LICENSING COURT.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 39, 5 June 1878, Page 2

LICENSING COURT.

j OJIJBSDAY, JtTNI! 4TH, 18^8, (Bpfpro E. Shaw, Esq., R.M., and Kossra Bronniin, Bull, Bayfoild, Coramiaaionors.) 1 At tlio opom.ng of tho Coart th,o Bonoh 'said tlint if any of tho applicants desired to'nndress tho Bench in s'upport of thoir 'applications tbo opportunity waono^of, forded 'them of doing so} ■' ; 'ChrMtim^ Mnnitormnn appljod for an hotollicunso fov premises situated, nt tho Inangahu'u Junction/ Ho said ijß'hftd'boon advised by Inspoctor Kyloy nnd 3ub'Insjpootor Goodal^n's woll as Mp G.'l^rontl, HIM., to apply ift>r u licdnsp',. ■«-tTpo6i tho js^pngth of thoir.ndvioo ho had gono to thd- cxponsd of ' jfitijpot £4flO in providing .tljip' r,cqairod accommodation. v " Tho Bonoh snld an objoojion to tjio p;rnntjing of tho lf.ponso had boon lodgodt tfio, tiafcuro of whioli wns probably knov^n to tho applicant', -boms tho samp no that urgod by tlio polioo on' a forinor bpoßHidn, Tho Bonoh desirod to know whothpr 1 tho applicant 'Van prapttfod to romovo Uio dbjootion ref^pd to, , ' Applipnj|tiaidtfo ndtod upon tho advice of tlio gentibmon named, and had incarrod tho expendituro' mo'ntionod, and thought )xg was thorpforo to, tho licousb. ;- 'Tho mattor thondrjppod.' Mr Moss said Jjip.nppoa.r.pdfo^pposo tho ronowal of W. n<soommodatipn lioonso to Npilson of Comout Town ;. tno objection wns lodgod undep tlio Liftonaiug A,ot of 1873^ which gavb tho powor to any householdor rosiding,' in tho neighborhood, to object to tho granting of a liconso in, his, vicihity. Tho objectionu woro by ErjWin Ryan, and woro to tho offoot that somoof tho liquor sold by tho applicant w,a,s of ,viloßt charaotor prppurablo andpiosonoun. Tho applicant wns in thp habit of getting drunk for dnys togothor, and that during such' tipap his house wns t,ho resort of gamblers and diaroputablo characters, and thatTio wns in tha- habit of kooping bad characters 'on his proinlsos. ' Tho Bonoh said; that*' tho ohargos wore, vory sorioua brios, nnd would roqiuroto bo siipportod by' oral testimony. • . Edmund O'Brion— l^rosido at Comont Town ojid Imvo known tho applicant for fourto'on' years ; X.livo n?»r liis house ; I am'tlibobjp.otor ; sorno of tho liquor sold by him, is o^ompotfod of tobacco oi^ spirits of.wino";'. I liad an effect of it'onoo ; bu ono occasion hq, closed up his houso for sovpn days oriq.timp and fcwolv'o days another.. tinc\p whilo,h,p' was on a sproo, and during wliioh.,' tibo lip k'o'pt a notorious fonialo' oharaoter on .'tho' prpmisos, On Saturday last ho inndo a woman naniod : JVlnrghrpi Bynn b'oas'tly driin^ nftor being advisbd to givo her no more drink. Ho made hor drunk' on "tho, l6t.li, 2pth, 21st, 2?nd and 23rd, a^d ho was^'drunk'himsolf at tho timo. Have known men to bo ,mado ill by hating ono drjiik in'NpJspn's 'lioaßo. w ono who went a'slopp'in his houso after v having 1 only two drinks- Ho, was "ddunlc last 'Sunday'. 'Ho lias' been 'pntroßproo lli^bb tiihbs sinco Ch'ristmnß and' tlio plaoo 'olosod' up. Havo 'soon Nbilson gambling with drunken nion, Havo soon hini throwihsf flioo into' a tin dish so' Mint lio could tilt up tlio dish whon ho threw a bad throw, nnd henrd liim call tlio men coWards' because thoy would not back 10. I cannot comparo tho houso to anything but a closot. I

havo scon tho bedelothos with tho contros rotted out with' filth. JJavo' seen two notorious" womon in tho house. Hftyo known applicant' to' make? a oinljji drunk in ordor that ho might' oilon'oo it'whilo it? mothor was with him. 1 Tho applicant, in answqr to n quostion from tho Benob, mado a statement to tho effect that ltynn was actuated by majico. Tho Bonch said that th'o objection was of auoji a natnro that fhe Commissioners desired furlhor oviaonob upon It, for which pnfposo the tippiiqatibn would be adjourned lo tho instant', and in tho meUtimo tho police would inspect' the building, and tho applicant could oomo to tho Court on' the adjournment prop'uro'd to mpot th'o gra.jp' objootions urgod againot h'iin, Mr Pronlioo applied for a reduction of. his lioenso fo'o ' for hoiiso sitnato i^t Crushington, on th'o proun^ that he was paying'mord than othor accommodation liconsoco, Hoinsian'cod 'Mj M'jjnornoy, on tho &roy l Rba i d. ' Tho^ Bonoh said, in fh^t oaao, M? M'lnornoy'fl houso was isolated, and was nccossary for public accommodation in times of flood, whorons P<rontioo's bouso was tho only ono in tho contro of a populous and rising township. Tho application could not bo granted. | ' Mr 'Mastorai, on behalf of Hr M"Loan; applied for a temporary l'iconso for tho City Hotel, Broadway. I^o said Mr M'Loan was agont for tho hotel, and a tona,nt hud ticcn secured, but wns not quito rondy to enter upon possession. TJio namo of tho touant was Alfred Stnnton, of Qro^mouth, Tho Bonch aaid thdy considor thp, ' ' ffpurt t^on adjourned, to oons^. 1 tho wholo of tho repro.so'ntations mado, an^upon reourumg tho fo\(owing I\consos w,0,r0 doait w).th : - lIENBWAtS. Angus Oampboll, Soutlicr^ Cr,osß I^otcl Broadway. Tho Bonoh consratujatod l\\o applicant upon tho manner in which ■ b\g houso \^ao conductod, ana upen tl^,o pbfico otooor's report as (o tho gonoral ioleanlinoss ojftlj^9 w^holo o( tlao' promises.. granted, _! * Th?, ronenral-j, of phvlos l^tttriok EfOlly, and Dalton woro grantod in'ai^ar terms of approbation. ■ ' TJio rono«[alV of M^. B, A rojio'r, (Poploa- > ton, and'Nioliol Ramsay, Bdaqk's Point, wero grnntod. Patrick" M'lnornoy, granled on tho ' condition that applicant orccU a two-stall stable, for whioh £5 f would b.o doduotod from hia liqenso fco; tho Bench being of opi^iow 'lhai livory convenience wns re* quired oh. tho south aidp of tho liinngnu, ( hiin. to neoopjuiodftto poisons stuck up by ftpofls. I j/O. Or»i«. BJ^olf's .Ppint, Rrn.ntod. :. Jamps 'O'Brioni Bpatman'a, fee in«, oroascd"'to dpUjbjo tho previonsly Ipairt, gruntedj Jnmcs 'M'Oonnon and Itynry Ll/pyd, IBlaok l^ Point, nnfyJ. Pronjtioc, Crusi^iufi" ;ton, granted.' ! Timothy G/Mighor, gjrnntod, Christian Mindorman. ' $|io Bonoh said that tho application", as wrcll as the. , pqtit'ion 'accompanying it, and. a. Iqttor from. Mr C«, Broad, i{.M r . had^bcen (tiily oo'hsidbrod, , and ( they^ ha^comp to, t'io cbnfilqfljon, to tofuso thfl application s,o • lonß-'na 'thoporson complained ag/iin.s.fc wivii pei;,nitted to romnin'on tho As soon as tbp p'er^op iri q'lostiori, was removed from, tho hon'ne the,' liocn»6 bo arantod, i'mt not boforo 1 . Frank Courtney, Fjpdoriok Po,woll^ John Berlin, A niolia Nicholas, Frodcripk Brnndt, g'rantod. " , Itouben \Ynito. Tn this coco tho s applieajion was RrnqW, but tlio' Bench palfed thd attention of the applicuut'loUii) ab» senco' of domostio oonvonjentes at the, rpar of tho provisos'. Applicant said thoy^ woro washed away by thp bfg flood, brit tho Bench pbinto'd out th.at tboy should hav;q bedn replaced at' oncjo. ns of oVpr^ day necessity. .Kobert Wolfe, adjpurnod to 2i^t inst. ' Tho Bonoh Bai4,'that with, regard tolha implications of D»nks, Williams, Q}{'«loyt Jolliffo, Jolmsfono, .Twohill,. MoQuillan; Sliocha'u, Shanks, Daoh, Beilby, McGuiro, McLean, Walker, MqWilliams and oawson, tlipy wero rofused on account of tbo filthy condition of tho book priimißOS of oimh place. Tho report of'tho Inopootor oC jtfnisa'ncos showed, that the roars of . ,tho 4||foront houses were in almost .filthy 'o'Jndition and until oortifie,ntos eon Id bo obtnliiod by tbo lipenHoea from the Inspootor of Nuisances' as_ to tho general clodnlijicsa of their promises' tbo Itocnsoa would, not bo grhntod; Tho Court would bo adjourned, to., tbo 21st instant, whfen th'o ampliations' oould bbi, ronPVpd; ' Thd'CJouxt then odjournod.