The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-02
THE BRITISH DRUNKARD.
Severe Penalties of the Recently En-
Scted Law.

London Mail.
Drunkards are not lost TO a knowledge OF
things: Nay. many long enjoy the full exer-
able men, remain lovable. And against
these. as against the majority OF Indifferent
Intelligence; a new act of Parliament is
leveled. They now stand I'm altered rela-
ton TO the law. Henceforth for them there
Will be more of menace and peril I'm the
aspect of a policeman. Heretofore neces-
that a man shoulH be both drunk and i'm
capable. Now, il will be enough that he be
drunk. Persons seen drunk I'm a public
Any person found in that condition while
in charge of young child becomes liable
10 months imprisonment with hard
labor A record is to be made of the MONIES
OF habitual drunkards, and this record will
be supplied to license holders. who must not
thenceforward serve any so pilloried on
pain of being fined $40 and upward. More
over, any one treating" a convicted habit
ual drunkard will be liable 10 be fined forty
shillings or sent to jail and hard labor
for month. AS for the convicted habitual
drunkard himself. II within three years OF
ms conversion he merely applies TO be
served with drink. he can be fined 81.
On this subject Alderman G. A. Smith.
writing in the National Temperance
Leagues Annual says: Thus. provided
that where an order OF detention could be
made under the inebriates acts. even il &c
Is not thought desirable. or IL IL is found
impracticabe to send the drunkard TO an
inebriate reformatory, the court will be able
10 take steps TO prevent him from obtaining
liquor on licensed premises or ar "a regis
tered club. Similar orders will, no doubt
be made in most cases where detention i'm
reformatory is ordered. and with the act
i've cooperation of the police should prove
an eff ctiye means of preventing the re-
lapse into drunkenness OF persons whose
discharge from reformatories on license Is
notified to the police"
The general public, the alderman thinks.
Will act wisely in leaving TO the police, for
the present, at all events, the duty Of put
ting the law into force. In his opinion the
manner In which this is done will largely
depend upon the encouragement they re-
ceive from the magistrates I'm dealing with
offending publicans. The home secretary's
Instructions contain suggestion TO the
police that they relieve the publican and
his postmen OF responsibility Ito expei from
licensed premises any person who Is drunk
violent. quarrelsome or disorderly''
All clubs where intoxicating drinks are
sold must. under the new law, be regis
tered Ii has been made an offense to sup
ply or keep intoxicating liquor I'm an UNI
registered club. A court OF supreme juris-
diction may make order directing a
club to be struck of the register on cer-
tain grounds, and justice may grant a
search warrant to a constable when there
IS ground for supposing that a registered
club is mismanaged. or that intoxicanfs are
being supplied at an unregistered club.
New applications for grocers licenses can
be refused by the justices. The renewal of
any license hereafter granted for the first
time can be subsequently refused in the
exercise of the free and unqualified dis
erection" of the bench. Grocers' licenses
in force June o. 1902, cannot be re-
fused. except on special grounds. so long
as they are held by the persons who then
held them.
The new act also introduces notifications
into the law with respect to the annual
licensing meeting. alterations 20 licensed
premises, procedure on transfers the con-
tices and applications for occasional
licenses.