The Sun. — 1834-10-17 (London, England)

HATTON-GARDEN. Messrs. Hazzard and James, headborougbs of Hampstead, summoned John Cole, the owner of a beer-shop in that parish, under a clause of the Beer Act, which, it will be seen, is of great importance, not only to persons of the defendant's calling, but to the proprietors of public-houses. This is the clause alluded to : "Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for all constables and officers of police, and they are hereby empowered, to enter into all houses which are or shall be licensed to sell beer or spirituous liquors to be consumed on the premises when and so often as such constables and officers shall think fit ; and if any person having such license as aforesaid, or any servant or other person in his employ or by his direction, shall refuse to admit, or shall not admit, such constable or officer of police into such house or upon such premises, such person having such license shall, for the first offence, forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding M., together with the costs of the conviction, to be recovered within twenty days next after that on which such offence was committed. before one or more Justices of the Peace ; and it shall be lawful for any two or more Justices before whom any such person shall be convicted of such offence for the second time to adjudge (if they shall think so fit), that such offender shall be disqualified from selling beer, ale, porter, cider, or perry by retail for the space of two years next after such conviction, or for such shorter space of time as they may think proper." It appeared from the evidence of the complainants, that at about half-past eleven o'clock, last Saturday night, they knocked at the door of to defendant's house requesting admittance, a. Loy suspected a number of persons were tippling there. No notice was taken of their application, until they threatened to burst open the door, when they were let in by a female. As soon as they had crossed the threshold the defendant called out " Who is there ?" and on being answered by the female that complainants were about to examine the premises, to ascertain if all the customers had departed, he exclaimed " Poker the —," and made use of other language too foul to mention, and came down stairs and endeavoured to turn them out. The complainants, through the interruption, could not perform their duty, and they left the place, after informing the defendant that they should appeal to the magistrates for protection. Their threat caused him to abuse them much worse ; and when they had walked a few paces from the house, the defendant followed them, calling out " Murder, thieves, and fire," and thereby created considerable alarm. The defendant, when called on for his defence, accused the complainants of having first of all maltreated him, and lie called his sister, who swore they struck her brother several times before he retaliated.  Mr. Rogers, who resides at Hampstead, said this was not the first complaint against the defendant, who was totally unfit to have the management of such a house. Mr. LAING, having told the defendant he had better be cautious, fined him .5/., and sentenced him, in default of payment, to two months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction.  fend*. had. been brought to him, and described the means which:be had used to preserve her from the ill consequences of ber!rash attempt. T 4 prisoner said that the quarrelling and beating of her busbatd bad induced her to make the attempt, but she acknowledged that she had been drinking, and she promised to make no more such rash attempts, and to keep sober in future. The police constable who had charge of her produced 47 pawnbroker's duplicates and three farthings, found upon the prisoner, to whom he returned them. Mrl?. I3ENETT, after having lectured her upon her wickedness, jliscbarged her, and held the husband to bail to keep the pOce towards her.