The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-28 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

Mr. lawn Sollisk Davis, the proprietor of the Pegasus
Tavern, Green-lanes, Stoke Newington, was summoned
before Ilr. Cooke for having on Sunday, the 16th of Nov.,
unlawfully opened his how. for the sale of wine, spirits,
beer and other fermented and distilled liquors, before the
hour of one in the afternoon, the lame not being then and
there for th• refreshment of travellers, contrary to the
statute.

solicitor to the Licensed Victuallers' Pro-
tection Society, attended for the Wefts, and pleaded
not guilty.
Inspector Gm/Is Bavarian, N division. said—On Sunday
the loth inst., at • quarter to twelve in the morning, I
visited the defendant's house in ooapan7 with • .
sevvvvesrna
and saw fifteen men in front of bar, and
pluses contaimeg rum or brandy and water (it
wu 'Aural), quart pets and four pint
PC4I OgßOakilie malt liquor. r tolled the atteaWn
mss,dangly lis tbe l
oad he maid they were tra-
aad Maw 01 Pm th
anes of being
as Sey wise dressed shabidly and were dirty.
I and sok visited the house at half-put twelve.
Yr. Davis wee ipreesat when I visited the house • second
time. Whilst I was there six paeans entered the bar,
and Mr. Davis maid, " What do you want P" One et
than said, " A pot of @Japans ale." It was sinvod and
paid for. I then lett. In tie tstsrvel of my find visiting

the bows ease badreds et pewees wow sieved la the
drissmar. me m. Coweborative widows \admit hers
Mr. 11116, der the Odiase, said tbat without ping todly
late the suilts4wmile Wald sadead that the deleadaat
bad bold the stria Ilse of the law, sad had
served ameba& Ids travellers. The road la which
the
e=s hers wee attested was wed by perms
who treat oat for a short tide et wally
44:1 the warts above Milked dot persons as ildrer was
enabled to reascasble reksimat AII terse the
piece the &Maud bad Whoa ihist= as trodiers,
sad to es deiced bed add that bad been
gives to this and. It was= from the "Mabee that
the istaidaat lid set serve as GM as and askid ; tbat
be sot serve hdheriseisseely, bat that be ordered
to be who were 1111,11111101 or sot, and if a
Msand raw sash isidries, be should crated
he deksiispi emit ad be held he be bsd
dews di he wail le cats#7, sot oily will Ihe spirit bat
l!w wwwW. et the law. The learned seallama died
v. Taylor," where it was Me deem that the
werall7priet lay oa the weapialasd te peeve that the
poems who were as served WWII trawl= or ast.
The iodise ia this an waszelVata atter the
basic Aft Ade Wind . Bast, of the
Nepal Oak Tavern, Orearlaaa, Stoke widectoo who
appeared la server to a miaow combed MI 1117111 m
term.

kr. Cooke deified that es is neither ewe was there any
sign Cl siting, which was esrleinl neesesary for the " re-
freshment" of travellers, the to most be oon-
Meted. Still, as they bad dim/owed any intenlaon of
bresking the law, he wadi Wise mil •• nominal penalty
of la. and the costa. it to do so, he would
grant • case for the amides at • asperior ooarL

Mr. Johoo Halm Marv* of Pass4rAbo, Pohlman,
finally sneered to rows r a sharp el pirj sty oonuaitted
last November fa the Probate Court, el Hie ocxesion of
the mond triad theedsheated Destly_will ease.
Mr. Biles% insbueled by Mears. W prose-
cuted ; Mr. Bedew* MeMb amid Mr. isoodbridge, sigredsd by
Messrs. Watson, el Bouverie-etret, deleoded.
Thenent impudent blue dersse the trial was the sanity
of Mks Doody, the telledriz. The evidence was oonfliot-
ing en Mat psis% hut the sawlike of the jury was in
favour of bar won ,_ the ilehadist deposed to her sanity,
wthereby
di it wee alleged le bow eke was insane, and
Me ury amigos&
Th W e case hen W psr} 1 m this send Ave days, and many
witammiss hems ben sated
of
to sena.% unladylike,
and even indweet ode ea the of Min Dandy in the
=rof the idsedeal. evideice even was given
lei deloadwit limn said she was arras
Tesisram these whales wore examined.
weft ~swig Mr. libton called_ span the magis-
trate, under the VeseMous indlobaest Act, to bind over
the proeseutor to peaw a till si indictment_ against the
dsdsedent at the next esmions of the central Criminal
Court, end Mr. Arthur Hyde Dandy, the barrister who
prosecutor in this awe, massed into reoognissisoss to do so.