Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-26 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1857.

TRANSFER OF LICENSES.

Yesterday, a Special Sessions of the magistrates was
held at the Sessions-house, Chapel-street, far the purpose
of granting the transfer of Licences to victuallers within
the township. The magistrates on the bench were—Mr.
R. Shell, Mr. S. Holme, and Mr. J. R. Jeffery.
In the first case on the list Mr. Blaekhurst, solicitor,
applied to have a license transferred from a public-house in
Adlinsl9n-street, kept by John Melville, to the present
occupier. Mr. Richard Parkinson. In this case it was ad-
mitted that the house had already been fined three times,
but as the magistrates had omitted it the time the
last fine was imposed, to send the case for con-
sideration at the special sessions, he hoped the present
bench would consent to the transfer to the present appli-
cant, who was a most respectable man, and had purchased
the property.
The bench decided that the case mist be sent before

the annual sessions ; and the transfer was therefore re-
fused.

The following transfers were then granted:—Bailey-
street, from Margaret Brooks to John Wauoh; Batchelor-
street, from Maria Fox to Hugh Larkin ; Boundary-street,
from J. Westhead to J. Walker ; Brownlow-hill, from Robert
Chalhon to Saul Dodd; Chapel-street, from John Ellis to
William M'Connell ; Cheapside, from Edward Reed to J.
Willdes ; Copperas-hill, from H. G. M. Leathern to Mary
E. Leathern ; Copperas-hill. from John Jackson to
Jane Williams; Curry-street, from James Waddington to
David Slone ; Eldon street, from William Leatherbarrow
to J. P. Myers ; Gildart-street, from' James Tunstall to
Charles Amnees ; Great Crosshall-street, from Jane Lynch
to Richard Rosthorne ; Great Homer-street from Ann Low
to Isabella Manwairing ; Great Nelson-street, from Win.
Hill to John Hughes ; Greenwood-stree' from Ellen
Waring to John Drew ; Nook-street, from Ann Hurton to
Richard Greenwood ; North John-street, from Bartholo-
mew Tyer to W. Parsonage ;' London. road, from T. Martin
to J. Poole; Lydia Ann-street, from Elizabeth Kemp to
Hannah Radcliff ; Murray-street, from John Drew to G.
Elston ; Murray-street, from R Roberts to John Nichol ;
New-quay, from Kate Westbrook to Peter Norman ; Parr-
street, from Moses Mills to Jonathan nor:thy ; Pitt-street,
from John Carver to James Carver; Plumbe-street, from
James Mount to William Casson ; Ponnall-square, from
Edward Fowler to H. Eastham ; Preston-street, from
Francis Kelly to Robert Thomas ; Princes-street from
John Brideson to Sarah Hallam ; Rathbzme-street, from
Wm. Molyneux Towson to J. Warburton ; Rattibone-street,
from John Rogerson to Jane Loadsome ; Regent-street,
froln Mary Nicholson to John Armour ; Regent-road, from
James Lewtas to William Carter; Roscoe-street, from
Charles Amves to W. Westley ; St. James' street, from
Luke Myerscough to John Bradshaw; t. James'-place,
from George Craigs to George Hill ; Sawney Pope-street,
from George Elston to Richard Elston ; Scotland-place,
from James M' Down to Willi Ina Wilson ; Scotland-road,
from John Pyecroit to H. Moss ; Skellhorne-street, from
John Thorpe to C. Braithwaite ; Standish-street,
from Richard Rosthorne to John Fox ; Standikh-
street, from John Lindon to Thomas Allen ;
Stanhope-street, from Margaret Perry to Godfrey Jones ;
Welliegton.place, from W. Day to Noah Lees ; White-
chapel, from William Huxen to E. M'Grath; Williamson-
street, from Charles Tate to Wm. Marples ; Wood-street,
from Richard Quirke to Joseph Ashberry.
When the above cases had been disposed of, and the
transfers granted, after complying with the usual technical
requirements, _ _

Wybergh called on the case of John Harrison
Wickham, a publican living in Lime-street. Mr.
Dl'Donald, instracten by Mr. G.) )(lore, appeared for Wick-
ham. In this case, it will be in the recollection of our
readers, that on the 12th of Jane, Wickham was sum-
moned before the magistrates, Mr. Gladstone and Mr.
Sheil, for permitting drunkenness upon his premises in
Lime-street, at an early hour on the morning of the 2nd
instant. The case having been clearly proved by the
evidence of Inspector Wilson, and Pol,ce-officer 591, as the
report in the NORTHERN Timm clearly showed. Mr.
M'Donald was about to address the bench on behalf of the
defendant, when Mr. Wybergh interfered, and, from the act
of parliament, showed, that as the house had been twine
previously convicted, the then presiding magistrates had no
power of dealing with it, but must send the case before the
next special sessions or to the next general sessions. After
some little discussion on the subject, the further hearing of
the case was adjourned until the next special sessions,
which took place yesterday, the defendant bdng bound over
to appear. He did appear by counsel, when Mr. Wybergh
read over the clause of the act of pirliammt which related to
such cases, and from which it appeared that the defendant
had the privilege of having the case then adjudicated upon,
the magistrates having the power of inflicting a penalty of
£5O or of withdrawing the license ; or that the case could
be further postponed until the next sessions before the
Recorder, when is would be tried on its merits by a jury.
Wickham, upon being consulted, decided on the latter course,
and, consequently, the further hearing of the cage, was
postponed until the next sessions, the parties being bound
over to appear, when the case will be fully e into before
a jury, and their verdict mill be final. We need scarcely
say that the decision iu this case is looked forward to with
much anxiety by a large class of persons who keep houses
precisely under similar circumstances, many of whom were
present expecting to hear the result.