to make the heart
.. , wa: adj.): riled for 14 (less in i r ler that the usual
of the watering-place lchlging-house keeper
, t, , no ices nay be served on tht magistrates. '
to rejoice, and the hotel proprietor to be glad. 1 The bi ck list was the.. read by the Clerk znd
It has carried the minds of our elders back 1 8110%Sied EiB fellows :—Gentlereen, I have the i.otiour
to report for your information the num. bey of houses
to the days of their youth, when the winter
i leered within the Petty Sessional iii 40, for the
brought its expected severity of weather, sole of in'sxicxing liquors, the number of lie,
without so much of the mild muggy atmos- pt-is es pri:ceeded a:iainst and c .nvi •lions a . ainst
phere with which of late years we have been their lo eases. tho nittuber of pera,us proceeded
egais!t for drunkennees and convictions duria .. the
so familiar. In those days, too, the 4ummer . rsine year ending 22nd August, 1834, Number
followed more like that which we have now of hoer a 1 a e hoti.es 160, number of lie nsed beer.
had, without the deluges of rain to which , houses 79, number of confectioners and others
for many seasons past we have been aceus- I been id to sell wine to be consumel on the premises
tomed. The most disastrous year within a 34, mimi ee f houses licensed fex t-el ese of spirits,
! wine of Lear not to he censurned on the premises 6,
couple of decades was 1879, when tempests
. • nurnter of houses having Sunday licenses 9.
of rain swept the land, and the patient, in- Numh,r of persons proceeded ag-inst for drunken-
dustrions farmer had the mortification of nes, in the li:ensin; year e ;ding 22 ,d August 1884,
seeing months of - careful labour entirely 533. In rease or dscrea, e of convieliens tor
thrown away. clrunkeensso in the licensieg year ending 22nd
_A. us ust,ll iB4 asc mpared lbel, wish 168. NunaLer ot
It ii satisfactory to know that, upon the
license' perste; s proceeded againsr in the licensing
whole, harvest prospects are of an encourag- year end ng 22nd August, 1894, 27. Numbe: a
ing character; and it is well to know that liceised pers .us convicted in the I;cn.simr, year
Ireland, which usually receives such an ex- end', g 2nd A egusi, 1834. 27. Number of licenses
cess of moisture as compared with other etre orsed 1. Number of licensed persons convicted
parts of the United Kingdom, stands for cum:, r the Lfast lut l
icensing' Act mod the nuriuber of person
ra
elsi-vce t
Aeduo, drerers:s3s
once as favourably as its neighbours. The e and 11814. le'
IlZtirigbe-rearosf
outlook is a good one, and contr sts brightly licensed cet sone convicted in the licensine year
with that of this time five years, or evet end:mg i.ug,tist 1882, 4 Number e f persons con-
three years, for it is very well remembered victed in the licensing year ending August, 1883,
36. f e ee one con,
that the equatcnial heat of July, 1881, w 118 :Number I:oted pet icted in the
lico Bee year endins Augusr, 1884, 14. Number
followed by an eYceeelingly wet August, oi rer6ons convict dof drunkenness in the linens-
which had a detrimental effect upon the in year ending August 1882. 499. Number of
results of agricultural toil. . But now the pet o 8 convicted of drenkennetss in the licensing
year endine August 1883, 649. Number cf ee,rsons
wheat crop is very well spoken of all round,
cm v.cted of druttkennees in tete lieensisg year
and no wonder, geeing that we are in the
, et 'lose Aueeet 1884, 49 I.—'zigned, J. Wheeler.
immediate recollection of the brilliant sun- Tu_, following in( niotial was read and presented
shine of many weeks. The'depres9ing infln- to the Magrstratee by Mr. Spurgeon,
ence of suecessive bad harvests has led to a Coal eog vim tl Ilia'stsr : To the
magistrates avrembled at the Annual 'Accusing
diminution of the area allotted to the cuiti-
-1 s tai.l7, Anteast 22nd: The tnetuoral of Ministers of
vation of wheat; but there can be little doubt : Reieion and others res.peel frilly the wet h, 'that tour
that generally the yield is aL excellent one ' memerialists approach yrur Worships with a d. ep
as compared with some recent experiences, sense of the erenous and painful duties e hich the
Legishe ion has imposed upon yen for fulfilment at
Roots have not been particularly flonrishinty;
but taken altogether the hay crop is not tbe Brewster Sessien. 1 hat your memorial
in
in
, view of the inevitable results and the traffic n in-
such a bad one after all, In Mr. Henry F• : texicating liquor., in the production et drunken-
M ee.--e's annual report he states that the res 9, crime and pauperism, regard the it:spor:sibility
.farmer's prospect is now brighter than it has itripes,d upon you as too gt eat for any body o:
g eut lets en to re st, under. aud been during during any one of the past seven years. 7ithont the aid
pat:ty of tl.eir fel:ow mezetis. 'hey, theretore,
Obviously the prosperity of the agriculturist : (test, eto re- pect fully assume ycur worships that
is the prosperity of the tradesman as well, every effort which you may make to diminish the
If the former has no money to spend with ' number 01 licensed places of temptatien will meet
the latter the trade of the country naturally '. with the approved of the grt atsbody of the lull ,bit-
,,: ants of this own. Your memorialists desire at this
suffers, so that all may rejoice that the long
. time to remind yi ur Worships of the full and cent-
run of disastrous seasons is at length at an ': plete power ithich the Act of 1882 h a placed in
end. The farmer has had to face a time : your loinds over off beer liccnscs. thus placing them
which has tested not only his pocket, but his 1 in the same condition salt licenses on the premises.
lon .enduring temper, and he has waited ! Doubts which some magistrates had, have been re-
mred by the decisiun in the cas,, the Queen v Vray
patiently enough for the brighter day, the which was heard in the Queen's Bench wherein
dawn of which now seems to be at hand. ' the decision of Mr. Justice Field and Mr. Justice
Stephen declared that ell such licenses are held
hem year to year at the discretion of the *Licens-
ing Magistrates. The juigement further declared
that the power of the magistrates .was copplete,
net only in regard to the grantin,f feel renewal of
licenses for the sale ( f beer "off" the preini:es, but
also over all licenss fo- the sale and consemption
of ifitoxicatins liquors “on" the prete isms, and that
it was the duty of the migistrates in the eset else of
their discretion to review every yesr the wants and
requirements ot their reepeetive di•tri. ts. Your
memorialises tLerefore pray your Worships to
exercise in the public ' interest your told .übt d
powers not only in refusing all new apelicatioee for
licenses, but else) in greetly reducine the numb tr of
she boasts already licensed, the same lutvint been
during the past year the mo 4 prolific source of
the drunkenness, m7sery, and crime hr i ueeLt before
you for consideration and punishment. Signed,
Charles S. Wordsworth, Oldswinford, Walter A.
Love rector of Pedinore-e J. Taylor, Wesleyan
Minieter Gee. Robinson, Congreeatienal Minister,
A. Ililditch, N. w Connexion Minister, Waliam
1% &Mese Ba.etist Minister, W. Spurgeon, Congre-
gational Minister, William Roberts. Henry New-
man, Eno- h 13raz.er, William Baker, Samuel
I. n4hes, and Robert Luther Bayley. surg, on.
Colonel Fli tcher said they would give it their
serious censideraeen as it wilt a very important
matter.
The api heat ion of Ililrs. Waldron, Cleat, for a
nnewal of the license was opposed by Mr. W ,ecl..
en the ground that persons stayed et the house
longer than wa. reasonable. The license re s
Lnn Od on protnisine to be careful in the hoere
The tenewal of a license to John Robins, e f the
Coact and Ilors. s, Lye, who had been twice eon.
victe I, was refused. Col. Fletcher remarked that
if-t& fit and proper person eas found befere the Ad.
j turned Licenting Day the lie use may t e re-
newed.
Mi. Waldron tn,de an application on behalf of
Charles Pearson, Queen's Head, Envills Strt.et, to
extend the licens- to retailing spirits. Mr. Perry
appeared to (.I)ject on bo,alf of John Bullock,
:.ithurrst-t Ilcuse Inn. Mr, Perry, dutiug cross-ex-
amination, elicted that there were 5 full licensed
tiouses within three lot-Arca yards. The applica
Con was granted.
-rye renewal ot the liemse to William Ileashcock,
.`Sisvan with Two Necks Inn, was graree I. Mr
-%Vi,ee.ter said there wss tete conviction but the
house tad been well conducted since. '
The license to William Fitch, Two GA: s Inn,
Cratiley was granted. 'There had been one conviction.
Mr. 24i11s applied fo!' a tAi.:.wal ot the license to
Joseph Westwood B.:11 lon, Cradley. There has
been !sr° convictions and the been e was endorsed.
_Nies Wheeler obj:cted to the liee..se being nnewel,
,0,,R1 i beeacse they art so situsteci se as to tecilitata
• -'l. Az-, timA Ban,eurrls .
It Art-.Rm ! eji..ns ,n of the law. P.C. Cl:ars s-i,l that bstwes
N n
..i rise Blti,Al II :k• , ['p.['p.L.,C,Cle, f U`;' '''"C ber last and Febrosey he sisited the pr nii,ee •.1 ',WALL Lw... or. 12.4 d. bri rpool . wriel ;—Mr. 1
ecem
e 0011 Mare) ej fi..,TO Asthma, but e,non taking your ; and found people in the houses in the y.-rd dunk-
Waters he is no longer tr.ubb-d with it. flu tubas i jag Mr. Mills asked the Bench not to withdraw
them now erea-ionalls tor Bronchitis, and eh-mess of ; the license and time present tenant sSould leave ani
Neel', and billiculi'.,, et Breathing after taking euld 1 the premises should be alt red se as to meet the
arse heels the I,‘ ekr,- most valuable- ; he has take!' .
! requirerneuts of the police. ' The application was
noteing else for 3 e ears' and believes he won t
d have i - A
re
beeu delta 'wig s,--o butfor their use ;he is now'
renswal of the Romeo to Alan Beasley,
I, ye..ra ut age, anti he is hale and hearty:.---Ju 4.‘,,thLt I The
, useis.
Lute-souk tien, Bria.chitss„ Coughs, colds, Shortne..,, ,• ,i ' Cradley, was
rantcl.
breath, l'hiegin Pain., in the chest. andftbe.on ! Tae licenses to Jco, Cartwsight was granted.
e,
toey 1, 0 tuLt A.ivereliet &est &rapid cure Or t...-cues's , Th.- renewal of V:e liceeseto SOitnnOn Pearson,
ts et k:•5 teMle i,446.41). 00.0 At IL 1.4 d.. -2,4 EN.. 4,, 7
_ . • I was refue-a.
ti;:gart..
i The renewal of the licens to John CJne e . Ben
11.-- yuuit 'NF.,(ifri se-dye:roseate 'llseeese op, 1-.
-., Alin, Lye isrs gta.eifel.
us esered ef the blfie,'3t 1":1" a 8 ai. 1 io)' ' 'the Ii ene to eIl ' ' B ' awn • S. Raybould, blige
eersisease Led all vastreg disease', invar:skey pro. 1 ..., sl .
un, *Beauty s
Pank, was adjeurned.
gociare increase in 2esse aud weight. TU. preneretio
el fifydreted Cosi Liser Od ur trait:, diger.tve, ant p T;he license to Thomas Brooks, Foley Arms.
Itre erase mare Doarishing. as well as far mt.'', 1 eemore, Was granted.
Pltsract *o tn!tte than p-14i% cod tiver oil. Hydrotrie. Ir. Collis applied oe behalf of Thomas Wyatt.
s'ilt see...else, !Ind /lessees ieereee: 'if weight in thess , Plum gh and lit,roe, lieatn. Mr. heeler raid
:;.':1:e ee.; se W . ~,., ~... n'f,--_;; ca-; ,:f..r.:.,1.:' 0; ; I.;iii pituft : ri tied a noted thief i.ad bet n f.-und on
: 1
;:ts•-75, t:-..". Qs7.'.-ca "''' :'''a'" • the pseerises atter It Turs.en I tee landlord hsl been 1
es eseees ~.4.;,:ttcr...,,,t ivw the w".: C. I.:Ttir.le--. !
: seen m their cninpany. Adjourned till ti e Ad • 1
cehrovisub,- 44e. CI. Ii:):4 ~..:;A, SO, Firringatis ! joatnel Licensin6 Day. ,
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