The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-14 00:00:00

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excise; the first charging him with having sold spirits, the other
with haviug -sold beer, both without license. Mr. Venables at-
tended on behalf of the defendant. Maule and Boyd, two ex-
. cise officers, swore to having purchased a bottle of whisky from
the defendant on the 2.5 th ofMay. The supervisor proved that
the defendant had not a retail license for the sale of spirits at
that.period. Mr. Venables endeavoured to prove that the de-
fendant had bought the-Whisky in question. from 111 - Blekard,
spirit dealer;• but failed to substantiate it. The full penalty for
this offence is £5O. with power, on the part of the magistrates,
to mitigate to one-fourth. The defendant was convicted and
• fined in the lowest penalty of f.:12.105. Mr. Venables requested
the magistrates to recommend the case to the beard for Waller
-mitigation. The collector hoped the magistrates would not do
so. He (the collector) thought that, if parties could afford to
employ both an attorney and an advocate, they .might pay the
penalty. Mr. Venables said, he hoped the excise would not
press the second information, as a conviction had taken place
upon the first. The collector said they certainly should press
it. The case went on for a few minutes, when the magistrates
perceiving that it was a part of the same transaction as the
former one, declared that they could. not entertain it.—John
Cameron was summoned for having sold one gallon of spirits,
not having a retail license.' Boyd stated that he went to the
defendant's house on tbe 21st of May, and purchased from him-
self cue gallon of whisky, for wh'ich he paid 16s. 6d. Mr.
Venables cross-examined the witness, with a view to prove that
Mr. Cameron had sent out for the whisky. This witness posi-
tively denied. -Mr. James Petty. spirit-dealer, stated that. he
had sent a gallon of whisky to Mr. Cameron's on the 21st of
May. He had previously purchased the puncheon of whisky
.trout which it was drawn from Mr. C., who is agent for the sale
of that article. The magistrates were of opinion, that they ought
to convict Mr. Cameron in the mitigated penalty, us in the former
cases, which was immediately !lone. The second information.
against Mr. C. was for having, on the 15th of May, sold a quart of
beer, which was drank on his preinises ; and for having sold,
on the 21st of May, two dozen pints of beer, trot to be drank on
the premises. Boyd was the witness in this, as in the forme'
cases. Mr. Venables contended that as Sir. Cameron is. an
agent for the sale of Seotth ale, he merely let the officer have.
the quantities which he did, and received payment .for them as
samples. The magilrates convicted in the quarter penalty.
Mr. Venables pressed for the recommendation to the board for
further mitigation. The magistrates 'platinised to consider of it.
William Gorsuch .was summoned; on intimation Irons Boyd,
for having sold one dozen of porter in quart bottles, his license
not permitting him to sell Under two dozen, ..Boyd stated that
be went lo the premises of Mr. GM-such and purchased) twelve
bottles of porter, for which he paid 71. Mr. Briadhurst ap-
peared on behalf of the defendant, and said he would prove that
Boyd bad purchased two dozen of porter, but had requested that
• only one - might be delivered. Mr. Broadhurst then called
Andrew Bourne, errand boy .to Mr. Gorsuch, who stated that
Boyd had called several times when his master was out, and
quested to have small quantities of potter, but he had always
told-hien that they Aid not sell less than two or three dozen.
The lad went•onto'state,, very clearly, that Boy! had purchased
frmn his master two dozen of por:er, tamer pretenceitiat he wag
ill and was ordered by the doctor
to take it. As he said that he
merely wanted one dozen at a time it was agre4 by them that
he should take time other dozen away when he wanted it. Mr.
Bro idhurst said it was evident there was no intention to defraud
the revenue. The penalty in this case is £lO, which the magis-
trates mitigated to one-fourth.—Mr. Porteus was summoned by
the Excise for having sent out two gallons of spirits without a
permit. It was proved in evidence that the porter had kept the
request note in his pocket. and that Mr. Porteus had ordered
him to leave it at the Permit-office on his way. The spirits had
been seized in the street by an Excise officer, and the informa-
tion was merely laid for the forfeiture. The magistrates con-
demned the goods, but said they should give. a recommendation
to the board, if required,