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London, England, 1831-04-08 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, APRIL 7.

JAMES lIOIJSON, APPELLANT, V. THOMAS GOODCHILD,

ESQ. RESPONDENT.

This was art appeal to the Quarter Sessions
against the decision of the Licensing Magistrates,
(of whom Mr. Goodchild was Chairman) in refus-
ing to renew the licence of the Crown and Anchor, ,
Drummond-street, St. Pancras.
Mr. ALLEY, for the appellant, addressed the
Court at considerable length. He contended that
no licensing Ma2isinite had the power to refuse the
renewal of a license, or to take away an existing.
Fcense, unless the licensed victualler should have
been previously convicted three times of offences
against the tenor of his license. He read various
clauses of the Act, called Mr. Estcourt's Act, the
9cli George IV., chap. 61, which clearly stated that
before a license shall be taken away the party must
have been convicted of three offences, on the last of
which he was entitled to a decision by a Jury. The
Act also gave the power of an appfal to these Se,-
sions. The Act, he contended, was passed to pre•
vent a Magistrate who might be so disposed to act
in an arbitrary way, of which instances had fre-
quently occurred berme it had passed; and if Ma-
gistrates chose now to take a man's license away,
without any previous offence having been incurred,
then there, was a stop put to the effects which that
salutary law was intended to produce. Tne Learned
Cunsel then stated that he would prove that the
appellant was a man of irreproachable character,
against whose house no complaint whatever had
been made, and he then submitted that this Court
would order the license, which had existed for many
years, to be renewed. The question was of vita
impor:ance to all publicans, from one end of the
kingdom to the other.

A witness was called, who gave the appellant an
excellent character ; but, on cross-examination by
Mr. Adolphus, he admitted that the appellant, be-
sides the house from which the Magistrates had
token his license, hid also a public-house in Port-
land Town, three miles dis•ant.

The CHAIRMAN stopped the case, observing that
the appellant having two public-houses sufficiently
jusifiei the Magistrates in refusing this license.
The other NlaAistrates concurred in the Chair-
man's opinion, and the appeal was dismssed.

WILLIAM GEORGE Tl,NsiculT APPELLANT; THE
REV. H. B. OWEN AND ANOTHER RESPONDENTS.

This was a similar appeal to the preceding.
The petition of the appellant stated that he had
been 17 year. a licensed victualler, and had a family
of seven children ; that he had been four years in
his present house (now shut up), during which time
no complaint whatever had be -n made against him;
that, at the licensing day, in March, the Magistrates
refused him his license on the grounds that he
had no convenience " for cooking► steaks;" and
that he sold too much " blue ruin," as one
Magis-
trate expre s.ed it. They had desired him to alter
the form of his house inside, and to shut up one of
his doors.

Mr. C. INILLIPS, in a very eloquent speech, re-
probated the manner in which they had taken upon
themselves to refuse the renewal of licenses. He
would show that Mr. Tunnicliff was a person of ex-
emplary character; that he had a wife and seven
children looking to him for support; and that he
had embarked all he had in his business. He
ploied the Court to reflect upon the consequences
of destroying that business without a single com-
plaint against him—consequences which would re-
duce him and his family to beggary. This was an
important question, and involved no less than thirty
millions of property ; and it was to be hoped that
it was not permitted for a man to have all he had
in the world taken from him without having the
slightest imputation ever made against him.
Witnes,es were called, who gave the appellant a
high character for the mode in which he conducted
his house; and they stated that he had a room for
the accommodation of eibtomers.

The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Adolphus he had
any thing to say against the appellant's character ?
Mr. ADOLPHUS said he had not. He then ad-
chessed the Court on behalf of the Licensing Mu-
gistrate.:, who, he said, had acted solely in the dis-
charge of a painful duty.
The CHAIRMAN said it appeared that the Magis-
trates swished the appellant to alter his house ; but
they had acted erroneously, for they had no power
to annex a condition to a license.

The Court unanimously granted the license.

THE MARKETS.

HAILSHAM MARKET.—ArriI 6.
Beef—„-- 3s. Sd. to 4s. 4d. Veal —... 4s. Sd. to ss. Od.
Mutton--, 4 4 5 Perk 0 0 0 0

Lamb 6A. Oct. to 7s. Ocl

There were a few store Barrens, and Cows with Calves by their
side, offering; most of the former were sold at about t!s. per
stone, estimated at their fattened weight ; the trade with both
the latter and fat stock was very dull, at drooping prices.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK.

V, heat. I Barley. Oats. Beans.
l'er Quarter. js.to s. s. s. s. to s. s. to s.
Rlandtprd 70 39 27 43
Brigg 6O f 6 31 40 20 25 35 40
Cambri,lge 71 I 41 26 35
Chard
kiuntingdon 58 74 33 45 22 28 32 42
Long Sutton..._ 62 75 33 37 20 24 35 :3A
Louth
Lynn 62 72 32 44 22 30 37 40
Newark —,.— 76 78 31 47 24 30 39 53
Nottingham
Peterborough
Plymouth 12 76 28 33 24 23 37 42
Pontefract — 68 43 26 • 43
Slea for. I
Uppinghain 70 82 36 44 26 32 38 44
Wisbech 61 74 31 24 28 37 30