TIPPLERS’ PHOTOS IN THE BAR
Law’s Harsh Decree
Men who are in the habit of having “one over the eight” should be glad they do not live in Jersey.
Inhabitants of the island are up in arms against what they term the “harsh” and • i un-English” penalties imposed upon too convivial persons. Under the local laws any person who is convicted of drunkenness and disorderly behaviour may, in addition to being fined, have to suffer the indignity of having his photograph, with his name underneath it, placed in a prominent place in the bars of taverns he frequents. , ■ • It rests with the court as to how long a man’s photograph shall remain to expose him as an example of intemperance to others.
A publichouse which wilfully refuses to exhibit an erring customer’s photograph is liable to a fine of £lOO.- Likewise should the publican fail to remove it upon the expiry of the man’s period of “disgrace” he is liable to a similar penalty. - t • *
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 50, 22 November 1930, Page 29
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