EGMONT LICENSING COMMITTEE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 104, 23 June 1911, Page 2

EGMONT LICENSING COMMITTEE.

I CASE OK THE ELTT-I AM HOTEL. A special meeting of the Egmo;. incensing Committee was held o, w < duesday, j 113 application of Mrs. Cramp fo 'a loncwal of the license of cue 1.1 lham Hotel, adjourned from the animal meeting pending the icmovaJ o tne manager, was considered. Mi T. 1). Cramp appeared for in'uiicant and sated that the man in fuestim mid leu, the town, and airs. Cramj i ad no intention of rc-employing him Air. Ken: ink asked winit was tfu position it the man came again t stay in the house. An argument ensued between Mr. Kemick and Mr. Crump as to who tiier Mrs. Cramp should give an undertaking that the man would no be allowed to stay at the hotel. M: Kein’ick questioned whether t 1 ma. ‘was ii 1-v and proper nerson to him 1 on the pr6miscs at all, while; Mi ! Crump raised the. question w hether : licensee was to enquire into the charj actor oi a person’ who came to sta, j at a hotel, and wiiat a licensee’s post l Lion would he in the event of a pe. son being refused accommodation. Sergeant Griffiths pointed out tint, it had been stated at the annual | meeting that Mrs. Cramp had pro i vionslv endeavoured to get rid of tin man, but ho had come back. I Mrs. Crump said that Mrs. Cranq | would give an undertakim to obtau I the assistance of the police in tin j event ol the man forcing himself u-

i to the hotel, but that was anticipatin', an unlikely contingency. In reply to remarks by Mr. Crum) , Sergeant Griffiths declared th-.i tin j. man was to ho about the hotel as lu had been in the past it was only righ tl'.gt the license should not lie grant ed. It was a menace not only to tin present, but to all licensees. The ma. had only left the Hotel yesterday. .After consultation;,, the Chairnia announced t|iaf a majority of th Committee desired to, adjourn the ap plication to the next quarterly meet bog, and then ii there had heon n letiirn of the man Price the licens would be granted, but if be bad n tinned the committee would hem evidence as to whether Price was . lie and proper person to lie on tin pi cniishs. Mr. Crump submitted that the ii ctnsoe bad done all that had been outlined lor her to do as a condition t« the renewal of the license. He am Ids client came there not expecting tout there would he any objection Pi ice Doing away from the hotel. I! emphasised this point and eontemle that the licensee was entitled to :

ly.u.ewiil being granted. He suhmittc-. Unit tho committee liad no power t iciiisc it. The committee had lo< 1 them to believe that the Jicons | would l)c granted on certain condi | tions being complied with, and no\. | the licensee was faced witli furthe j loss by the application being adjourn Icd for three months. He felt it hi i duty to protest against such a cours of action. He further pointed oir, that the police 'report stated that tin I conduct of the 1 hotel was satisfy ; tory. Tlie Chairman stated that the com inittee Mve.re (|uite satisfied with t ; licensee’s conduct of the hotel ; th. | objection was to i riee bein'- aljowei ; (/’i the premises. Considerable argument ensued I be Lueen Mi. trump and the chairman , and finally the Chairman repdate; that the application would he 'at.' i journed till the ■ quarterly meet inf- ‘ and ii I Tice had frequented the'hou 1 : in t.io meantime the p dice would cai i ct idance as to his character. jii .the-.course-•of-the- discussion M , Ciii.np asked what was tlie ’enact ua ! tnre oi the condition uj>on which (In i committee proposed to proceed in li; healing of the objection at the qffiai tcrly meeting, .He said that then Imd apparently been some niisiiiidtb standing as to- • the terms on • while the previous adjournment had ■' bec made, and it .seemed desiiablet hnvo tiio conditions cleaily defined if Mr. Price entered the hotel casual I.V at any time dining the interim .would that constitute a ground IV. proceeding? b he Ciiaii man said that he suppot col there might be a visit for a dim’ "'•Jell wnuld not he . consitieied ground foi objection. -Mr. Chump asked what tribunal wa: r.u decide in tii.e meantime wlietns tlie objection was to proceed or not and nid it might involve considerabi cost to bring witnesses and the mat ter might not proceed. The Chairman said it was oniv fai that the police should give reasonabl notice i\ hetlicr it was proposed to pro teed or not.