The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-09-01 00:00:00

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Ti.. g.neral 1111 l nal lwenotic ineettlig tot iii..
i•w.euth 4 Weymouth awl w:101
held in the NV•••ine..ll,,V. The
trateo oftiriating were the Nlavor A tleitunti
hr. Timed. Messer.. Buck, 11... It. Ilopkite., And
Rowe.
The annual frio.rt s.l the Inspector of woo .4
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• I lentlemen, -I hove the I ttttt our to lay before you
toy 11111111111 meet on the conduct s 1 the littemaol
houses within the borough during Ow last twelve
...ad.. Taking the houses an It whole they have
I..en conducted fairly well. Any complaints made
I.>' me to the brewers have loom sttendol to ma a
rule, either by dismissal .1 the tenants or the home
being better conducted. On ...mad ”C4lloi,Nla land.
beds have bora comptiniented by the Bench on the
say in which they have conducted their business, by
refusing to serve disorderly persons with drink and
apneaetng 10 give evidence against them. I wish to
eat your attention to compainto against the under.
mentioned howler, viz,, the Neloon Inn, for allowing
itemtitutes ts. remain in the house longer than
wiry, and also the New Inn on the same grounds. In
the letter tame these complaints are of recent occur. ,
roma.. I 4111 14.1611 ed 14, say that Liu.« hum wev 414, abl
to change hands. I have to offer the aame objection
to the Fisherman's Arm" Inn, ea I have done during
the past two or three years, this house being virtually
a tramp'a lodging.house, and I have to retirees the
mime opinion as heretofore that a publichouse ought
not to be a resort for komp., as it cannot be Men
under the direct aupervision .4th. police and sanitary
officers as required by law. I reepectfulLyteenrst
that train'''. lodginghouaes should he ref'
they were a few years since. I have reoeivid
number of complaints during the peat year respecting
1t... Brie*, Inn. This hotter is situate close to the
bridge, and the bar being .rywn to the street a number
of men and women sasemble there, using eery lad
language, an 1 sometimes cause an assembly in the
street.- This gives the police • deal of trouble, and is
the cause of omisplaints being made by passersby and
residents, and unicorn thesis discontinued I shall feel it
my duty to oppose the homes another year. A 1,.,
in my !opinion the Freemason's Arms Inn, in
High.etreet, is in such • dilapidated condi.
lion that it is not fit for the acosnunda.
thin .4 the public. There are 84; alehona...
30 learhouses on premises, 3 off•lieenses. and Id
grocers, refreshment, and spirit licenses, to a population
according to the last census of 14,000. Nine houses
have changed hand* anon the lam annual lice.m.tz
m eeting. Eighty...eight persons have been pr.
against during the past year for drunkenness, and for
being I trunk and disorderly, via. 73 male. and 15
f..milea, as against 69 melee and II (tonales last year,
showing an uscreme .1 seven persona -1 have the
honour 1.. remain, kc.,
" Sanest A. VICKERY,
" Supt. .4 Police."
Mr. stable, solicitor: With regard to the New
Inn, I have to apply to you to have the license
re•noved from that house to another hemmed house.
Mr. T. Davie., of Hherbtene; Hr. O. Symonds, of
; and Mr. 41. P. Byrnes, Weymmith, each
in..inat...l they appeared to oppoie the application.
Supt. Vickery : I was surionsed to hear of tin...tienten
being there, berates.. the house wall let on condition
there should be no smetittstes in it.
Mr. Situ,,: I oppum the New Inn altogether.
Mr. Illastable Have you given notice?
The Mayor: We have it that the house io a resort
for prostitute...
Mr. unstable : Although women may have been
men there. I submit that that duels not constitute
an habitual resort.
The Mayor W.. have it that certain persons were
there for three nights following.
A person living near the premises, oimplained that
prostitutes had been them for twelve months past.
Huxtable: Please allow the matter to stand
over. If the application for the transfer ii not granted,
it will be renewed in the usual course. The license
exists at the "srveent time, and will continue to do so
until Oct. Ilth.
...The Ms or The application is adjourned until the
sessions.
linztable : Tbe renewal will come before you as
a matter of course.
The Mayor: The application for the removal shows
there is no necessity_ for the house.
Mr. Huggable: You are aware there is no notice of
--471-1-ayor : The adjournment will give an opportu•
nit., al raising an objection.
M.
_Synses : I can bring forward such evidence as
will measly tbe 'magistrates.
The application was left in abeyance until the ad• s
jounced sessions.
Supt. Vickery : The 12011003 object to the Nelson Inn
bemuse it is an habitue) resort of improper characters. I
Tadareadent evidence tan be produced reenacting the I
@bowie: al the boon.

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